G+_Kevin Spitzer (JaguarXT Posted December 7, 2013 Share Posted December 7, 2013 Originally shared by Mike Elgan Why I want Apple’s iBeacon at home. Apple flipped a switch yesterday and enabled customers at 254 U.S. Apple to get spammed: http://goo.gl/xOPFsx The system is Apple's iBeacon, a very low cost, low-energy way to achieve actionable “indoor GPS” in which “beacons” use Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) signals to figure out exactly where you are and send messages relevant to that specific location. I’ve written before that Apple’s larger iBeacon plan is brilliant, and it is. But Apple stores are probably the least-compelling iBeacon scenario I can think of. I can think of a hundred scenarios where iBeacon could be incredibly great. But the greatest of these: Inside homes. http://www.cultofmac.com/257248/why-i-want-apples-ibeacon-at-home #ibeacon #apple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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