The answer to getting improved navigation when passing through tunnels and other areas that restrict GPS and cellular connections is coming to Google Maps for Android. It is the Bluetooth beacons that ...

Bluetooth beacons can be a powerful tool for customer engagement. The 2015 holiday season saw retailers experimenting with this kind of proximity marketing, and 2016 is looking like it will see the ...

Google Maps is getting a lot of love lately, and in addition to support for 3D buildings and saving the parking location on Android Auto, the app has quietly received what I believe is the biggest ...

Building on its Bluetooth wireless module portfolio, Fujitsu Component America, Inc. has introduced a new series of Bluetooth 5 beacons and sensor beacons for secure IoT solutions. Based on Fujitsu’s ...

GPS makes it possible to navigate the globe with relative ease, but tunnels have long been a sore spot for apps like Google Maps. But, widely available now, Google Maps now supports Bluetooth beacons ...

Jake is a cybersecurity graduate with a knack for simplifying complex technical concepts into digestible nuggets of information. Approaching his one-year milestone of keeping you in the loop on the ...

This story originally written by Ryan Faas at CITEworld. Sign up for our free newsletter here. Plenty of companies already offer Bluetooth LE beacons that are compatible with iOS and Android devices.

Choosing the right beacons is critical to both the short- and long-term success of proximity and location solutions. All beacons are not the same. In addition to examining the implications of the ...

Entrepreneurs take note: Facebook is making a new feature for businesses more widely available. Facebook announced today that it is rolling out the Place Tips feature beyond the testing phase.

Mobile and cloud-based technology startup Mist Systems, located in Cupertino, Calif., has developed a solution that creates “virtual Bluetooth Low Energy (vBLE) beacons” by using software algorithms ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Bluetooth Beacon Devices Market 2016-2020" report to their offering. The report forecasts the global Bluetooth ...