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5 Myths about Beacons

January 15, 2015

How Beacons Work Beacons are a powerful yet often misunderstood technology currently gaining ground in retail, hospitality and other sectors. As a consumer or business …

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iBeacon Statusboard

December 18, 2014

Setting up a statusboard to automatically show when people enter or exit a building or room is a great small project and is easy to …

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Justifying updating an App Store App

December 16, 2014

For the last couple of months, I have been getting a feature request for SSL Detective (an app of ours in the App Store). I …

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Guest Pass makes sharing your Wi-Fi easy

December 9, 2014

Guest Pass makes sharing your Wi-Fi network with guests easy. Just fill out the simple questions in Guest Pass and e-mail the resulting Guest Pass …

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Disable Texting while driving With iBeacons

December 2, 2014

Disable Texting while driving With iBeacons Have you ever wanted to remove the temptation to text while driving? Using a Bleu Station Beacon in your …

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Thinking on My Feet

December 2, 2014

by TC Loving I use a treadmill desk. My reason: better thinking. How I Use My Treadmill Desk Here at Twocanoes I am a web …

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Beacon Redundancy

November 27, 2014

If your beacon solution depends on your beacons being up and running all the time, consider deploying multiple beacons in a single area. When two …

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Powering Beacons

November 26, 2014

Since beacons use Bluetooth Low Energy, most people think that a beacon can run on any battery for an indefinite amount of time. While Bluetooth …

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Positioning Beacons

November 25, 2014

A beacon is a small device that broadcasts identifiers over Bluetooth. It may seem very simple to just stick a beacon wherever is the most …

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Five Hidden Costs of iBeacon Deployments

November 24, 2014

When looking at different beacons, don’t just consider the price of the beacon itself but the cost for setup, deployment, and maintenance. The actual cost …

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