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The next iBeacon frontier: Mobile Device Management

November 17, 2014

Using iBeacons to trigger polices on iPhones and iPads withmobile device management (MDM) is giving IT system administrators with large deployments of mobile new options …

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A Better Beacon

November 17, 2014

Twocanoes Labs started selling beacons about a year ago, and we just announced our next generation beacon, Bleu Station Beacon Series 200. We have deployed …

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Easily Generate an iBeacon UUID on OS X

November 14, 2014

The command line on OS X has a lot of power, and you can use it to help with iBeacon configuration. An iBeacon configuration requires …

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Numbering & Naming Beacons

November 12, 2014

One of the common questions we get is how to select a major and minor number when configuring iBeacons. Apple provides some examples, but really …

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Aislelabs iBeacons Battery Life Tests

November 10, 2014

The website Aislelabs tested a bunch of battery powered Beacons, and did some good analysis of the chips sets and battery usage of the different …

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Managing Printers with iBeacons

November 4, 2014

link to video Introduction Printers continue to be a big driver of IT support costs, but iBeacon technology can help reduce help requests and increase …

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Is Your Show Ready for iBeacons?

August 28, 2014

Expos, trade shows, fairs, and local markets can all take their attendee’s exhibits to the next level with beacons. Mobile applications for events need to …

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iBeacons, Wayfinding, and Customer Experience: 5 ways BLE technology is changing Travel

August 15, 2014

Traveling using public or airline transport is often a stressful and confusing experience both for the average consumer and passengers with disabilities. iBeacons are the …

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Retailers can’t afford to get beacons wrong

August 1, 2014

Before rolling out proximity-enabled apps, retailers must be ready to execute carefully, ensuring not to annoy customers or violate their privacy. With so much to …

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How iBeacons Can Create Dynamic Conferences

July 24, 2014

In early July, we helped beacon enable MacAdmins, a large educational Mac administrator conference hosted at Penn State. We saw a great opportunity to use …

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