Estimote LTE Beacons hit the market
Tuesday, August 28, 2018 by Richard Harris
Estimote, Inc. was founded in 2012 by Jakub Krzych and Lukasz Kostka, and in 2013, they launched their first product, the Estimote Bluetooth Beacons compatible with iBeacon. Since then, Estimote has built a community of 150,000 developers worldwide - all using their SDK and Beacons to build incredible real-world interfaces that dovetail app experiences with your su...
How Yahoo! JAPAN Is Solving Indoor Navigation and Search Challenges for Yahoo! Maps Users
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 by Janne Haverinen
It is easy to get lost in a Tokyo train station. Tokyo’s Shinjuku station, for example, handles 3.6 million passengers a day across hundreds of thousands of square meters of platforms, concourses and malls. It’s the biggest station in the world and is followed closely by three of Tokyo’s other train stations.In recent years, the stations have been redeveloped with premi...
A Chat with Andy LeCates About FileMaker 15 Platform
Tuesday, May 24, 2016 by Richard Harris
We recently visited with Andy LeCates with FileMaker to discuss the latest release of the FileMaker platform.ADM: FileMaker launched its new FileMaker 15 platform on May 10. Can you tell us a little bit about what that is?LeCates: The new FileMaker 15 Platform provides stronger essentials to make unique custom apps for your business that work seamlessly across iPad, iPh...
Phunware Publishes New Ebook on Location Based Marketing
Saturday, May 21, 2016 by Stuart Parkerson
Phunware has published a new eBook which offers an overview of how location based technologies such as iBeacons can help app publishers understand and predict consumer context and behavior. The publication also provides an introduction into with primary location marketing tactics and ways to unlock personalization.The eBook covers the following: - Location Marketin...
Drew Burns of Adobe Weighs in on Mobile Marketing for 2016
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 by Richard Harris
As the app market continues to explode (see our recently published article “App Usage Grows by 58% in 2015 and Shows No Sigh of Slowing Down”) app publishers will have to continue to improve and update their app marketing tactics as competition continues to increase. We visited with Drew Burns who is the senior product marketing manager for Adobe Target and wo...
Teradata Integrated Marketing Cloud Offers Expanded Integrated Solutions
Wednesday, October 28, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
Teradata Marketing Applications, a division of Teradata, has released the latest version of the Teradata Integrated Marketing Cloud, a data hub comprising integrated solutions to improve customer engagement through data-driven integrated marketing.The Teradata Integrated Marketing Cloud is a fully integrated platform comprising solutions for Marketing Resource Managemen...
MobileBridge Adds 360 degree Imaging to Mobile Marketing Automation
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
MobileBridge is rolling out new advanced content creation and integration functionality for its app relationship management platform. The new functionality includes 360 degree imaging and the ability to assign loyalty points based on in-app actions for and tying engagement with in-app usage patterns. This new functionality facilitates the creation of interactive co...
Latest AirWatch Release Includes New Tizen and iBeacon Support
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 by Richard Harris
AirWatch has released AirWatch 8.1, which offers new OS support, administrative and serviceability upgrades, and enterprise readiness features.Including support of recent OS releases such as Windows 10 and iOS 9, AirWatch 8.1 also introduces Apple iBeacon integration to add location-based configuration. For the Apple Watch, the platform now provides the ability to enfor...
Developers Win Over $100K in Connect Ability Challenge
Friday, August 7, 2015 by Stuart Parkerson
AT&T and New York University’s ABILITY Lab, through the Connect Ability Challenge, have awarded over $100,000 in prizes to developers of high-tech solutions to improve the lives of people living with disabilities. The Connect Ability Challenge was a three month long technology challenge to spur innovation for people with physical, social, emotional and cogniti...
Embarcadero Introduces Beacon Application Proximity Solution
Thursday, July 30, 2015 by Richard Harris
Embarcadero Technologies has released BeaconFence, an indoor/outdoor beacon-based user location and zone management solution that allows developers to build interactive applications that maintain and respond to precise user and hardware location and movement. The BeaconFence location aware technology solution enables application developers and ISVs (independent software...
Mobile Marketing Insights with Adobe Target's Drew Burns
Monday, July 20, 2015 by Richard Harris
We recently visited with Drew Burns, senior product marketing manager for Adobe Target, who works to evangelize the practice of iterative testing and content targeting in the digital marketing world. The subject of our chat was how to unlock the full potential of A/B testing to help mobile developers with their marketing efforts.ADM: What exactly is A/B testing? We know...
Adobe Updates Mobile Development Framework
Friday, March 13, 2015 by Richard Harris
Adobe has announced enhancements to its Adobe Mobile Services that now includes an integrated mobile app framework. Mobile Services is offered through the Adobe Marketing Cloud as a product to encompass the mobile app lifecycle from app development and user acquisition to app analytics and user engagement. The mobile app framework in Adobe Mobile Services brings to...
Let’s Get Ready to Rumble! How WWE Used Phunware’s Location Aware Technology Platform to Engage Fans at WrestleMania 30 in New Orleans
Monday, December 22, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
For World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), it’s all about giving fans the most cutting edge experience possible. At this year’s WrestleMania 30 in New Orleans, WWE was able to do just that in a new, meaningful, and decidedly interactive way.WWE hosted three WrestleMania-related events in New Orleans: WrestleMania Axxess (an event featuring autograph signings, live matches...
Todd Anglin from Telerik Offers Insights for 2015
Saturday, December 20, 2014 by Richard Harris
Todd Anglin, VP of Product Strategy of Telerik's Platform, Progress Software has written his personal insights on some of the latest trends we are expected to see in 2015. Anglin points out growing areas such as Wearables, IoT, Cloud, aaS (as a Service), Developer languages and more will become further adopted by mobile users and enterprises. Wearables: Apple ...
Radius Networks Partners With Embarcadero To Ramp Up Connected IoT Solutions Development
Monday, December 8, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Radius Networks has announced its recent partnership with Embarcadero Technologies. Radius Networks is a provider of hardware, software and proximity services. Embarcadero Technologies offers technology strategy solutions for developers that are building the new breed of connected apps for the Internet of Things (IoT) market.The partnership with Embarcadero wa...
Will iBeacons Break Out This Holiday Retail Season
Monday, November 10, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Black Friday or Cyber Monday – which is bigger? Actually, that question may be a moot point, as many retail pundits think that Thanksgiving day in the US may quickly overtake those two days as more retail stores open their doors in advance of Black Friday. What better way to work off the drowsiness from the effect of the Tryptophan in your turkey than by getting out and...
Educating Consumers on iBeacons and Other Location Aware Mobile Technology
Friday, October 31, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Earlier this year I was writing about location based marketing, specifically iBeacon technology and in that article I mentioned that my wife had no idea what an iBeacon was or how it worked. When I told her that it would allow a retail establishment like Target to let her know about special offers while she is in the store, she said, “I want that!” And then she said, “M...
Rover Mobile App iBeacon SDK Offers Developers Integration with a Few Lines of Code
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 by Richard Harris
Rover Labs is offering a new iBeacon SDK platform that allows developers to integrate a complete context aware retail experience into an existing mobile app. While a customer is within a store, the Rover Platform enables the app to understand the customer's precise location, what they are looking at and how long they've been there. The platform is comprised of a mobile ...
Macy's Store To Be One Of the First Retailers To Support Apple Pay
Wednesday, September 17, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Macy’s recent announcement that Apple Pay and iBeacon technology are a primary part of its marketing stratagy is just another example of how Apple is setting itself up to dominate the mobile e-commerce payment landscape.The Macy’s announcement outlined its latest advancements in omnichannel strategy and technology as the company continues to add new dimensions for attra...
Apsima Adds Social Presence SDK for iBeacon Enabled Mobile App Development
Thursday, September 4, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Apsima has announced their latest offering, a social presence SDK to allow mobile app developers to add proximity based social features to any mobile app. The social presence SDK was built to extend iBeacon use beyond business to consumer interaction by allowing mobile users to interact with one another based on their physical proximity. The social Pre...
Broadcom’s New WICED Development Kit Lets Mobile Developers Dive Into IoT App and Hardware Creations
Wednesday, August 27, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Broadcom Corporation has introduced a new development kit into its Wireless Internet Connectivity for Embedded Devices (WICED) family of offerings to enable developers to rapidly prototype ideas and concepts for IoT devices and applications.The Broadcom WICED Sense development kit is an all-in-one IoT prototyping kit that includes Broadcom's newest Bluetooth Smart chip,...
Apsima Announces New White labeling Option for Proximity iBeacon Technology
Thursday, July 17, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Apsima has announced a new white-labeling option for proximity beacon manufacturers, enterprise app developers, and others to take advantage of Apsima’s proximity aware features. The white-label option provides a way to add Apsima’s proprietary proximity awareness platform to enterprise offerings, without the costs associated with development.Apsima handles al...
71 percent of App Users Don’t Want to be Tracked by iBeacon or Receive In Store Push Modifications
Monday, May 19, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Retale, a shopping based platform that aggregates weekly circulars from over 60 retailers, has released a report showing that 71% of mobile app users indicate they don’t like the idea of being tracked into a store via their smartphones and 56% say they are not interested in receiving push notifications while shopping.The survey asked more than 3,000 iOS and Android user...
Adobe Announces New Analytics Platform Capabilities at Adobe Summit EMEA
Wednesday, May 14, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Among a number of announcements by Adobe at the Adobe Summit EMEA are new capabilities for Adobe Analytics, the data and analytics platform for the Adobe Marketing Cloud.New offerings include:Live stream – Now available is the ability to provide full stream of live event data feeding into Adobe Analytics, including real-time data from Adobe Target, Adobe Social, and Ado...
Aislelabs Used Big Data Analytics and New SDK to Power iBeacon Mobile Marketing Automation
Thursday, May 1, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
Aislelabs has released its Engage marketing automation platform that allows physical retail locations to target shoppers based on their visits to physical retail stores by connecting shopping patterns and shopping behavior on e-commerce sites with those behaviors inside the stores.Engage provides analytics quantifying the effect of in-store marketing campaigns...
Adobe Launches New App Marketing and Monetization Solutions with PhoneGap Enterprise and Support for Apple iBeacons
Tuesday, March 25, 2014 by Richard Harris
Developers can now create and deliver mobile apps while marketers manage, measure and monetize the content, all from within Adobe Marketing Cloud through the launch of new PhoneGap Enterprise and support for Apple iBeacons which help companies create, manage and deliver mobile app experiences to their customers and prospects in real-time. The ne...
Weekly Roundup: 1b Apps on Metaps, Apple Arrives in Brazil, HP Access Catalog, Glass Etiquette, Amazon Coins, And Mobile Privacy
Saturday, February 22, 2014 by Richard Harris
Mobile App Privacy Policy: Do You Have One?What’s wrong with collecting personal information? In short – nothing. Commerce has always been about a mutually beneficial exchange; providing products and services in return for cash or an equivalent value exchange. New business models such as free-2-play or ad-funded content have accelerated the growth of the data-fuell...
IoT Design Shop Releases New iBeacon Development Kit For Bluetooth Proximity Services
Thursday, February 20, 2014 by Stuart Parkerson
The IoT Design Shop at Finger Food Studios has announced the release of their iBeacon Development Kit to help developers experiment with iBeacon and related Bluetooth LE technologies. The kit includes an AAA-cell powered development beacon which is fully configurable to allow unique iBeacon ID's and custom power and broadcast characteristics. Additionally...
iOS 7 Beta 6 Download Now Available From Apple Dev Center
Thursday, August 15, 2013 by Richard Harris
iOS 7 beta 6 has been released and is ready for downloading. At only 13 megs it's not a huge update, but Apple has let everyone be privy as to what has been changed for this release by with a complete change log, repeated below.
Notes and Known Issues
The following issues relate to using iOS SDK 7.0 to develop code.
Address Book
Notes
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