Tag: Beacons

The IoT can only succeed if organisations develop a minimum viable device to slash costs, says Rob Milner, head of smart systems at Cambridge...

The financial services sector has been slow to embrace the IoT – but look hard enough and you’ll find some retail banking bright lights...

IoT technologies have the potential to make air travel a smoother door-to-door ride for passengers, as Doug Drinkwater reports. Airports are usually a terrible experience....

Samsung is looking to IoT in retail to give shoppers a more engaging and more personalized experience in store. At the National Retail Federation Big...

Mumbai's Dharavi - one of the largest slums in the world - has used Internet of Things (IoT) technology to connect shops and improve...

In a move to advance the cashless society, Netclearance claims it has removed the need for cash payments at vending machines with the introduction...

Retail banking firm Citibank has begun using iBeacons to help it forge new interactions and experiences with its customers. The company is piloting iBeacons, which pick...

London-based Drayson Technologies has raised £8 million in Series B funding to further develop its patented Freevolt technology, a move which could see the technology...

Google’s Chrome browser on Android devices now supports beacons. Google has announced that support for beacons will be added to Chrome for Android. In doing...

A network of 110,000 iBeacon devices, thought to be the largest in the world, has emerged in China. The network, which is run and managed...

The Internet of Things promises significant benefits for both retailers and customers. We look at the early advantages of this technology – and the...

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has launched gateway devices and a cloud-based beacon management solution to help companies take advantage of the Internet of Things –...