Google has just announced a new beacon technology called Eddystone along with APIs that will together make it easier for devices in close proximity to communicate. Essentially, these technologies will ...

Apple, Google, and other tech titans once trumpeted beacons — tiny transmitters that interact with smartphones, wearables, and other nearby gadgets — as the future of retail. The consensus roughly ...

A proximity beacon from Google named after the Eddystone lighthouse in the U.K. Developed as an open protocol, Eddystone-UID broadcasts a unique ID (UID) like Apple's iBeacon; however, Eddystone-URL ...

Google today launched Eddystone, a new open format for Bluetooth low-energy (BLE) beacons to communicate with people’s devices. To help developers build apps using this technology, Google is also ...

Although vendor-written, this contributed piece does not advocate a position that is particular to the author’s employer and has been edited and approved by Network World editors. Google’s recent ...

Google today announced Eddystone, its open source Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) beacon format. The standard is designed to help developers work with beacons and provide location-based content straight to ...

Google has announced Eddystone, an open-source platform for Bluetooth LE devices that will enable communication capabilities with phones and other smart devices – and will also directly compete with ...

Move over iBeacon—today Google is launching “Eddystone,” an open source, cross-platform Bluetooth LE beacon format. Bluetooth beacons are part of the Internet of Things (IoT) trend. They’re little ...