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Open your beacon network: Estimote Cloud now supports infrastructure sharing
There are two ways to approach deploying iBeacon. You can either build a siloed experience (your beacons in your venue interacting with your app) or you can open that network to others, sharing to...
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How to build beaconified Apple Watch apps using Estimote's SDK & Nearables...
Apple Watchâs debut is just around the corner but WatchKit, Appleâs framework for building Watch extensions for iPhone apps, has already been out for quite some time. We know that thousands of you have...
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Build iBeacon and nearables enabled apps in C# and JavaScript
2015 is already off to a great start at Estimote HQ. More and more companies are using our beacons to grow their businesses, weâre shipping stickers, and our SDK is updated with Apple Watch support....
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iBeacon development just got easier with Estimoteâs new SDK 3.0 and beacon...
Time flies: iBeacon will soon turn two, and shortly thereafter itâll also be the Estimote SDKâs second anniversary! And what an intense time itâs been for our SDK. We started with a thin wrapper on top...
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Extending the Estimote Platform: introducing our fleet management API
Today weâre excited to announce a really powerful evolution to the Estimote Platform that we launched last fall: a brand new API that allows you to integrate the remote management capabilities of...
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Designing contextual experiences for wearables
âDesign is a dialogue between designers and usersâ - Emmet ConnollyAt Estimote, weâre firm believers in wearables. Itâs why we released our WatchKit SDK (for building location-aware apps for the Apple...
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Beacons, privacy and the value of opting in
New technologies often face initial consumer confusion about whether they may be used maliciously. iBeacon is no exception. Over the last year some press reports have written about tracking beacons and...
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Beacon configuration headache no more! Enter âFlip to Sleepâ
Developing iBeacon apps can be hard. Not only do you have to take into account a whole new dimension of the user experience (also known as the physical world), but those pesky laws of physics also...
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Estimote Cloud helps you better control your beacon network with tags,...
Getting started with developing beacon-enabled apps is fairly easy: (1) grab a dev kit, (2) download the Estimote SDK and (3) go through a simple tutorialâbut it takes much more to build a successful...
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Real-world analytics powered by Estimote Beacons, and (now improved!) mobile...
The most important piece of advice we give when starting your beaconified app development journey is to start by asking yourself: whatâs the actual user experience going to look like, and how does it...
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Announcing an update to the Estimote Android SDK
Today weâre thrilled to announce that weâve updated both the Estimote SDK and Estimote App for Android. We overhauled both and theyâre ready for action! The biggest update is integration with Estimote...
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Super simple and accurate indoor positioning with the updated Estimote Indoor...
Employing beacon technology to deliver indoor location solutions requires a deep understanding of the physics behind Bluetooth and beacons. We firmly believe thatâs a challenge with which you shouldnât...
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OAuth support makes it easier to build beacon-enabled platforms powered by...
All around the world, smart developers keep building iBeacon apps that help navigate shopping malls and sport stadiums, provide contextual information in museums, or let you order food to your table...
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User stories on steroids â how Estimote uses âblog post driven developmentâ
Planning and defining the work of an SDK team is a special challenge in software development. Such teams donât always have âvisibleâ deliverables in the same way a web or app team do. The teamâs work...
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The future of app discovery is the physical world
If you do a Google search for âapp discovery is brokenâ, youâll get over 45 million hits, including a first page filled with articles on the issue. Itâs no longer a question of is it broken but how...
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How do you leverage real-world insights with your app and beacons?
Beacons help developers and brands create new experiences on mobile. Weâve already seen a lot of amazing applications which wouldnât be possible without iBeacon. Yet beacons are not only used to push...
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Create your first Estimote app without writing a single line of code using...
This is a guest post by PencilCase Team at Robots and Pencils IncEstimote beacons have unlocked the ability to create mobile experiences rich in context, but the power to implement these experiences...
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Estimote, Octoblu, and the power of Internet of Things
This is a guest post by Moheeb Zara, Community Manager at OctobluThere has been a lot of buzz about the Internet of Things (IoT) in the past two yearsâit seems like everyone is either thinking about or...
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Estimote brings full compatibility of new Eddystone⢠beacon format from Google
Today, Estimote is excited to announce its compatibility with Eddystone, a new open multiplatform packet format for BLE beacons, released by Google.Consistent with Estimoteâs developer friendly...
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Google services on iOS now work natively with beacons
Last week Google surprised the mobile world with the introduction of Eddystone: a new, open Bluetooth-based beacon format. The promise of a multi-platform beacon protocol supporting Google services on...
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