Some say you’re only as good as the tools you use. Imagine being hired to construct a chest of drawers with an empty tool chest. That’s what all sorts of online service providers have been up against ...

Users of the Chrome beta for Android are in for a bit of a treat, as the latest version has added support for "Physical Web" beacons. Don't worry if you've never heard of these, because most haven't.

“Physical Web” beacons give intelligence to everyday objects and do much more than simply broadcast a message such as an advertisement. The beacon broadcasts a URL that is recognized by the user's ...

Not sure if this would or will make much of a privacy difference in Google's case. Google already uses plenty of tracking mechanisms with Google AdSense. But the addition of adding new ad tags via web ...

Since I wrote the column a couple of months ago about Yahoo’s Web beacons, I’ve learned more about them and received input from readers which I believe you’d like to consider. A note I received from ...

Technology startup Blesh is offering beacons and a content-management systems (CMS) software development kit (SDK) to be used as part of a public project being undertaken with Google, known as the ...

Beacons present an opportunity for retailers to learn more about their customers, as well as for consumers to conduct even more nuanced queries. Beacons, the in-store devices that help retailers ...

A hidden world is being constructed that will change the way you access information forever. Beneath your feet, in the walls of offices, on streetlights and underneath the products in stores, tiny ...