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atonse on June 22, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Facebook Bluetooth Beacons

They're very likely using the same tech as iBeacons (which is part of Bluetooth LE)

micheljansen on June 22, 2015 [–]

But that's the thing: the iBeacon protocol does very little to specify the data payload, whereas Physical Web Beacons always broadcast URLs, for example.

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