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codesushi42 on June 22, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Facebook Bluetooth Beacons

Understood. I meant one geared at non-technical people. More of a plug it in and data starts being collected and pushed.

icebraining on June 22, 2015 [–]

But iBeacon doesn't collect any data. It does exactly the same as an WiFi AP - continually sends beacons to local listeners.

In both cases, it's the client device (smartphone, tablet, etc) that's doing the collecting.

codesushi42 on June 22, 2015 | [–]

Ah ok, got it. Thanks!

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