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Research Confirms Bluetooth Technology Thriving in Industrial Automation
connectBlue at www.connectblue.com Over the years and around the world, Bluetooth® technology became synonymous with consumer wireless technology. Now, very quietly, Bluetooth is one of the preferred...
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Riding the Bluetooth Wave – Android L
Last week at Google I/O, the company announced some impressive technology all stemming from the L-release of Android rolling out to consumers in the fall. The L-release extends Android wherever the...
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Vote for SXSW Panels– Let’s Talk Smart Home
Now is the time to weigh in on what you want to see at SXSW 2015 by voting for the panels you want featured at next year’s interactive conference. Voting ends September 5th so be sure to vote for your...
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Vote for SXSW Panels–Beacons and Young Innovation
Now is the time to weigh in on what you want to see at SXSW 2015 by voting for the panels you want featured at next year’s interactive conference. Voting ends September 5th so be sure to vote for your...
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Bluetooth Technology Makes Home Life Easier
Bluetooth® and Bluetooth Smart technology are all about connections—connecting things to things, devices to applications and, with the recent Google announcement, connecting your information to the...
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Windows 10 Makes Bluetooth Smart Magic
Windows 10 was announced earlier this week – it is an exciting move for Microsoft that’s been years in the making, and it will be interesting to see how developers gravitate towards a common operating...
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Want a Smart Life? Go Beyond the Smart Home
The connected home is the oft talked about mythical beast of the Internet of Things (IoT). There seem to be an unlimited number of standards, companies, and Kickstarter projects promising to deliver...
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Bluetooth Smart Technology is Your New Watchdog
The holidays are upon us and that means campy holiday movies – in particular, Home Alone. Twenty-five years ago, Home Alone made it abundantly clear that home security needed a complete overhaul (and...
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The Future of Smart Home, with iDevices CEO and Founder, Chris Allen
The Bluetooth SIG caught up with iDevices last week at CES as they launched the iDevices Switch, the world’s first HomeKit-enabled connected plug. Switch allows users to manage their home from wherever...
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Window Shopping 2.0: Bluetooth Beacons Hit London’s Regent Street
Whether you were born to shop, or you consider it a necessary evil, we could all use an extra eye when it comes to shopping—a personal shopper, if you will. Someone who knows your interests, style, and...
View ArticleKeep Your Hands at Ten and Two
They are mantras of defensive driving and driver’s education courses – keep your hands at ten and two; hands on the wheel, eyes on the road – common sense instructions for driving that keep you safer...
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Kicking off the next generation of Bluetooth devices
Bluetooth technology took another big step forward today, when the Bluetooth Version 4.0 Specification was completed. A spec may not sound too exciting even to Bluetooth fans, but this new Version,...
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A Look Back and a Look Ahead
As we head into the holidays and think about the fast-approaching new year, I’m reminded of how much happened in the Bluetooth marketplace in 2010 and how much opportunity there is ahead of us in 2011....
View ArticleTime to Step it Up
If you’ve never been to the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) – the largest consumer electronics show in the world – you’re missing out on a lot of innovation, new products and devices...
View ArticleStepping it up in Vegas
Last week, I took to the streets of Vegas. No, I wasn’t living out a real-life scene of The Hangover; I was tracking the number of steps I took at the Consumer Electronics Show as part of our Step it...
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Bluetooth technology to enable mobile apps in your car
The automotive market is a natural fit for Bluetooth technology, and one that the Bluetooth SIG will focus on even more in the coming year. More and more new cars now come with handsfree calling...
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Coming soon to a living room near you
You may not have a 3D TV yet, but the consumer electronics industry is betting you soon will – or that you’ll at least want one soon. Most major TV manufacturers are now selling 3D TVs, including heavy...
View ArticlePlacing our BETs in Budapest
I’m hopping on a plane in a few days to Budapest, Hungary, for the Bluetooth SIG 10th annual All Hands Meeting that begins April 12th. I always get excited about this meeting for different reasons...
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When Will My House Go “Beep Beep?”
I always enjoy speaking with Robin Heydon, a Bluetooth member who works for CSR, because I learn something and the conversations typically stimulate interesting ideas. Last month at the Bluetooth SIG...
View ArticleThe Second Wave Begins Today
Today the Bluetooth SIG adopted the first profile taking advantage of the low energy feature introduced in the Bluetooth v4.0 Core Specification. The new Health Thermometer profile enables new types of...
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Track your heart rate on a Bluetooth phone
I’ve predicted for quite a while that Bluetooth v4.0 will lead to a wide range of new health and fitness devices and applications. So I was pleased to see that the first heart-rate strap with Bluetooth...
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Installed Base of 4 Billion Products with Bluetooth Technology
One question I hear regularly is “What is the installed base of products containing Bluetooth technology?” I haven’t seen a detailed analysis of the installed base of products. What I tend to see is...
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Unclogging hospital networks with Bluetooth technology
If you wandered into the Health Informational and Management Systems (HIMSS) conference in Las Vegas last week, you would have seen 35,000 attendees and hundreds of companies intently discussing the...
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Wearable devices take off
By now you’ve probably heard of “wearable computing,” which tends to conjure up images of an MIT student wearing a miniature computer and sporting an odd-looking head-mounted display, perhaps with a...
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Kudos for Bluetooth 4.0
Everyone likes to be recognized for their hard work. We at the Bluetooth SIG are no different. That’s why I was so happy to hear that the TechAmerica Foundation named the SIG one of four finalists in...
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Bluetooth Technology Keeps the Doctor Away
“As long as you have your health…” If you’ve ever been seriously ill, you know how true these words can be. Good health is a priority over everything else in your life. Good hygiene, nutrition and...
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Bluetooth Technology – Stronger Than Ever
Steve Hegenderfer My role at the Bluetooth SIG is two-fold; reduce friction for developers and evangelize the Bluetooth® technology platform. I am constantly reading technology articles and hitting...
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Safe & Sound at Work with Bluetooth Technology
Happy World Day for Safety and Health at Work. There are many different occupations out there but no matter what job you do, safety and health in the workplace are extremely important. Technological...
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One Small Step for Android, One Giant Leap for Bluetooth Smart Ready!
I can’t tell you how many times over the past 18 months I’ve heard, “When will Bluetooth Smart and Bluetooth Smart Ready be natively supported by Android?” I can finally say today is the day. When...
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Android + Bluetooth Smart Ready = Happy Consumers, Devs and OEMs
The release of the Nexus 7 as a Bluetooth® Smart Ready tablet is a watershed moment for Android and arguably, the broader wireless ecosystem. The Nexus 7 is the first Google branded Bluetooth Smart...
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Bluetooth Smart Technology Enables Next Generation Health Care
As Executive Director of the Continua Health Alliance, which promotes the ecosystem of devices and systems in personal connected health, I keep a close eye on the technology industry. New technologies,...
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I Can’t Wear It But Sign Me Up for an iPad Air
Expectations were high for the Apple announcement from the Yerba Buena Center in San Francisco where Tim Cook and a host of Apple executives introduced the new iPad Air, iPad Mini with retinal display,...
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Bluetooth Wants Its Bite Of Big Data
An interesting story in Information Week talks about the rise of Bluetooth Smart technology and how backers positioned it as an “efficient way to link sensors, wearables, and other ‘devices on the...
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Vote for SXSW Panels – IoT, Beacons, and Security
Now is the time to weigh in on what you want to see at SXSW 2016 by voting for the panels you want featured at next year’s interactive conference. The Bluetooth SIG has three sessions on the hot topics...
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Apple Keeps Bluetooth At Its Core
Big news out of Cupertino (or rather, the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco) yesterday as Apple unveiled updates to its iPhone line up, an entirely new iPad and the much anticipated update...
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