Apple Stores To Use iBeacon Customer Tracking

To mark the release of the new iPhones — and in part to demonstrate a proof-of-concept — Apple retail stores will implement iBeacon customer tracking to reportedly enhance the shopping experience for customers. iBeacon is similar to GPS, but it works…

The Trigger: Coin, Facebook Sports, Twitter Commerce

Connected Home Fuels Anticipatory Computing

SmartThings, a developer of software and hardware powering the Connected Home, released some surprising data points based on their network of 10,000 users. According to the startup, those active homes generate 150 million data points a day. Currently…

Xbox One Gameplay Broadcasting Delayed Until 2014

Twitch integration was touted as one of the better collaborative elements of Microsoft’s next-gen console, the Xbox One. Today, however, Microsoft dropped news that the Twitch.tv app won’t be available on the November 22nd launch date. The Xbox…

A Pinterest Pin Is Worth More Than A Tweet

According to marketing and analytics firm Piqora, who just completed a nine-month study of more than 1,000 brands in Pinterest, each pin is worth about 78 cents in sales, a 25% year over year increase. Each pin drives two site visits and six page views…