iBeacon Pioneers Estimote (YC S13) Raise $3.1M Seed Round

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Post by ljdk » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 6:08 PM UTC

iBeacon Pioneers Estimote (YC S13) Raise $3.1M Seed Round
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Re: iBeacon Pioneers Estimote (YC S13) Raise $3.1M Seed Round

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Post by pclark » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 6:33 PM UTC

Congrats Estimotes! I have their beacons sitting on my desk. I can't speak for the capabilities yet – but the design is gorgeous

Re: iBeacon Pioneers Estimote (YC S13) Raise $3.1M Seed Round

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Post by hustlechris » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 6:40 PM UTC

pclark wrote: post #2

Congrats Estimotes! I have their beacons sitting on my desk. I can't speak for the capabilities yet – but the design is gorgeous

Thanks! What are you billing with them?

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Post by mortenjorck » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 6:42 PM UTC

The potential applications are fascinating, but I'm getting a new picture of the thought behind Apple's addition of Control Center in iOS 7: The Bluetooth toggle isn't just there for a modicum of battery conservation. Sometimes you'll welcome iBeacons; other times you'll want to keep them at arm's length.

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Post by Bitwse » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 6:49 PM UTC

I have been thinking of something like this ever since I heard about iBeacons. I'm so glad that it's out and I cannot wait to start using it. However, I'm unsure about a few things:

- Can you develop and use it with iOS 7 right now? or are we still waiting for Apple? - Is there a central framework/API to work with this on Android/iOS yet?

On their website, it states that they are still waiting for the final release support of iBeacons from Apple but it appears that some devs already have them. If this thing is ready to go, I would love to be pointed in the right direction. I want to stark hacking on these as soon as possible (a few hackathon ideas).

Re: iBeacon Pioneers Estimote (YC S13) Raise $3.1M Seed Round

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Post by hustlechris » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 6:55 PM UTC

mortenjorck wrote: post #4

The potential applications are fascinating, but I'm getting a new picture of the thought behind Apple's addition of Control Center in iOS 7: The Bluetooth toggle isn't just there for a modicum of battery conservation. Sometimes you'll welcome iBeacons; other times you'll want to keep them at arm's length.

Yeah, next 6 months we'll gonna see how the whole privacy angle plays out. Interesting times.

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Post by applecore » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 7:03 PM UTC

mortenjorck wrote: post #4

The potential applications are fascinating, but I'm getting a new picture of the thought behind Apple's addition of Control Center in iOS 7: The Bluetooth toggle isn't just there for a modicum of battery conservation. Sometimes you'll welcome iBeacons; other times you'll want to keep them at arm's length.

With fine-grained control over an individual app's behavior, do we need an all-or-nothing Bluetooth setting to control how they use iBeacons?

Re: iBeacon Pioneers Estimote (YC S13) Raise $3.1M Seed Round

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Post by alexatkeplar » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 7:06 PM UTC

pclark wrote: post #2

Congrats Estimotes! I have their beacons sitting on my desk. I can't speak for the capabilities yet – but the design is gorgeous

They're sitting on my desk too! :-) https://twitter.com/SnowPlowData/status/409999490192396289

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Post by ljdk » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 7:08 PM UTC

Also, here's a short video showing what's possible: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrsHBjzt2E8

Re: iBeacon Pioneers Estimote (YC S13) Raise $3.1M Seed Round

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Post by hustlechris » Tue, Dec 10, 2013, 7:08 PM UTC

ljdk wrote: post #9

Also, here's a short video showing what's possible: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrsHBjzt2E8

Nice! Should be in the article BTW.