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ByteLight. IndoorAtlas. Nearbuy Captive Portal - Nearbuy Systems. The Nearbuy Captive Portal solution gives retailers an easy way to offer valuable WiFi service to shoppers and to understand multichannel shopping patterns. It takes shoppers through a one-time opt-in registration process, after which they can access the Internet quickly and easily every time they visit one of your stores. Nearbuy’s guest WiFi analytics deliver insights into network usage and shopper interests. Utilize Existing Infrastructure Nearbuy provides a centralized management interface that works with leading enterprise networking vendors such as Motorola Solutions, Aruba Networks, and Cisco so you can utilize your existing store WiFi infrastructure to support new guest WiFi capabilities.

Meet Shopper Needs The smartphone has become an integral part of how many shoppers make purchase decisions. Make it Fast to Connect Shoppers don’t have much time or patience; they just want to get online. Understand Multichannel Shopping. Category:IPhone4SBLEDemo. Stumbler - iphone-wireless - Stumbler - the Wireless Network Stumbler for the iPhone - Wireless development and research on the iPhone. A new release from the iphone-wireless team, Stumbler lets you view the wireless networks in your area.

Stumbler - iphone-wireless - Stumbler - the Wireless Network Stumbler for the iPhone - Wireless development and research on the iPhone

While right now Stumbler only handles 802.11 networks, soon you should see Bluetooth and GSM capabilities as well. Stumbler can not be distributed through the app store, as it uses private APIs! Stumbler is still in a early Alpha stage, but it is fully functional, and pretty stable. Planned Features Auto Scanning Manufacturer detection Logging A-GPS Raw 802.11 packet capture (monitor mode) Download here: iPhone Wireless Scanner iOS5. As followers know, last year Apple has blocked wifi scanners from App Store, however till iOS5 it was still available for private usage via WiFiManager bundle: Old Path: /System/Library/SystemConfiguration/WiFiManager.bundle/WiFiManager in iOS5, WifiManager bundle no more exists however 80211 functions are still available via IPConfiguration bundle New Path: The scanning functions are the same as previous version (For detailed information: ) but there is one thing you need to while developing Correct Path in IOS: (in this path, app runs with root user permissions) Wrong Path in IOS: /private/var/mobile/Applications (in this path, app runs with mobile user permissions) I have prepared a sample project for using Stumbler class on iOS5, you can download it via Also I would like to share couple of screens that may be interesting for some developers.

Www.bluegiga.com/files/bluegiga/Presentations/BT4_0_for_Apple.pdf. De-De Blog : The amazing iOS 5 API nobody talks about. Www.cse.ogi.edu/~anindya/Paul_Wan_Plans08.pdf. Location-enabling Your Grocery Store: Indoor Positioning Locates Your Favorite Peanut Butter and More. Summary: Malls, grocery stores and other indoor venues are being mapped to help shoppers find not only store locations but products and promotions.

Location-enabling Your Grocery Store: Indoor Positioning Locates Your Favorite Peanut Butter and More

Point Inside is helping mall developers, retailers and their customers with indoor positioning solutions. Brian Wilson, vice president of marketing, gives us the details on positioning accuracy, how each venue is mapped and how they can find products at the “shelf-level.” The company recently launched a service with Meijer Stores in the Midwest and has already mapped many malls. Malls, grocery stores and other indoor venues are being mapped and indoor positioning systems will help shoppers find not only store locations but products and promotions. Directions Magazine (DM): Let's start with the basics. Brian Wilson (BW): When we're privy to the locations of Wi-Fi access points in a venue we'll map those and provide the locations to Skyhook, Google and Apple for inclusion in their databases.

BW: Our internal team creates each map.