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This seems to be a "standard" iBeacon with Facebook branding? Or is there anything different here?


There's nothing interesting in any iBeacon sold, they're just (mostly) Nordic 2.4GHz chips in cool package. What matters is the software and related services; in this case Facebook has a chance to make iBeacons actually useful for retailers because they want to make Facebook app itself be able to use beacons to deliver you localized information. With a typical beacons you'd have to install a special app for every store or service that wants to use them.




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