Tony is a Geek

IBM Bluemix allows you to build all sorts of Mobile apps much quicker and leaner than if you were to start from scratch. See for yourself what building Mobile Apps using Bluemix is all about. With a few clicks and some lines of code, you are able to: manage push notification subscriptions authenticate users monitor app usage store and sync your app data (offline to online) from your client code run custom app logic in the cloud get indoor location from beacons, wife and small clients trigger actions with indoor location information gain insights with customer interactions add natural language and image recognition to your app to make it personal Once, you've got yourself up to speed with the architecture and how you can now call Bluemix Services from your Mobile app, you might want to see some more in-depth examples of how to use more of the Bluemix services. Fortunately, there is a website that now offers you just that.   Bluemix Demo Assets .  Check i...

Okay, okay, okay..... so this "might" be a little bit of a promo for IBM, but I have to say this is a really interesting field to work with. There are loads of scenarios that you can think of where you could utilise the beacons to detect the location of a persons smartphone If you want to get up and running using IBM Presence Insights via Bluemix, click on the following link and press the BIG red button at the bottom, it'll guide you through all you need: https://presenceinsights.ng.bluemix.net/piui/ Here's the link to the generic sales/marketing web site link To be able to try this out, you'll need: Android smartphone (okay, you "can" have an iPhone....but, pfffhhh, if you must, there is an SDK for both) A couple of Beacons (you can get some from beaconinside.com - they're not the smallest, but they'll do the job and not break the bank) Some time to write a sample app using either Eclipse+ADT or Android Studio I'll ...