Tag Archives: physical web

February 2, 2018, by Martin Clancy

Launched in 2014 Google’s Physical Web project promised much, but seems to have died a quiet death over the last few months. This post takes a look at what the technology promised, and the speed bumps it hit along the way that may ultimately prove to have derailed it. Everything is a tap away Google’s... Read More

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December 20, 2017, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue

As we close in on 2018, it’s that time of year again when we reflect on what’s happened. 2017 has turned out to be another great year for the web. 2017: The year of the PWA There were lots of PWA good-news stories in 2017. We saw PWAs start to be distributed in platform app... Read More

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December 15, 2016, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue

2015 was a hard act to follow. That year, we noted, was an exceedingly good year for mobile, with highlights including advances in progressive web apps, web performance, and the Physical Web. Many of these themes have continued into 2016. From this viewpoint, 2016 was more of a year of iterative progression, than of pure... Read More

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December 8, 2016, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue

A lot has changed in a short time in Google’s beacon platform. Perhaps not to be unexpected given that it’s a relatively new technology. Beacons that you can purchase today generally have several broadcast modes to choose from, including iBeacon, Eddystone-EID, and Eddystone-URL. Some can broadcast multiple modes at once, while others must be configured... Read More

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March 25, 2016, by Tomas Trnka

With more players supporting Eddystone bluetooth beacon technology it’s important to look at it from the web developer perspective. This article will reveal how it all works behind the scenes, show how to optimize a website for Physical Web beacons across different implementations, and discuss its caveats... Read More

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