Podcasts about bytelight

Dan Ryan is not really a lighting guy. He has worked in the industry but he rolls more with the Silicon Valley crowd. He founded ByteLight in 2011 and flipped it to Acuity Brands where he stayed on as a VP of Product Development. On this episode we talked about IoT, Smart Lighting, LiFi, Indoor Positioning and, well, the Matrix. Dan is currently the Co-Founder & CEO of VergeSense

Welcome to episode #153. On the show: Canadian company DMTI acquired by NeoPost; Superpedestrian to commercialize the Copenhagen Wheel; Square up against the patent wall; Privacy's voice gets stronger with the Future of Privacy Forum and Chuck Schumer; iZettle let's you pay the homeless with your credit card; Location based CPR assistance arrives; Bytelight raises their series A round; Our resource of the week focuses on WiFi's impact on retail. Chuck Martin talks about relevance in our Mobile Minute and our special guest is Sonny Vu, CEO of Misfit Wearables, makers of the Shine.   Full show notes can be found here: http://untether.tv/2013/this-week-in-location-based-marketing-153-credit-cards-now-accepted-by-the-homeless/

On the show: WillCall raises money and looks to be the Square for concerts. Spotsetter launches (and we wonder why). Pizza Hut goes responsive with Amaze. Tradus brings location to online product search. Geolog helps conserve battery power through smart GPS use. Bytelight launches their Light Field Communications Reader. iOS 7 will track your every move. Wistia co-founder Chris Savage on location and video. Chuck Martin on getting a better deal by carrying a mobile device. PayPal's Q2 look at the impact of location based marketing.   A few announcements - Do you have a location based marketing question? Ask us here and we’ll answer it on an upcoming show. Featured Guest: Chris Savage Wistia (30:00) A Mobile Minute with Chuck Martin: Are mobile shoppers getting better deals? (7:30) Location fascination of the week: Hulafrog (9:36) Top news of the week 1. WillCall raises $1.2M to be the Square for concerts (13:30) 2. Launch of SpotSetter (20:13) 3. Pizza Hut and Amaze deliver new responsive website (23:05) 4. Tradus location-based marketplace – find the product near me (26:00) 5. Geolog helps save your battery thru smart GPS for Android (35:15) 6. Bytelight launches Light Field Communications Reader (38:35) 7. iOS 7 and location tracking (42:25) Resource of the week: PayPal – Location-Based Mobile Advertising: Q2 Highlights (48:15)

An all news episode including DARPA, China, ByteLight, and others.

On today’s show: We reflect on the first 100 shows. Innovation finally strikes with ByteLight, the Green Giant makes his augmented reality debut and we have stories from Placecast, Klash and Facedeals + a ton of acquisitions, our resource of the week from Ottawa-based Shopify and special guest Erica McClenney of Expion.