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  • 07-Feb-2012
    Bluetooth SIG Invites Members to Help Drive Technology’s Use and Growth in Sports and Fitness Markets
    ​The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) today announced the creation of the Sports and Fitness Working Group and is now accepting members. This group will work together to enhance interoperability between Bluetooth enabled sports and fitness sensor products and training computers (Bluetooth Smart devices) and hub devices such as smartphones, PCs, TVs (Bluetooth Smart Ready devices), ...

  • 30-Jan-2012
    Pancreum wins the 2011 competition with prizes worth more than US $ 50,000
    ​The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) today announced Guilherme de Paula from Pancreum, LLC as the Bluetooth Innovator of the Year for 2011. Pancreum’s CoreMD design was selected by an expert panel based on the most innovative use of Bluetooth low energy technology and the company was awarded US $5,000 prize money, a Bluetooth Qualification Program voucher worth up to US $ 10,000...

  • 12-Jan-2012
    Category winners and finalists represent some of the first Bluetooth Smart products to hit the market
    The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) named the MOTOACTV by Motorola the overall winner of the 2012 Bluetooth SIG Best of CES Awards last night at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Additionally, the Bluetooth SIG announced the following category winners:  • Ford SYNC AppLink (Now) • VOXLAND BeeWi BBZ351 Helicopter (New) • Siemens...

  • 11-Jan-2012
    Samsung Continues Work to Highlight Bluetooth Technology as the Standard of Choice for Connecting Devices in CE and Home Entertainment Markets
    ​The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) today announced it has reached the first iteration of its active 3D glasses standard using Bluetooth wireless technology. Samsung, among other member companies, is actively working within the Bluetooth SIG to finalize the standard that will give 3D glasses users greater freedom of movement, longer battery life, and increased interoperability ...

  • 19-Dec-2011
    First in Series of New Application Documents Helps Developers Leverage Both Technologies to Benefit Consumers
    ​The NFC Forum, a non-profit industry association that advances the use of Near Field Communication (NFC) technology, and the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), the trade association responsible for the development, promotion and protection of the Bluetooth specification, today announced the publication of Bluetooth Secure Simple Pairing Using NFC. The new document provides developers with ex...

  • 14-Dec-2011
    Finalists showcase breakthrough implementations and ever-expanding range of Bluetooth technology applications
    ​The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) today announced the finalists of its 7th annual Best of CES Awards. This year’s group of 10 finalists represents the latest, most innovative products using Bluetooth technology including some of the world’s first Bluetooth Smart Ready and Bluetooth Smart products that harness the power of Bluetooth v4.0 with low energy technology to free data from even t...

  • 16-Nov-2011
    Over 330 Submissions Demonstrate the Endless Possibilities of Bluetooth v4.0 with Low Energy
    The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced today the finalists of the 3rd Annual Bluetooth Innovation World Cup (IWC). The nine finalists, one of whom will be named Bluetooth Innovator of the Year, include developers and entrepreneurs who submitted market ready products and concepts for applications and devices using the low energy feature of Bluetooth v4.0. The 2011 Bluetooth Innovati...

  • 24-Oct-2011
    Market and Use Case Expansion Create Need to Denote Compatible Bluetooth v4.0 Devices
    The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) announced two new brand extensions to its globally recognized logo today in an effort to create consumer awareness around compatibility for new devices implementing Bluetooth v4.0 – the Bluetooth Smart Ready trademark and the Bluetooth Smart trademark. Bluetooth Smart Ready devices are phones, tablets, PCs and TVs that sit at the center of a consumer’s co...

  • 16-Sep-2011
    2011 Innovator of the Year to be Crowned at ispo trade fair
    The nomination period for the Bluetooth Innovation World Cup (IWC) officially closed on Sept. 15 with a record of 337 participants. In this year’s edition of the IWC, innovators from all over the world were called to submit ideas and prototypes in the areas of health care, sports and fitness, automotive, entertainment and more, using Bluetooth technology v4.0. Over the next two months an interna...

  • 13-Sep-2011
    Bluetooth SIG Best of CES 2012 Awards Now Open for Submissions – Calls on Companies and Consumers to Submit
    The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) today opened nominations for its 7th Annual Best of CES Awards. The program will feature the most innovative Bluetooth enabled devices of 2011, with one overall winner announced at the Bluetooth SIG member party at Tao in the Venetian hotel the evening of Wednesday, Jan. 11, during the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Ten finalists will...

  • 08-Aug-2011
    World’s Leading 3D TV Manufacturers Announce Collaborative Effort to Ensure Consistent, Universal Consumer Experience
    Today, Panasonic Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Sony Corporation and X6D Limited (XPAND) together announced their collaboration on a new technology standardization for 3D active glasses under the name “Full HD 3D Glasses Initiative.” The companies will work within the Bluetooth SIG to develop a system for 3D active glasses utilizing Bluetooth wireless technology connectivity. Bluetoot...

  • 05-July-2011
    Manufacturers Build Personal Security Products with Bluetooth Wireless Technology
    The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) today announced the adoption of several new profiles – pieces of software that guide the use of Bluetooth technology in actual devices – for Bluetooth version 4.0. Two of those new profiles, Proximity and Find Me, will make it possible for devices to communicate with each other and perform functions automatically, such as a key fob communicating with a ca...

  • 21-June-2011
    Industry Leaders Support Expansion of Bluetooth Technology into New Markets
    The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) today announced two new members to its board of directors from Apple and Nordic Semiconductor. Leaders in their perspective markets, Apple and Nordic join household names Intel, Motorola, Lenovo, Nokia, Microsoft, Ericsson AB, and Toshiba on the Bluetooth SIG board. These companies, plus the more than 14,500 additional Bluetooth SIG member companies, will...

  • 07-June-2011
    Bluetooth Thermometer and Heart Rate Products to Hit Market Soon
    The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) today finalized technology that will drive the creation of Bluetooth thermometer and heart rate products. The recently approved Health Thermometer Profile and Heart Rate Profile built on Bluetooth v4.0 open the door for a new generation of wireless devices for monitoring health and fitness. These devices will join the over 40 million Bluetooth enabled hea...

  • 02-May-2011
    Global contest challenges innovators to create new uses for Bluetooth® technology
    The Bluetooth SIG is once again looking for ideas and prototypes in the areas of health care, sports and fitness, automotive, entertainment, and more, that use Bluetooth technology version 4.0, in this year’s edition of the Innovation World Cup (IWC). Now in its third year, the trade organization contest calls on developers, entrepreneurs and students to submit concepts for applications making use...
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