Macworld|iWorld day 1: Four stages and a floor

Macworld|iWorld opened its doors today and, as promised, Peter and I were there to help kick it off. For my part I was thrilled to join Jason Snell of IDG, Christina Bonnington of Wired, Ben Bajarin of Techpinions, and Dan Moren of Macworld for the keynote panel, The State of Apple Technology. We talked about Apple being perpetually labeled as doomed, speculated about iWatches and Apple Televisions, and contemplated the future of the Mac, the iPhone, and the iPad. The highlight clip is up top but the full video should be available next week. Meanwhile...

Yay, it starts! @jsnell @dmoren @reneritchie pic.twitter.com/CpVh56lIru

— Sam Montooth (@Sambassman) March 27, 2014

Following that Don Melton, formerly of WebKit/Safari, and Matt Drance of Apple Outsider, joined me on the Macworld Live stage for Vector Live. We talked all about native vs. web apps, how they're evolving, how apps are increasingly blending the elements of both, how interface is moving with technologies like CarPlay, and then tried to figure out why Facebook wanted Occulus Rift so billion-dollar badly. We should have the audio for that in a day or so.

Next up was my first session, all about the Contextual Awakening and how networks and sensors are evolving to make our smartphones truly brilliant. (I wrote about some similar ideas back in December.)

iOS 7 iBeacons and more from @reneritchie at #macworld2014 pic.twitter.com/V8vKZmfJ8v

— Allison Sheridan (@podfeet) March 27, 2014

Then I finished things off the Jason Snell, Dan Moren, and Roman Loyola back on the Macworld Live stage for their Clockwork podcast. We talked about wearables, projectables, Office for iPad, and more on Occulus. That's already been posted and you can check it out now on TechHive.

Peter spent his day conducting interviews from the show floor with the Macworld video team. Those should be available soon as well.

So, a fun, frenetic start to the event! If you managed to catch any of the shows let me know how you liked them, and what you'd like to see tomorrow!

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MLB iBeacons to check fans in when they enter stadiums, push notifications throughout the game

Two weeks ago it was reported that iBeacons were being installed in the stadiums of the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres, but with that trial installation out of the way, the MLB is expanding to 20 of their 30 stadiums. Engadget got the low-down on the installation job in AT&T Park, the home of the San Francisco Giants, where Giants CIO Bill Schlough revealed that the installation process for putting in 19 iBeacons at fan entrances into the stadium took just one day.

The iBeacons will be used to check fans in when they walk through the gate, though they'll need (1) a device running iOS 7, (2) Bluetooth turned on, and (3) the MLB At the Ballpark app running. The check-in process will enable the teams to target notifications at only fans who are in the stadium, though Schlough said that "We don't want to turn this into some sort of spam engine." The MLB's setting rules for how those notifications can be used, and the app allows users to opt-out of the automatic iBeacon check-ins and notifications.

This relatively soft launch of iBeacons for the MLB — just as an entry-exit monitor and not offering more precise intra-ballpark location-targeted messaging — is likely just the start of iBeacons in major events. We can imagine all sorts of ways a more comprehensive iBeacon roll-out could be used, but we'll ask you instead: how do you want the MLB and other sports organizations (and everybody else, for that matter) to start implementing iBeacons?

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