iBeacon Now Works When the App Is Closed Apple launched iOS 7.1 today and with it a major, game-changing improvement to iBeacon. As of today, once an app is installed it will “look” for beacons even if your app is shut down or you’ve rebooted your phone. We tested the functionality today to verify the new feature. After opening an iBeacon app we hard closed it: not just putting it into the backgro
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