[guardian-dev] FireChat is iOS mesh chat

[Lee Azzarello]

On 3/21/14, 1:24 PM, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> 
> Maybe its bluetooth?  There are a number of "mesh" p2p chat apps based on
> bluetooth.

iOS 7 launched a software product/framework called iBeacon. It's a
classic Apple move to try and obsolete NFC. It uses Bluetooth 4 Low
Energy mode and some other wacky location services bundled in the
platform. The Multipeer framework might use some of this.

The devs are the Open Garden people, which IIRC has been around for
quite some time on Android and iOS.

-lee

> 
> .hc
> 
> On 03/21/2014 01:00 PM, Josh Steiner wrote:
>> The marketing-speak description sounds really interesting:
>>
>> "FireChat For iOS Is A Hyperlocal Anonymous Chat Network That Doesn't
>> Need An Internet Connection"
>>
>> http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/20/firechat-for-ios-is-a-hyper-local-anonymous-chat-network-that-doesnt-need-an-internet-connection/
>>
>> Anyone seen any good detailed writeups of the tech behind the scenes?
>> I found a few interesting posts about the iOS proprietary mesh, but it
>> sounds like FireChat adds their own store-and-forward on top of this
>> if they are claiming 100ft+ range
>>
>> -Josh
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