CONVERGENCE MAY - JUNE 2016
Malaysias' Airport Magazine
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What's<br />
C onverging<br />
Calling Out All Bookworms!<br />
Download FREE eBooks at<br />
KLIA and klia2<br />
If you're bored and unsure of what to do with all that time<br />
waiting for your flight at Kuala Lumpur International Airport<br />
(KLIA) or klia2, why not download and read a free eBook?<br />
Passengers at both airports will now have access to these<br />
electronic books which can be downloaded via 40 bluetooth<br />
beacons placed strategically within KLIA Main Terminal and klia2.<br />
The eBooks are downloaded through the use of bluetooth<br />
beacon signals which work on the principles of geo-fencing<br />
micro-location technology.<br />
The inaugural eBook beacon infrastructure was first demonstrated<br />
on 23 April <strong>2016</strong> in conjunction with World Book Day <strong>2016</strong> during an<br />
event in klia2<br />
A signage displaying a bluetooth<br />
beacon spot to download<br />
eBooks<br />
It communicates with<br />
passengers’ smartphone<br />
applications, allowing them<br />
to access a special virtual<br />
library of eBooks.<br />
Currently, travellers in KLIA<br />
Main Terminal have more<br />
than 800 eBook titles from<br />
various genres in English,<br />
Malay and Mandarin.<br />
Each passenger is able<br />
to borrow a maximum<br />
of two titles which once<br />
downloaded, can be kept<br />
in electronic devices for a<br />
period of two days. Once<br />
downloaded, the eBook can<br />
be read without an internet<br />
connection.<br />
The facility is a first of its kind<br />
in the world and was made<br />
possible with assistance from<br />
Malaysia Airports, Multimedia<br />
Super Corridor, e-Sentral and<br />
Perbadanan Kota Buku.<br />
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