LinkNYC Shuts Off Web Tablets To Stop, Ummm, Problematic Browsing September 14, 2016 by Super User It should not surprise anyone who’s been on the operations side of digital signage networks that the flashy and very expensive interactive information stations that are replacing payphones around the sidewalks of New York are running into problems with the general public. If you’ve never done operations work, you assume the general public is uniformly well-behaved, and …
New York Digital Signage Week Takes Shape September 14, 2016 by Super User If you also read DailyDOOH from the UK, you will have already read endless bits about what’s been dubbed New York Digital Signage Week. If you don’t, here’s what’s up with the now annual gathering of the clans. There are several events Oct. 24-28, from cocktail parties and open houses to conferences – set around Manhattan. One …
Ayuda Expands Digital OOH Platform To Mobile Via New Subsidiary, Ayuda[x] September 14, 2016 by Super User The Montreal out of home ad software firm Ayuda Systems has made what it calls a pivot by spinning off a wholly-owned subsidiary called AYUDA[x] that uses geospatial data to hyper-target and deliver ads to Digital OOH screens AND smartphones. “Digital marketers are increasingly buying location-based mobile media, and we are intentionally melding DOOH and mobile into …
Connected Screen Demo Shows How Interactive Digital Signs Can Be Contactless Payment Terminals September 10, 2016 by Super User The transaction processing company Ingenico is demonstrating a slick “connected screen” concept at the Toronto International Film Festival that allows people to just wave their Visa credit card at an LCD screen to make a donation. This is the first North American demonstration of a concept that’s been shown in Europe – enabling people who …
Stars Are In Toronto For TIFF, While Commuters Take Subway And Watch Tuff September 8, 2016 by Super User For the 10th year running, digital signage screens in Toronto’s subway system are being used as the medium for a film festival that pretty much coincides with the glitzy, celebrity-riddled Toronto International Film Festival. The Toronto Urban Film Festival (or TUFF) is running 72 films from 36 countries on screens owned and operated on commuter …
STRATACACHE Summer Buying Binge Continues; Firm Picks Up Giant Mothballed Datacenter September 6, 2016 by Super User The CMS software and solutions firm STRATACACHE is continuing its summertime buying binge, announcing today that it has bought an old EDS building in Dayton, OH to use as its primary datacenter and network operations hub. The building has 113,000 square feet space, with raised floors, multiple back-up generators and enough space to host a …
Why And How To Engage The Bosses With Digital Signage September 2, 2016 by Stu Armstrong Guest Post: Sean Matthews, Visix You’ve hired some of the best and brightest people around to help you run your company. Use your corporate digital signage solution to support, encourage and inspire them as they steer your organization to success. Seven Traits to Thrive Harvard Business Review identified seven traits that companies most need in …
Thanks, As A Couple Of Records Fall September 1, 2016 by Super User I’ve been curious for the last week or so, watching the page view and visits counters on this blog, seeing how August was, weirdly, a huge month for traffic on Sixteen:Nine. By last night, monthly traffic had busted the previous record traffic month by more than 10% … and the old record was pretty good. So thank …
STRATACACHE Buys Monster Warehouse Space In Suburban Dayton August 31, 2016 by Super User Were there any question Chris Riegel is serious about the growth he expects at STRATACACHE in the next two or three years, consider this: the software and services company now owns a 380,000 square foot distribution facility on 50 acres in suburban Dayton. And the address will be One Stratacache Way. The company will be moving …
Projection-Mapped Advertising Goes Airborne Over NYC August 29, 2016 by Super User Last week, New Yorkers might have looked up one night and seen a huge illuminated billboard floating along the west skyline, over the Hudson River. Industry friend Will Amos of Diversified sent me a smartphone video that was, as he advertised, crappy, and had him guessing way off in the distance was a plane towing an …
