Four Winds Sues 22 Miles For Patent Infringement; Alleges Reverse-Engineering Of FWI Platform March 31, 2016 by Super User Denver-based digital signage CMS company Four Winds Interactive has filed a lawsuit in Colorado to go after Silicon Valley-based 22 Miles over patent infringement, copyright infringement and something called Patent False Marking, in addition to other related claims. FWI is claiming 22 Miles – which markets itself as an “innovative interactive digital signage solution vendor” – is marketing a …
Ingram Planning Digital Signage Vendor Fair Apr. 28 In Toronto March 31, 2016 by Super User The Toronto office of giant distributor Ingram Micro is running a Pro AV/Digital Signage vendor fair and what it calls a speed mixer (you drink fast???) on April 28th at the Toronto Congress Centre, which is up by the main airport. The agenda sets up like this: A general vendor fair and lunch starting at noon, …
Projects: Kuwait Petroleum’s VIP Lounge Experience March 30, 2016 by Super User This is the new VIP Executive Lounge Experience at Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, that country’s biggest national oil company. The company, which has annual revenues of something like $250 billion, wanted a space for execs and guests that was luxurious and comfy, but also reinforced the company and brand through visuals. Dubai-based solutions provider 2point0 Concepts were …
DSF Mixer Set For April 6th At Charlotte-area Bass Pro March 30, 2016 by Super User I’d got to this just for the food, and craft beer, but it’s a bit of a drive (like 14 hours) … plus I couldn’t drive home after the craft beer. Oh well. The Digital Signage Federation is running a mixer April 6th at the Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World store in Concord, NC, which …
Foxconn Completes Acquisition Of Sharp March 30, 2016 by Super User Taiwan’s Foxconn, the world’s biggest contract electronics manufacturer, agreed to acquire Japan’s Sharp Corp for about $3.5 billion. The company that, among many things, has huge manufacturing facilities in China making iPhones, is taking roughly a two-thirds stake in the Japanese display and electronics manufacturer. It’s the biggest acquisition to date in Japan’s arguably fading consumer tech …
Audio: Post-DSE Impressions From Hughes Webinar March 29, 2016 by Super User Here’s the audio track (below … click on the red Soundcloud arrow to get started) for that webinar I did Friday with the media solutions folks at Hughes. I joined Senior Marketing Manager Curtis Campbell and Mike Tippets, the VP of Media Solutions at Hughes, to share our collective thoughts on what we saw a couple …
Savannah From Savannah Earns DSF Bursary For Women March 28, 2016 by Super User Savannah from Savannah has won the first Geri Wolff Scholarship Award handed out by the Digital Signage Federation – an effort to encourage more young women to get into the industry. Savannah McNulty, a third-year graphic design student at the Savannah College Art & Design in Georgia, gets $2,000 from the fund – which was …
Webinar Thursday On Getting Paid Faster On SaaS Deals March 28, 2016 by Super User The Toronto company that is marketing a way for companies to bring forward revenue from digital signage SaaS deals is doing another webinar this Thursday on how the arrangement works. The pitch from the SaaS Lending Group, which is part of Alliance Financing, is debt financing in the form of a term loan that gets tied to …
Combo Digital OOH Screen And Vending Machine Start-Up Gets $2M Bump In Shark Tank March 28, 2016 by Super User A New York City start-up that combines digital OOH screens and wall-mounted vending machines got a big PR bump and cash infusion the other night by cutting a deal on the US reality TV show Shark Tank. Vengo Labs co-founders Brian Shimmerlik and Steven Bofill wangled a $2 million deal with a pair of the …
Sticking To Software Drives Big Growth Spike For Indoor Mapping Firm Jibestream March 26, 2016 by Super User Jibestream is a Toronto-based indoor mapping specialist company that has been working around the edges of the digital signage market for the past six or seven years, and some recent strategic shifts have really helped the company get marketplace traction, with triple-digit growth. The company has moved from a small space in the inner suburbs to much …
