New IoT Density Sensor Opens Up More Possibilities For Real-Time Messaging August 3, 2015 by Super User Via Engadget If you follow tech writing, you won’t scroll too far on any site before you run into an Internet of Things piece. It’s a massive subject, but here’s an IoT gadget you can quickly get your head around, as it might apply to digital signage and digital OOH. A teeny sensor from a …
Sharp Exits TV Market In Americas, But Not Commercial Display Biz July 31, 2015 by Super User China’s Hisense Group and Japan’s Sharp announced a deal today that sees Hisense buying all the equity and assets of Sharp’s TV factory in Mexico (for $23.7 million) and with that the rights to use the “Sharp” brand name and all its channel resources in both North and South American regions. In effect, Hisense is completely taking over …
DSF’s DSrupted Mixer Goes To The Mall July 31, 2015 by Super User The Digital Signage Federation is again getting involved with DSrupted, running a mixer the night before the conference at a restaurant-bar at Canada’s swishiest mall. The DSF Night Of Networking is at Moxie’s Grill & Bar, at Yorkdale Shopping Centre, from 6 to 9 PM on Sept. 15th. DSrupted is the next day. Come by for …
My Excellent Signage Week In The Southeast July 30, 2015 by Super User Sitting in Charlotte Airport and resisting the siren call of a local summer wheat beer at the bar a few gates down, at the tail end of three weeks of pretty much non-stop travel, and eating. And I thought July would be quiet … Some quick impressions of as blitz through the corridor between Atlanta …
Tim Hortons Digital OOH Network Stirs Controversy, Prompts Rethink July 27, 2015 by Super User Canadian QSR giant Tim Horton’s has run into the problem that has occasionally come up at just about any venue running third-party advertising as a cost-recovery measure: complaints about the advertisers. CTV News, a Canadian broadcaster, reported today how the hyper-popular coffee and donut chain has found itself in the middle of a much broader …
Unvertising Finds Way To LED Billboards July 27, 2015 by Super User A visual artist is running a temporary public art installation on digital billboards on US interstate freeways – showing nature scenes instead of all those ads for mortgage brokers and career colleges – as moments of relief for daily commuters. The effort is likened by Boston artist Brian Kane to the healing tool in Photoshop, …
Last Week To Save On DSrupted Tickets July 27, 2015 by Super User This week is the last week to save $50 on getting your early bird ticket for DSrupted, the conference Sept. 16th ion Toronto focused on disruptive technology in digital signage. After Friday, tickets are $345 for a full day of expert sessions on subjects such as data visualization, real-time data-driven advertising, Internet of Things, new …
Maybe It’s A VERY Subtle Microsoft Ad? July 23, 2015 by Super User I tend to give a pass to small start-ups and teeny companies that have dead screens or error messages, as they have limited resources and in many cases are learning hard but good lessons about operations. But Outfront Media – until recently known as CBS Outdoor – showing giant Windows errors because they didn’t have …
On Road, So Posts Will Be Spotty July 20, 2015 by Super User This week and next, just like last week, sees me in a whole buncha airports and hotels, so posts will be spotty. It’s summer, and theoretically not a whole pile going on anyway. Whatever normal is for this thing should resume at the start of August.
Correction: CRI IPO Filing Just Quarterly Paperwork July 17, 2015 by Super User I posted earlier today on how Creative Realities, Inc. has filed an S-1 IPO registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. I always try to stress my understanding of the financial market is very limited, and here’s a a good example. A guy from an equity firm kindly called me to clarify that the S-1 filing …
