Fire Destroys Avida’s Toronto Head Office July 1, 2014 by Super User Fire has destroyed the Toronto offices of the digital signage services company Avida. CBC Toronto News reports a fire broke out this morning around 4:30 AM at the one-storey building in Etobicoke. It took 80 firefighters to get the blaze under control three hours later, but by then, the roof had collapsed, so we’ll assume …
CRI And Wireless Ronin Cut Merger Deal June 26, 2014 by Super User Creative Realities, the New York-based solutions provider more commonly known as CRI, and Wireless Ronin Technologies, the software company mostly commonly known for running up a $100 million deficit, announced a definitive merger agreement today. When the deal closes, the two companies will be combined into a publicly-traded company that will be “focused on providing its …
Meet The Disruptive Tech Speakers For DSrupted June 24, 2014 by Super User It took a little longer than planned after protracted chats with one company eventually went nowhere, but the final of five speakers is in place for the DSrupted conference in September in Toronto. As it turns out, my Plan B for that last speaker slot will likely turn out to be way better than the …
World’s Oldest Advertising Medium Has Chance to Act Like Newest June 24, 2014 by Benjamin Schmitt Guest Post: Steve Schildwachter, rVue This past year I moved from Ad Land to Digital Signage Land. My first impression was that consumer engagement is the future of digital signage. As the months went on, it became obvious that Digital Out of Home (or, if you will, Digital Place-based Media) isn’t just a fantastic way …
Vancouver’s Solara360 Selling $175K Digital Signage Franchise Dreams June 20, 2014 by Super User To the credit of digital signage franchisor Dorn Beattie, President and CEO of Solara360, he concedes in a press release that selling advertising is a tough business. “In an age where the news, weather, an unlimited library and communication to anywhere is all in your hand and available anytime you want, it is no wonder that the …
Does New US Supreme Court Decision Change Game For Patent Trolling? June 20, 2014 by Super User The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling Thursday that MAY make life a little harder for companies that have been suing their way through digital signage and other software industries for the last four or five years, based on patent infringement claims. The country’s high court ruled that companies can’t claim a software patent on an …
BA’s Magic Billboard Wins Top Global Ad Honor June 16, 2014 by Super User That very clever British Airways digital billboard campaign, that married real time departure data to screen visuals, just won one of the advertising world’s biggest prizes. OgilvyOne, a business unit of Ogilvy & Mather, won the Direct Lions Grand Prix in Cannes this evening for its #lookup digital billboards. Well-deserved, and a glimpse of where digital …
Navori Opens Digital Signage Innovation Center In Lausanne June 16, 2014 by Super User The Swiss software firm Navori is the latest digital signage firm to open up space dedicated to showing their product in context. The new Digital Signage Innovation Center at the company’s global headquarters in Lausanne has a broad range of pots and pans on display for existing and prospective customers – including tablets, 4K Android Players, interactive …
Have Fun, Learn Stuff, Stay Cool At InfoComm June 16, 2014 by Super User A buncha people have sent me notes asking me to stop by, get together, or come drink their beer – sometimes all three – this week in Las Vegas at InfoComm. But … I’m not going. While traveling every week is the norm for sales guys and CEOs (in many cases the real VP Sales …
5.6B Reasons Why Retail Bankers Need A Mobile-Digital Sign Strategy June 12, 2014 by Till carlos Guest Post: Nancy Radermecher, John Ryan Banking is now literally in the hands of global consumers, around the globe, in the form of smartphones. By the end of 2013, mobile networks vendor Ericsson estimated there were 1.9 billion active smartphone subscriptions globally. In five years, Ericsson forecasts that number will triple to 5.6 billion subscriptions. As …
