Retail POS system adapted for simple iPod Touch July 1, 2010 by Super UserStarmount Systems came out with an announcement last week about a deal to use the Apple iPod Touch as a mobile POS unit in Urban Outfitters stores. I didn’t write anything on it at the time because the release was a little light on detail. However, a little email back and forth with some folks …
Short Bites intros canned content libraries June 29, 2010 by Super UserWe’re starting to see more pre-packaged content come into the space, with material that has a better shot of interesting viewers than news and business headlines. Short Bites Media is a new company based out of Charlotte, NC (one of my favorite places) that has packed up a series of short segments on subject areas. …
IAB's new QA guidelines instructive for DOOH sector June 29, 2010 by Super UserFor those of us who were involved in online media when it first started taking shape, the work of the Interactive Advertising Bureau is always interesting. While online is so much bigger than DOOH, there are definite parallels between the two mediums. Both have seen countless crazy ideas come and go. And both have gone …
Toronto's ACC to host digital signage education event June 25, 2010 by Super UserThe Air Canade Centre in Toronto is a great example of a digital signage project that was very carefully planned and executed to deliver on needs and objectives, and the result is a project where the screens are really a part of the fan experience and driving revenues for the building operator. In an interesting …
DOOH giant Accent Health does the CEO Shuffle June 22, 2010 by Super UserAccentHealth, one of the biggest DOOH networks in the US, has switched out CEOs, with Daniel Stone replacing Richard Ruth, who co-founded the thing and has been with the company for 15 years. There is no back story provided in the press release about why Ruth is leaving, not even a pursuing other opportunities line. …
Top Five Posts of the Week June 18, 2010 by Super UserOne of the nice things that my move to WordPress gives me is a dashboard and instant analytics on what people are reading – something that was probably possible -somewhere in Joomla. So now I can see what people are reading and what they could care less about. This week, the top posts were: Movie …
DOOH creative part of Canadian New Media Awards … but just June 18, 2010 by Super UserThe 10th annual Canadian New Media Awards committee is now accepting nominations for the set of honors it will hand out in November, at Toronto’s Design Exchange. Google Alert flags digital out of home for me, and with some extra searching I read that DOOH is one of the examples of the the type of …
Movie theatre giant Cineplex buys Canada's DDC June 17, 2010 by Super UserIn a really interesting move, Canada’s biggest movie theatre chain has agreed to acquire one of the country’s oldest and most respected digital signage services companies, DDC. (Disclosure: clients and friends, but this was news to me this morning) Says the release: Canada’s movie exhibitor Cineplex Entertainment LP, which is owned by Cineplex Galaxy Income …
Is 3D the digital signage future? June 14, 2010 by Super UserIs all this sudden 3D buzz the product of hype? Sure. Does it work? Well, yes, in a “this will really be cool when it gets better” way. Read on: https://www.sixteen-nine.net/?page_id=2570
Captivate drops screwball ad format; goes mainstream June 14, 2010 by Super UserWhen the old Elevator News Network and Captivate Network merged almost a decade ago I was, for a few months, a Captivate guy. Then, like the rest of the Canadian executive team, I got walked off the plank. I stayed interested in what they were doing, and was dismayed and confused when the Captivate guys …
