LG Canada Plans Dec. 8-9 Showcase And Conference For Downtown Toronto November 30, 2021 by Dave Haynes The Canadian wing of LG’s commercial display and signage business has organized a showcase and conference for two days in downtown Toronto early next week. The event will be at the Rec Room, a big dining and entertainment complex in the shadow of the Rogers Centre (where the Blue Jays play) and not terribly far …
Mancunians In Snit Over Temporary Hoardings For DOOH Sidewalk Displays November 29, 2021 by Dave Haynes Photograph: Christopher Thomond/The Guardian Hat Tip to Paul Fleuranges for noting this … At least some of the residents of Manchester, England are in a serious snit over the presence of a series of temporary enclosures on the sidewalks of major thoroughfares – put there as hoardings for sidewalk street furniture posters that are being …
Meeting Room Entry Gets Serious Upgrade With Transparent OLED Sliding Doors November 29, 2021 by Dave Haynes Here’s a real world – albeit as real world as deep-pocketed Dubai can be – of a venue using sliding glass entry doors embedded with transparent OLED displays. This is the entrance to a meeting room at an office somewhere in Dubai, using the door-slider mechanisms of a company called ASSA ABLOY, which has a …
Finnish Volvo Dealers Make Digital Signage Central To Marketing, Built Into Furnishings November 26, 2021 by Dave Haynes We had an unfortunate twilight run-in wth a deer on the highway – wife Joy fine, deer not – so we’ve been in a few new car showrooms lately, anticipating the call from the shop saying the car’s a write-off. So I have seen how some local dealers are building digital signage into their environments. …
Denver Airport Upgrades Make Digital Signage Central To Check-In Process November 23, 2021 by Dave Haynes Jeremy Klammer of the cannabis-focused digital signage firm GreenScreens sent me a bunch of photos of the upgrades now active in the Great Hall at Denver’s sprawling airport – with a focus on how digital signage is now central to the check-in experience. The area where travelers do self-service check-in and bag drop for United …
Why Edit A Menu Board With Software When You Can Use Painter’s Tape? November 22, 2021 by Dave Haynes Charles Lewis of the specialty display company Palmer Digital Group has an amazing post up on Linkedin showing what can happen when a local QSR operator invests in digital displays in the drive-thru lane, but appears to have fallen down in training, supporting technology or maybe the clout of the SLA with a services provider. …
Qwick Media Launches Interactive Hardware-Software Toolset Focused On Local Tourism November 22, 2021 by Dave Haynes The greater Vancouver interactive hardware-software shop Qwick Media has developed a digital toolset focused on the destination tourism sector – a simple cloud and browser-driven platform intended for customers like golf and ski resorts to organize and market the various properties, amenities and services available in the immediate area. The company has been doing self-service …
E Ink, Display Giant TPV Partner On New 25 Inch Color E-Paper Display November 20, 2021 by Dave Haynes Digital paper giant E Ink has partnered with display manufacturing giant TPV Technology to bring to market a 25.3 inch color Spectra display to market, aimed at the transportation and smart retail markets. The arrangement follows on an earlier deal to jointly launch and market a 7.3-inch eTable sign using the same digital paper technology. …
PORTL Closes $12M Fundraising Round To Grow Demand For Its Virtual Presence Products November 19, 2021 by Dave Haynes The company that has really pushed the possibilities for transparent LCD and marketed a quasi-hologram-ish virtual presence product called PORTL has just announced a healthy fundraising round. LA-based PORTL Inc. has announced the close of its $12M Series A round, led by TRUE Capital Management and funded by everyone from well-known tech investor Tim Draper to …
WHSmith Store Uses Massive Digital Facade For New London Stansted Airport Store November 18, 2021 by Dave Haynes Technical details have eluded me, but what I do know is the just-opened WHSmith store at London Stansted Airport went all-in with digital – with a huge, all-digital facade facing the concourse and screens all through the store. The travel retail focused online publication Moodie Davitt Report was at the store opening Wednesday and filed …
