Digital Signage Micro Show Planned For Toronto October 7, 2013 by Super User The folks at Dot2Dot Communications, along with several other area companies, have organized what’s been dubbed a Digital Trends Showcase at a facility in suburban Toronto in about a month. The event runs over two days – Nov. 6 and 7 – at a facility up near the airport run by the retail merchandising/printing firm …
HTML5 & Digital Signage Explored In Upcoming Webinar August 19, 2013 by Super User I don’t publicize webinars often because: 1 – The topics often get my eyes rolling like a 13-year-old being admonished (and bored) by a parent; 2 – There’s so many of them, attending webinars could be a full-time occupation. But one coming up next week looks worth a listen, primarily because of the topic and …
DSA Plans Industry Symposium Next Month In Chicago August 12, 2013 by Super User The Digital Screenmedia Association is following up on a successful symposium a few months ago in Dallas with another next month in Chicago, Sept. 5-6 at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare. The close proximity to that much loved airport means digital signage sector people can make easy trips in and out using their private jets. OK, …
DPAA Summit Touts Notion Of Video Everywhere August 12, 2013 by Super User The Digital Place-based Advertising Association – aka the DPAA – has announced Video Everywhere is the theme for its 6th annual media summit, set for Oct. 22 in New York. The event at the Hilton New York is expected to pull some 450 people, the majority from the brand and agency side of the business. …
SXSW Tech Director To Do Keynote At CETW June 19, 2013 by Super User I like it when the keynote guys at conferences have absolutely zippo to do with a vendor and get mike time for no other reason than what they have to say is interesting. That would be the case at CETW this fall, as opening keynote on Nov. 6 is Scott Wilcox, the Director of Technology …
Reminder: DSF Mixer Next Wednesday In Toronto June 17, 2013 by Super User A reminder that this event is on next week in my general vicinity of Toronto, put on by the Digital Signage Federation board and some sponsors like NEC and Capital Networks. It is, amusingly, billed as a two-hour mixer (clearly, the DSF people haven’t tipped beers with Canadians, who will work towards closing the …
Events: HP Hosting Digital Retail Session In Montreal Wednesday June 17, 2013 by Super User If you are in beautiful Montreal this week there’s a lunch and early afternoon event Wednesday about retail innovation, being put on by HP, Microsoft, and Scala. There are sessions on: HP Retail Solutions: Transformation of in-store IT technology in today’s omni-channel shopping environment. Microsoft Retail: Microsoft Retail Innovations: from Microsoft’s own retail stores to retail technology deployments …
InfoComm Impressions: Day 2 June 15, 2013 by Super User ORLANDO – So my grand plans of spending most of the day poking around the Infocomm trade show hall got derailed by meetings and conversations that just kept happening on day 2, but I did manage to get a bit of a walk around the floor and develop some thoughts. 1 – We’re now at …
InfoComm Impressions: Day 1 June 13, 2013 by Super User It’s a little hot here, as in Oh My God How Do People Live Here? hot. But that’s typical in the years the pro-AV trade show comes here. Crowds look pretty good to my untrained eyes, though there are always guys at the backs of halls idly chatting and reading emails. I ended up in …
Pic: CE Labs Preps For InfoComm June 3, 2013 by Super User CE labs is a happy Sixteen:Nine advertiser, and I am looking forward to meeting for the first time VP Tony Smith and some of his Garland, TX colleagues, as they show their pots and pans at InfoComm in Orlando next week. The Orlando online weather forecasts are telling me it will feel like 109F. Which …
