Xibo Feedback July 27, 2009 by Dave HaynesHi Dave Thanks for mentioning Xibo. Xibo has been around for a couple of years now, although only under an AGPLv3 license for about 9 months. There’s loads of exciting developments coming along soon, so watch this space. We’re translated in to several languages already and are working on localization support in the forthcoming 1.1 …
LED board at Picadilly plays with crowds July 26, 2009 by Dave Haynes From CMD Global and Ad Age:When the long, hot days of summer kick in, water sales skyrocket. Glaceau VitaminWater understood how important it was to maintain a visual presence during this time, as well as differentiate itself from the multitude of other water brands on the market.To engage consumers and up sales of its water, …
Memo from the Dep't of Dumb Ideas: Interactive soda machine July 26, 2009 by Dave Haynes There was a lot of fuss a few months back at CES when Coke and Samsung announced a touchscreen vending machine that allowed users to do all kinds of touchy thingies with the screen, instead of just feeding it money and pressing that big piece of printed plastic with a brand stamped on it.People who’ve …
Leaked plans for Microsoft retail shops show big DS component July 26, 2009 by Dave Haynes Microsoft recently announced it was going to start opening up its own retail shops to go head to head, sort of, with Apple and its own hip and very successful retail outlets. Someone has now slipped the guys at Gizmodo a Powerpoint presentation from the retail design firm engaged to come up with the look and feel …
Hat tip to Daily DOOHboys (and girls) July 25, 2009 by Dave Haynes The UK-based but increasingly international Daily DOOH blog/news portal turns two this week, and I wish the kids a happy birthday. (Note – just corrected this … I thought it was three)I’ll be four, in blog years, next February and I remember then it was just Gerba (the first real industry blogger, and still the best for insight) and …
Augmented reality business card has me thinking … July 24, 2009 by Dave Haynes Augmented reality apps keep popping up, and while they still look not quite there, the possibilities continue to be more and more intriguing for network operators looking to have interactive elements.Consider this slightly cumbersome and flakey business card app, as spotted on Gizmodo. It is a 3D hologram that pops the developers image on a …
A dumb $119 device that MAY be all you need July 24, 2009 by Dave Haynes I do NOT advocate building out DS networks with dumb devices that have no connectivity and therefore can’t be monitored and remedied remotely, particularly in situations in which the content needs to get regularly updated.However. there have been times during my technology sales life (now past) in which I was pitching, but thinking, my pots …
Indie coffee network thinks programming first July 24, 2009 by Dave Haynes There’s been some hoo-hah the last couple of weeks about ad-based networks, with Danoo getting traction and rumours, underscore rumours, that Ripple TV is in “last one out turn off the lights” mode.This sort of change and upheaval has long been expected in the space and will keep on happening. Maybe the economic climate is …
Samsung launches new phone with holographic illusion July 24, 2009 by Dave HaynesSamsungmobile Jet making film from d’strict on Vimeo.I spotted this on James Van Etten’s Clippings emailer this morning. This is a Samsung mobile phone product launch in a controlled environment, and I am pretty sure this is a variation on something I saw at Infocomm from a company called Digital Illusions. This one, however, was …
Thanks for the mention, Dave! July 23, 2009 by Dave HaynesOn behalf of the Concerto Team, I just wanted to say thanks for mentioning us. Concerto has been extremely successful at RPI to date, and we’re building some very interesting extensions to the system. We urge people to go visit our new public website at http://www.concerto-signage.com, freely download the code, and try setting up a …
