MS Surface gets a service pack, and grows more useful, reliable May 11, 2009 by Dave HaynesTech blog CrunchGear has a nice post up this morning about a service pack release of the Microsoft Surface multi-touch platform. There are some new features, but what I liked was a developer tool that stress-tests the application by emulating a bunch of crazy interactions all at once – the notion being that before these …
Digital Signage Show/KioskCom May 11, 2009 by Dave HaynesHi Dave, Digital Signage Show/KioskCom coverage is now live. Lionel
The Digital Signage Show/KioskCom May 9, 2009 by Dave HaynesHi Dave, Regarding the Digital Signage Show/KioskCom… We’ll have our coverage live on Monday. It was a good show, good attendance, good crowd…a little smaller than last year, but very worth while. More info to come… Lionel
Odd and sods from a busy week May 8, 2009 by Dave HaynesMy apologies for not writing very much the last little bit, but it has been crazy busy.Among many things, I started my new gig. There are press releases involved with the firm (not about me), so detail on that needs to wait a few more days. Suffice to say I am still in the DS …
Apple Canada hosting next Toronto mixer May 5, 2009 by Dave Haynes It is mixer time again, and this should be an interesting and well-attended event, considering the sponsor/hosts this time around.There were three biz dev guys from Apple at the one in April and this time they’re taking on the all important “paying for munchies and buying some drinks” duties. Dmitry Sokolov at Ingram, who graciously organizes …
Learning a lesson in how not to plan a media network May 5, 2009 by Dave HaynesThe AdLab blog has a post up that is a near perfect representation of the struggles of this industry – particularly the ad-driven side of it. A college freshman has done all the legwork to start up a network in Las Vegas airport shuttles, and at the 11th hour is discovering this ad sales stuff is a …
service audio video May 5, 2009 by Dave HaynesA lot of useful information in those links, thanks. I feel that it might even be too much for me to “digest” in just one week.
Former BroadSign CEO now running DS deployment firm May 3, 2009 by Dave HaynesI traded emails and had a call last week with Rick Engels, my old ultimate boss at BroadSign, and like me, a member of the BS alumni, or whatever you want to call it.Rick is based in the Minneapolis area and has signed on as CEO for Rudder Capital. In his first three weeks, he has been …
Astral starts LED billboard plans for Toronto; likely in for major bun fight May 3, 2009 by Dave Haynes Montreal media company Astral Media has started its efforts to expand its rollout of LED billboards into Toronto, but there’s little doubt the company is in for a fight with the anti-billboard lobby.A major billboard company is quietly lobbying city councillors to support converting 10 of its signs to a digital format where the image changes every …
