hey hey hey… October 16, 2008 by Dave Haynes“the only people really engaging were under the age of 10.” hey hey hey…I’m sure a lot of ‘tipsy’ folks enjoy it in vegas. I did.
Reactrix confirms it is in receivership; looking for buyers October 15, 2008 by Dave HaynesThis has been known for a bit, but not confirmed by the company … so we didn’t exclusively spread what was still a rumour. But it is now formally out there that Reactrix is in receivership.Reports Mediaweek:In receivership, the Redwood City, Calif.-based company retained business consultants Sherwood Partners to “manage the restructuring process and find buyers for …
New speaker line takes different approach at focused sound October 15, 2008 by Dave Haynes Dakota Audio is at the kiosk/digital signage show running over the next couple of days in New York, and showing off a new speaker specifically designed with digital signage in mind.The speaker is really a bunch of little speakers in an array, and through some engineering that is quite easily over my head, points the audio …
Mixer draws healthy mob despite election October 15, 2008 by Dave HaynesBest intentions went awry Tuesday as I found myself, by midday, pretty much wanting to crawl into a corner and grumble … the flu my daughter had on the weekend decided to give me a viisit (and hasn’t left yet).So I did not make the trip up the road into downtown for the monthly mixer, …
Mixer tonight! October 14, 2008 by Dave Haynes When this was organized, we decided every second Tuesday of the month made sense.We didn’t bake in that the Canuck prime minister would decide to call a snap election for the second Tuesday in October. So the latest meet-up of the Toronto and area industry is tonight, as the country votes on whether it wants …
Point of Purchase LCD TFT Signs & Digital Signage October 12, 2008 by Dave HaynesLCD Digital Advertising Displays and Digital Signage More Affordable Small businesses are recognizing the importance of communication with customers to improve product awareness and increase turnover Sun Group has responded to market demand for affordable high quality Digital Advertising Display SUN-SG8 8Inch, 10.4Inch, 15Inch, 17Inch and 19Inch. The company has recently announced their new line …
Finnish IT school intros its own multi-touch eye candy October 11, 2008 by Dave Haynes As spotted on Gizmodo:Here’s yet another touch-screen interface that allows users to resize photos and spin things, this one from the Helsinki Institute for Information technology, in Finland.The user interface is rendered in 3D, which makes it look very cool. And some of the interaction is interesting, but like the others I’ve seen, not a lot …
Nice branded screens up in Nebraska bank October 11, 2008 by Dave Haynes Teller TV is an industry blog, written by I have no idea who, that takes a periodic and specific look at digital signage installs into the banking industry.It has a new post up about a regional bank in Nebraska and some very nice work it has done with branded displays inside some 60 branches.As the writer notes, the …
Major brands booking time on novelty shopping carts October 10, 2008 by Dave Haynes UPDATE: Now MediaPost is saying these carts are NOT rolling in Wal-Mart. A close read of the original press release makes no mention of any stores where these things are committed to, and PRN has about 13 banners it is active in.When this was first announced, the ops guy inside me looked this over and immediately thought: expensive …
Raising money tough right now October 9, 2008 by Dave HaynesBill Gerba has a good brief over here about raising money right now, and what’s available and what’s not.The abbreviated version: credit is hard to find; VCs want pounds of flesh (emphasis on the plural) and some high net worth angel level guys are active.
