Seasoned startup investor suggests companies lower burn rate and hang on for a few months October 9, 2008 by Dave HaynesTechCrunch is a very active, successful blog focused on Silicon Valley companies, and filled each week with news of startups adding wrinkles to stuff like Twitter or coming up with new ways to search.Some of these companies are doing cool things, but like back in the dotcom era, the business model for some of them seems …
Westinghouse panel guys re-brand software offer as "neon" October 9, 2008 by Dave Haynes Is it just me, or is calling a product aimed at driving advertising on LCD screens “neon” an odd, confusing choice?But it beats the tar out of what they were calling it: M470SWP Digital Signage Solution. Rolls off your tongue, doesn’t it?From SignWeb:Westinghouse Digital Electronics (Santa Fe Springs, CA), an LCD TV manufacturer, is introducing neonSource™, neonNow™ …
Go to your happy advertising place while someone roots around in your mouth October 8, 2008 by Dave Haynes This falls into the category of digital out of home, much more than screens.We’ve all been strapped into chairs and handed a set of scratchy old protective glasses while the dentist or hygienist goes to work inside our mouths. There have been a few dentists in my life that had TVs mounted into the ceiling …
Meh… October 8, 2008 by Dave Haynes… isn’t this the same thing as at East Side Mario’s except they use paper tablecloths and crayons instead of projectors? They need broken peanut shells all over the place too.
London restaurant uses projections on tables October 8, 2008 by Dave Haynes Depending on how you look at the world this either IS digital signage, or nibbles at the edge of the format. Either way, it’s pretty interesting stuff.A London (UK) Japanese restaurant called Inamo has installed a set of projection-driven tables in the dining area that allow patrons to surf the menu, order food, have a …
Looking for money guys October 7, 2008 by Dave Haynes People with money to invest into this space, or pretty much anything, are a little hard to come by this week.I’m looking for one or two, in the Toronto area, but not for reasons you might think.I am, with another fella, pulling together a breakfast series session for the Canadian Out-of-home Digital Association, and given …
SlideBuy gets screen down to shelf-level without eating up stock space October 7, 2008 by Dave HaynesIn-store merchandisers Frank Mayer and Associates will be showing off a nice new shelf-level screen device at the Kioskcom/Digital Signage Show next week in New York.I like it for a few reasons: it’s down where people will see the screen, and interact with itit is, indeed, interactive, using touchit cleverly addresses the concerns retailers have about shelf-edge screens …
What, Us Worry? Titan announces $90 million plan October 6, 2008 by Dave HaynesWell, as I type this the Dow is having another rollercoaster day, mostly heading down, and the sounds you hear in the distance are brokers screaming about the fate of their weekend getaways in the Hamptons.As this is happening, again, outdoor giant Titan Worldwide (and if you are going to be called outdoor giant, is …
World's biggest LED board to rise, where else, in Dubai October 6, 2008 by Dave Haynes If you know the Daktronics sales guy who has Dubai in his territory, and you’re wondering why he can’t stop smiling, observe …Dubai: UAE development company Tameer Holding will develop the world’s largest LED screen to be embedded on an intended commercial tower in the Majan district of Dubailand, the company announced on Monday (Gulf News, via Gizmodo). Termed …
