New large format display tech and firm enter the game January 12, 2010 by Dave Haynes When I was at InfoComm this spring I happily took advantage of press privileges and parked my butt and my gear in the media lounge down a back hallway of the event center. The halls were filled with private meeting and demo rooms, and I kept walking by a sign for something called Spudnik.Now being …
Mixer reminder – Toronto event tonight January 12, 2010 by Dave HaynesFinal reminder the Toronto mixer goes off tonight. A decent (at least in size) crowd is expected. Starts at 6:30, though I have a meeting downtown and will be there quite a bit earlier.Address:Six Steps Restaurant & Lounge55 Colborne StreetT – 416.504.4800http://sixstepsrestaurant.com
Intel shows off concept of interactive retailing January 11, 2010 by Dave Haynes The press release is just an intimidating wall of text, and the copy rough going, but from what i can sort out Intel is at NRF and showing off its take on the future of digital signage in retail. It just screams show me a video (not that one is included with the release) so I searched and found a …
Carre Dawson hangs up consulting hard hat, joins Walt at Harris January 11, 2010 by Dave HaynesHarris Corporation has brought on longtime industry consultant Carre Dawson to help grow the Broadcast Communications unit’s digital signage business, working as a director of business development. Carre joins Rebecca Walt, who has been with Harris for a couple of months now. Dawson covers the West Coast (she lives in LA) and Walt works the east, based …
Maybe not as a full fledged player, but January 11, 2010 by Dave HaynesMaybe not as a full fledged player, but definitely applicable for personal and “on-the-fly” showings and demonstrations. On the other side of the fence, we had one of our recent Academy of Digital Signage students build out a full set of content and a playlist using only his iPhone accessing the Cisco media designer. Again …
Creative Realities hires on Davis-Taylor as retail strategy VP January 11, 2010 by Dave HaynesDailyDOOH had this on the weekend, but there’s a press release out now with more detail about experiential branding and marketing firm Creative Realities (also known as CRI), hiring on Laura Davis-Taylor as Vice President of Global Retail Strategy, working with the New Jersey-based firm’s Studio CRI strategy and creative group.”We’ve always believed in the importance of big picture …
Do tweets on digital billboards make sense January 11, 2010 by Dave HaynesI was just reading a post on outdoor giant Lamar’s digital blog (as spotted by DS Today) about how the MGM Grand in Las Vegas is working with them on a trial program with a couple of big digital boards around that city.The billboard comes with its own unique set of challenges, notes Lamar’s Adam Kirby. Conveying a …
I doubt the processing power of a smartp January 11, 2010 by Dave HaynesI doubt the processing power of a smartphone for digital signage. Flash is good but more and more networks are looking towards broadcast style content and video playback on phones is less then stellar. It would have been a good jumping off point a while back but now there are so many smaller stand alone …
Is a smartphone a digital signage player, too? January 9, 2010 by Dave HaynesSpotted this on Engadget, which was picking up on an iSuppli analysis of the build cost of the new Google Nexus One smartphone.iSuppli reports a preliminary estimate of $174.15 for the cost of materials needed to build each handset. The research firm also congratulates Google on keeping a bill of materials comparable to most recent smartphones while having “the …
Coach? No Way! You need to hold out for January 8, 2010 by Dave HaynesCoach? No Way! You need to hold out for a first class ticket. And don’t forget to wear underpants, the x-ray machines show everything!
