For all Canadian winners (as well as oth November 11, 2009 by Dave HaynesFor all Canadian winners (as well as other readers from Toronto Area): Please take this as a standing invitation to the Toronto Digital Signage Mixer taking place on NOV 17. It would be great to give an opportunity for the local DS community to celebrate your achievements and even pick up a tip or two …
WTF – "screens need to be placed in spots that will attract advertisers" November 11, 2009 by Dave Haynes From white paper I stumbled on. These screens are in the right spot if the only people who shop here are eight feet tall.
MediaTile heading for victory in Indiana (nutty) November 11, 2009 by Dave HaynesI’m sorry but this is just inadvertently funny:Our very own Chuck Gose and his Digital Signage Solutions blog is in a heated battle to win the Top 50 Blogs in Indiana competition. It would be great recognition for MediaTile and the digital signage industry if we could pull out the win. So far, MediaTile is ahead, but …
DIGI Awards – handed out but not announced (yet) November 11, 2009 by Dave HaynesLast year I stirred up a bit of a stink because the DIGI Awards were announced at the Digital Signage Show and I could not get anyone to tell me who won. For days.I was actually at the thing this year and being old and stupid, forgot about last year’s fuss. But then I started to remember …
Dave, reading the recent quarterly updat November 11, 2009 by Dave HaynesDave, reading the recent quarterly updates of Wireless Ronin, they constantly referred to a big announcement with NEC USA coming up very shortly. A week later, we see this. Any chance this is Wireless Ronin technology behind the NEC SaaS offering?
NEC launches media sales business unit (please do not adjust your sets) November 11, 2009 by Dave Haynes NEC is known in the business as a manufacturer of high quality professional monitors, so it was only a matter of time before the company took the natural next step and became an advertising media company.What? Huh?Yup. The Japanese display giant’s US wing has launched a new product called VUKUNET, a Web browser-based media booking …
Kioskcom/Digital Signage Show – Day 1 November 11, 2009 by Dave HaynesBack at the penthouse suite sipping on a glass of Bollinger Special Cuvee Brut and throwing things at the butler for giggles, and I have some time to write up my impressions from Day 1 before the limo comes and me and Flanigan go to Studio 54. It’s open on Tuesdays, right?Busy show. Lotsa people …
It will be interesting to see where the November 10, 2009 by Dave HaynesIt will be interesting to see where the budgets wind up, as retailing makes considerable revenue from in-store displays. What would be interesting to see would be how brand owners and companies connect to their audience in store if traditional modes of in-store marketing are not present. In my opinion retailers and brand owners need …
We found another similar company in the November 5, 2009 by Dave HaynesWe found another similar company in the UK, offering an TV screen protector for only 69 euros and it worked perfectly on my 42″ Samsung LCD TV.
Heading to New York next week November 5, 2009 by Dave HaynesThe guys at the Rainbow Bridge border post at Niagara Falls (how many border crossings have a natural wonder out the passenger window?) will be grilling me again on Monday morning as I head down to Buffalo and on to JFK to spend most of the week in NYC.There are a few things on, and …