Cell phone consumer tracking at US malls shut down November 30, 2011 by Super User There was a substantial fuss stirred up last week with word that a couple of shopping malls in the US (the Promenade Temecula in Southern California and Short Pump Town Center in Richmond, VA) were doing a little consumer intelligence using cellphone-tracking technology. That technology just established shopper patterns as people moved around the malls …
Portugal’s Sendae turns transparent LCD into a mirror November 30, 2011 by Super User [vimeo id=”32752656″ width=”600″ height=”350″] The Portuguese startup Sendae has launched what it is calling the world’s first transparent/mirror LCD display. The product combines an optically-coated mirror film with a transparent LCD, the kind that have recently been turning up at trade shows. “Transparent LCDs are the most recent, cool, products in the displays market. We gave it an upgrade, …
Cosmetic surgery network launches in Spain November 30, 2011 by Super User Medical networks are without argument one of the strongest verticals for Digital Out Of Home, but I can’t recall seeing a network that got focused on cosmetic surgery. Until this morning. A Barcelona-based software startup, Beablooo, has worked a deal with the Spanish Society of Medicine and Cosmetic Surgery to launch CosmesisTV. “Beabloo has provided …
DisplayPort adoption rates climbing fast November 30, 2011 by Super User The Video Electronics Standards Association, or VESA, is reporting a significant rise in the number of commercial panel makers and product that now have DisplayPort connections. VESA says Hewlett-Packard, Mitsubishi, NEC, and Samsung have released more than 50 digital signage displays that use DisplayPort in the last 12 months. “The momentum seen in digital signage …
Google’s Maps go indoors; digital wayfinding guys twitch November 29, 2011 by Super User [youtube id=”Gy-DI_bWElg” width=”600″ height=”350″] If your company has been developing wayfinding applications, particularly for things like airports and malls, you’ve probably been thinking Google might present a bit of a problem at some point. That point appears to have arrived, with Google’s announcement that the maps it serves up that allow billions of people to …
Electrosonic projection-maps a hotel for trade show party November 29, 2011 by Super User You start to realize what you once thought was really exotic stuff is starting to go mainstream when you see it used for corporate parties. In this case, big AV integrator Electrosonic rolled 3D projection mapping of a hotel facade into the bag of tricks for its 10th annual party for clients and partners at the …
Sharp hires sharp guy to run B2B November 29, 2011 by Super User Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America, aka Sharp, has announced Doug Albregts is its new president, responsible for driving the strategic growth and profitability of the company’s B2B business. “We are fortunate to have someone with Doug Albregts’ skill set and industry experience join our organization and lead our business solutions strategy forward,” said …
rAVe: Panasonic to Shutter Sanyo Brand by April 1st November 29, 2011 by Super User Although it’s not been announced officially to the market yet, rAVe has learned that Panasonic is planning to totally eliminate the Sanyo brand by April 1, 2012. The details are not being made public yet, but we’ve learned that the Sanyo product line will cease to exist by the end of Q1 2012 and most …
rAVe: DSE announces 10 pre-conference educational sessions November 29, 2011 by rave Digital Signage Expo has released detailed on 10 educational programs set for Tuesday, March 6th as part of its pre-conference curriculum. The courses include: The Digital Place-Based Advertising Summit designed specifically for Brand Marketers, Advertising professionals and digital place-based network operators. The Digital Signage Certified Expert (DSCE) Program designed for those whose professional involvement requires a …
Guest Post: Selling Digital Signage Effectively In “The Channel” November 29, 2011 by Bas Smeets Selling digital signage technology looks relatively easy in principle, but proves much harder in practice for a lot of companies that add these products and services to their portfolios. It’s a display mounted on a wall, driven by a PC, it’s reasonably assumed, so what could be hard about that? The problem for companies that …
