DOOHgood Update: Screach Adds Instagram App For #Sandy November 1, 2012 by Super User David Weinfeld, back in the dark days of life as a Preset member, had the original idea (I think) around using Digital OOH networks to get the word out about disaster relief. He’s gone on to much better things – and much younger colleagues – working as the Chief Strategy Officer for Screach. But he …
CETW Proceeding As Planned November 1, 2012 by Super User Lawrence Dvorchik, the longtime organizer of Customer Engagement Technology World (aka CETW) traded emails with me yesterday, after I guessed correctly that people in some corners were all worked up about the impact of Hurricane Sandy on the trade show planned for the middle of next week in New York. In the wake of starting …
Planning: ADstruc, Telmar Work Strategic Partnership October 31, 2012 by Super User ADstruc and Telmar have worked a strategic partnership and integration deal that sees one of the biggest media planning platforms tied into a platform that helps agencies find out of home and digital out of home media avails. “An industry first,” says ADstruc, “Telmar’s planning software now seamlessly connects into ADstruc’s buying software to provide …
DOOHgood For Sandy’s Victims October 31, 2012 by Super User Source: Getty ImagesIt’s been hard to sort out what the trigger point is for firing up the DOOHgood relief engine, but the images and video that started coming out of the US Northeast as daylight came Tuesday was enough. There are hundreds of thousands of ad-based, retail and corporate digital screens out there and …
Open Source Xibo Software Gets Upgrade October 29, 2012 by Super User The UK-based open source digital signage software project Xibo has released a new version of its code, the first big release since early 2011. Xibo 1.4.0 (which has the codename Brorsen) has 27 new features and fixes 108 bugs. It looks to have some fairly advanced features for a free platform on both the design and device …
Digital Signage At Deli Counter, But Not Like You’re Thinking October 25, 2012 by Super User So screens at the deli counter would not be all that innovative. I’ve seen that a few times. But here – I forgot I took this – is digital signage on the digital scale/pricing thingie that weighs your pile of Montreal smoked meat shavings. Never seen that. Too small, I think, to having any impact. …
Bad Bezel, Baaad Bezel October 24, 2012 by Super User I kinda liked the ambient content running on a video wall in the lobby of the overtly hip Aloft Hotel near O’Hare Airport, where … Oh, don’t even get me started … Anyway, this is a great example of how a nice execution gets absolutely clobbered by those damned thick bezels. Yes, the super narrow …
New Multi-Touch Overlay Only As Thick As Coin October 24, 2012 by Super User This is pretty slick – a multi-touch screen overlay with a frame that is no thicker than a coin. The unit, called the G4S, is from Silicon Valley-based PQ Labs. It is infrared multi-touch and the PR suggest it is twice as smooth in terms of responsiveness as an iPad, which is a bit of …
More Travel, Few Posts October 22, 2012 by Super User One more week of planes and more planes, then I should be back to regular posting. This week it is Memphis, starting later today, then Baltimore, and then New Jersey. Oh the glamor of travel. There hasn’t been a lot shaking anyway, other than conferences and yet more people getting bingo’d and hanging out shingles …
Software Stitches 5K Videos Into Huge Panoramic Video Walls, In Real Time October 22, 2012 by Super User You may recall a few months back a post about a Toronto company that has some crazy software that enables infinite zooming on a touchscreen. Content Interface has shown the software at a few trade shows and at the Preset DSE party, and I am surprised it has not found its way into more video …
