Microsoft reveals multi-touch Surface cousin, called Sphere July 29, 2008 by Dave Haynes[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3HGfIy_zCI] The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has a tech blog post up from a writer who visited the nearby Redmond campus of the software giant, for a look at a different spin on the multi-touch Surface concept. It’s a silver ball that multiple users can fiddle with at the same time, the point of which largely escapes …
Wanted: Complete DS platform, will trade for 4X8 billiards table July 25, 2008 by Dave HaynesSpotted on GetAFreelancer.com … We are looking for a person or a company who can supply a turnkey digital signage solution including player exe and ASP server. Player XP and can play all kind of video codec, sound, swf,ppt,scolling text, RSS and internet in different frame of the screem If you have and only if …
Network announces it would like to make an announcement July 23, 2008 by Dave HaynesThis had me howling this morning … A press release pops up about a digital screen network getting political for the upcoming U.S. election. Cool, I think, as even in a down-market there will be a tanker-load of money spent by politicos this fall by everyone from Obama down to local comptrollers … and some …
So Troy, how's that acting career working out for you? July 21, 2008 by Dave HaynesAs reported on the Minicom blog and elsewhere on the web … An advertising world first has been launched in London – pitvertising, reports Ananova. The innovative new concept uses digital TV screens built into the armpits of shirts. It was developed by deodorant manufacturer Right Guard as the ideal way to market its products. …
Wal-Mart taking in-store TV network in new, much better direction July 21, 2008 by Dave HaynesAdrian’s Daily DOOH portal has a piece written by on the original chroniclers of this industry, Bill Collins, on the plans for a complete revamp of the Wal-Mart TV network. Anyone who’s wandered into a US Wal-Mart store has seen the network and been wholly underwhelmed by the scattering of CRT TV screens, way up …
Dep't of Missed Opportunities July 16, 2008 by Dave Haynes Spotted in a press release from a small competitor, for an install in a small, midwest chain drug … The good: the screen is not hanging from the ceiling at about the height of a basketball backboard and is instead on an island fixture down low. The not so: the little taped-on sheet noting the …
Stop the madness July 10, 2008 by Dave Haynes Without naming the offending “leader in the digital signage industry” — which had a press release Thursday about its latest installation — I just had to pose the question … What flutters through the head and leads someone to the conclusion that this is a great way to present information? Does somebody load it all …
MSNBC's brand extension cafe filled with screens July 8, 2008 by Dave HaynesFrom AdWeek: The MSNBC.com Digital Cafe, which had a soft launch two weeks ago and will be fully operational in mid-July, is one of several brand extensions the company is creating in an effort to deliver its content in new and interesting ways. It’s an acknowledgement of] the way the world is developing. Not everyone …
Ashvertising entertains banned smokers July 6, 2008 by Dave Haynes This is quite clever. Stuart Pickard of Vertigo Group sent me a note pointing out a Belgium company that is installing hybrid ashtrays and digital posters outside of bars and restaurants. The theory, of course, is that with smoking in public places now banned in many countries, the poor, addicted slobs and slobettes have to …
Ex-GSBC mogul now a garbage man June 30, 2008 by Dave HaynesThe guy who a year ago was peddling a company that was going to take over the digital signage business globally – though no one had ever heard of him or the company – is now heading up a concern in the Philippines that plans to turn waste into energy. Ronald Flynn, who when last …
