Deep, Deep Sigh: Telecine Founder James Fine Has Passed Away At 67 November 24, 2021 by Dave Haynes The digital signage industry lost a great person earlier this month – James Fine, the founder and president of Telecine Multimedia in Montreal. He went in for surgery recently, and did not recover from it. He was 67. James was one of the truly nice, giving and smart people in the industry, quietly and steadily …
Denver Airport Upgrades Make Digital Signage Central To Check-In Process November 23, 2021 by Dave Haynes Jeremy Klammer of the cannabis-focused digital signage firm GreenScreens sent me a bunch of photos of the upgrades now active in the Great Hall at Denver’s sprawling airport – with a focus on how digital signage is now central to the check-in experience. The area where travelers do self-service check-in and bag drop for United …
Qwick Media Launches Interactive Hardware-Software Toolset Focused On Local Tourism November 22, 2021 by Dave Haynes The greater Vancouver interactive hardware-software shop Qwick Media has developed a digital toolset focused on the destination tourism sector – a simple cloud and browser-driven platform intended for customers like golf and ski resorts to organize and market the various properties, amenities and services available in the immediate area. The company has been doing self-service …
E Ink, Display Giant TPV Partner On New 25 Inch Color E-Paper Display November 20, 2021 by Dave Haynes Digital paper giant E Ink has partnered with display manufacturing giant TPV Technology to bring to market a 25.3 inch color Spectra display to market, aimed at the transportation and smart retail markets. The arrangement follows on an earlier deal to jointly launch and market a 7.3-inch eTable sign using the same digital paper technology. …
PORTL Closes $12M Fundraising Round To Grow Demand For Its Virtual Presence Products November 19, 2021 by Dave Haynes The company that has really pushed the possibilities for transparent LCD and marketed a quasi-hologram-ish virtual presence product called PORTL has just announced a healthy fundraising round. LA-based PORTL Inc. has announced the close of its $12M Series A round, led by TRUE Capital Management and funded by everyone from well-known tech investor Tim Draper to …
Canada Goose Relies Heavily On Digital To Drive Experience In New Footwear Stores November 19, 2021 by Dave Haynes The Canadian apparel brand Canada Goose – best known for its pricey, goose down-stuffed winter parkas – has now expanded into high-performance winter footwear and added new experiential components to select stores. For the recent global launch, “Canada Goose wanted to deliver immersive, and engaging integrated brand experiences that would emotionally connect with customers bringing …
Italy’s Expo2020 Pavilion In Dubai Includes Four-Meter LED Human Body November 18, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is an interesting four-meter tall LED display sculpture that uses 82 LED cabinets to create a towering representation of the human body, for an an exhibit in the Italy Pavilion at the Expo 2020 in Dubai. Warning – artspeak ahead: The Bracco Group has mounted a large-scale multimedia installation, focusing on the union between …
Ultraleap Raises $82M From Investors To Drive R&D, Sales For Touchless Interactive Tech November 17, 2021 by Dave Haynes Ultraleap, the UK/US tech firm that specializes in touchless interactive interfaces, has announced a big $82 million Series D investment round that will help drive R&D efforts and a push into target vertical markets. The company, which came out of the merger of Ultrahaptics and Leap Motion, specializes in mid-air hand tracking and haptic feedback …
WaitTime Expands Crowd Analytics Service Into Mega-Malls In Cisco-Intel Partnership November 17, 2021 by Dave Haynes The load-balancing outcomes the Detroit start-up WaitTime brings to sports and entertainment venues has always seemed like a smart play, but I am not sure about the company’s new partnership with tech giants Cisco and Intel for places like giant shopping malls. The three have “collaborated to deliver an artificial intelligence (AI) solution that provides …
TransitScreen Rebrands Its Visualized Transport Info Platform As Actionfigure November 16, 2021 by Dave Haynes The Washington, DC start-up that has focused on real-time public display dashboards for mass transport and mobility options in big cities has rebranded itself from TransitScreen to Actionfigure. Our Actionfigure rebrand brings all of our software solutions together under a single name with a unified look and feel, the company says in an email blast today. …
