Heading To LED Land November 3, 2017 by Super User My butt gets sore just thinking about the long plane ride ahead this weekend – eventually taking me to Shenzhen, where most of the world’s consumer and business electronics are made. I’m going there for a few days to take a deep look at direct view LEDs – how they’re made, who makes them and …
Watch A Video Of The Digitally-Loaded Sephora Flagship In Barcelona November 3, 2017 by Super User Here’s a full video of the Sephora flagship that opened this summer in Barcelona. The entryway leading in to the escalator (or tube slide, if you feel like it) is all digital, and you can see some serious investment in creative. Very impressive.
MediaSignage Debuts $245 All-in Android Tablet For Interactive Digital Signage November 3, 2017 by Super User Lots of digital signage CMS companies have software that will run on a consumer or commercial tablet, or smaller, special-purpose displays, but LA-based software shop MediaSignage may be the first to market its own home-brewed tablet for interactive applications. The company has started shipping MediaTouch, a 10-inch Android-based tablet that costs just $245 USD. The …
Price Gap Between OLED And LCD Displays Closing November 3, 2017 by Super User Via Display Daily OLED displays have tended to generate a couple of uniform reactions from onlookers:1) they look amazing and 2) they’re amazingly expensive. The latter is changing, according to research firm IHS Markit, which says the manufacturing cost gap between OLED displays and LCD displays is closing. IHS says its OLED Display Cost Model analysis estimates …
Intersection Signs Downtown Philly For 100 Smart City Ad Screens November 2, 2017 by Super User The Google-backed media firm Intersection has reached an agreement to install 100 of its smart city ad posters on the streets of downtown Philadelphia, with the network dubbed LinkPHL. The large street-level kiosks will bring free gigabit public Wi-Fi, phone calls, device charging, wayfinding, local content and information, and be bankrolled by large street furniture-style …
MVIX Adds ChromeOS And Devices To Digital Signage CMS and Player Options November 1, 2017 by Super User The Washington, DC-area CMS and solutions company Mvix is the latest well-established software shop out there to develop a version that runs off the Google ChromeOS operating system and the variety of low-cost devices tuned to work with it. A just-launched product, Mvix Flex, supports the full Mvix platform and is available for download through the …
STRATACACHE Creates New M&A Unit, Led By Industry Vet Dirk Huelsermann November 1, 2017 by Super User Were there any doubt STRATACACHE is still in acquisition mode, consider news today that the company has created a new business unit called STRATACACHE Capital and hired industry veteran Dirk Huelsermann as its Managing Partner. His job will be leading strategic deal discovery and review on a global scale for CEO Chris Riegel, who is …
Vistar Media Debuts Digital OOH Marketplace That Blends Automation and Customization November 1, 2017 by Super User Digital OOH ad technology firm Vistar Media has launched something called Marketplace Deals, a private online advertising marketplace that lets marketers and media companies take advantage of the speed and efficiency of transaction automation while still tweaking the deal to specific needs. Marketplace Deals , says Vistar in a press release, allows out-of-home media owners like Adspace, Captivate, Clear …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts – Ryan Sterling, GreenScreens November 1, 2017 by Super User There’s a bit of a gold rush aspect to the rise of the cannabis industry in the United States – first in Colorado and now in several states. The rules aren’t all set, but up here in Canada the whole country is supposed to be legalized by next summer. There’s a lot of money in …
Sharp On Rebound, Tracking To First Annual Profit In Four Years October 31, 2017 by Super User Sharp seems to be on the rebound after a seriously rough economic patch for the Japanese electronics giant. Less than three years ago there were big concerns Sharp was going under, having registered a nearly $2 billion loss. Now Reuters is reporting Sharp Corp has reported its fourth consecutive quarter of net profit, and sales are …
