Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Leo Coates, The Coates Group October 26, 2016 by Dave Haynes In this episode, I’m having a chat with Leo Coates of The Coates Group, an end-to-end digital signage solutions provider that’s heavily focused on the quick service restaurant sector. The Australian company already has a footprint in 35 countries – everything from rollouts to trials. Now Coates has opened up an office and innovation centre …
NYC Morning Blitz – What To See? October 25, 2016 by Dave Haynes I’m in and out of New York really quickly this week for NEC, LG and an SEGD tour, but a meeting fell through and now I have a few hours on Thursday morning – when it will apparently be raining (pfffft) – to duck into a few places between fixed commitments and an evening dash …
The Dark Art Of Projection Mapping Now Starts With A $5 Phone App October 25, 2016 by Dave Haynes There was a time, not long ago, when projection mapping was an intensely complicated, labour-intensive art form only high technical, deeply experienced pros could pull off. Now it’s a $5 app for iOS or Android. Well, sorta. The prosumer projector firm Optoma has just announced Projection Mapper, what it has dubbed “the first mobile app …
Brazil’s OOZO TV Mashes Up Social Media And Raspberry Pi For Digital Signage Solution October 25, 2016 by Dave Haynes Sao Paulo, Brazil-based start-up OOZO TV is marketing a digital signage solution built around social media and ultra low-cost Raspberry Pi 3-driven media players. The company is touting what it calls a hyperlocal custom content solution that draws much of its content from real-time feeds from social media networks like Instagram. There are three pricing plans – from …
Meeting Room Signs Growth Is Kinda Crazy October 25, 2016 by Dave Haynes About 18 months ago I put up a post about the handful of options I could find out there for putting little digital displays outside meeting room and conference room drawers. Traffic just kept building on that one post, and I ultimately decided last fall to develop a dedicated micro-site and directory that listed all the various options …
Five Reasons Why All PC Sticks Aren’t Created Equal October 24, 2016 by Joe Rabah Guest Post: Jami McGraw, Seneca Perhaps the biggest attraction of shrinking a regular PC down to a tiny, candy bar-sized stick can be summed up in one word: clutter. A computer on an HDMI stick can plug into a port on the back of a desktop display or digital signage screen, and disappear. It’s clutter-free, …
Still Three Months Out, ISE Says 2017 Show Is Biggest Ever October 24, 2016 by Dave Haynes Integrated Systems Europe is still three months, but the organization behind it is already touting how this will be the biggest ISE yet, with a jump in show-floor space, and the number of exhibitors and halls. The trade show, in Amsterdam, will see 135 first time exhibitors and more than 3,000 square metres of additional show-floor …
Giant Three-Sided LED Tower OK’d For LA’s Sunset Boulevard October 24, 2016 by Dave Haynes City councillors in West Hollywood in LA have chosen a winner in a design competition for a digital OOH ad structure that will be seen by motorists and pedestrians along the famed Sunset Boulevard. Called the West Hollywood Belltower, the three-sided vertical structure is anything but a digital billboard stuck on of a pylon. The …
Top 7 Digital Signage Uses in Convention Centers October 21, 2016 by Ken Goldberg Guest Post: David Kaszycki, Aerva Most convention centers around the world have installed some form of digital signage throughout their facilities. From large LED signs out front to information displays inside meeting rooms, convention centers are quickly becoming a category leader in the digital signage industry. Although many convention centers currently utilize digital signage, they may …
Next DSF Webinar Focused On The Boring Stuff That Really Matters October 21, 2016 by Dave Haynes A lot of webinars I see promoted in this industry don’t seem to stray much off a common set of themes – the why XX is important or how to do YY stuff. So it’s interesting to see the Digital Signage Federation promoting a Nov. 16 “Hangout” panel discussion about Accelerated Environmental Life Testing for Digital …
