Have Fun, Learn Stuff, Stay Cool At InfoComm June 16, 2014 by Super User A buncha people have sent me notes asking me to stop by, get together, or come drink their beer – sometimes all three – this week in Las Vegas at InfoComm. But … I’m not going. While traveling every week is the norm for sales guys and CEOs (in many cases the real VP Sales …
Fashion Video Firm Transitioning From DVDs To Digital Signage Network June 13, 2014 by Super User A New York-based video production company called Video Catalogue, or VIDCAT for short, has launched Screen Fashion TV – a digital signage content network that runs material from premium fashion shows. The company has been producing and distributing fashion show DVDs for a decade, but has jumped on the combination of low-cost Android boxes and …
Lowes Bringing Augmented Reality Rooms Into Canadian Test Stores June 12, 2014 by Super User The DIY store Lowes will be rolling out a series of augmented reality spaces in four stores around Toronto in the second half of this year, enabling people to visualize what their home reno jobs might look like. “We know that for many homeowners, the struggle to visualize a completed home improvement project or to share …
Via Debuts SMB-Focused Video Wall Digital Signage Solution June 12, 2014 by Super User VIA Technologies has introduced something it calls the VIA Video Wall Mini, a fanless all-in-one box and software capable of driving up to four displays off a single player. The product is squarely aimed at retailers, restaurateurs, coffee shop owners, and other small businesses that want more than a single screen but don’t want the whole nine yards …
5.6B Reasons Why Retail Bankers Need A Mobile-Digital Sign Strategy June 12, 2014 by Till carlos Guest Post: Nancy Radermecher, John Ryan Banking is now literally in the hands of global consumers, around the globe, in the form of smartphones. By the end of 2013, mobile networks vendor Ericsson estimated there were 1.9 billion active smartphone subscriptions globally. In five years, Ericsson forecasts that number will triple to 5.6 billion subscriptions. As …
DSrupted: HTML5 Will “Drive Explosive Growth” In Digital Signage June 12, 2014 by Super User Paul Vincent is one of five subject-matter experts who will have the time to really dig into topics when they pick up a microphone and speak at DSrupted, the first conference to focus on how disruptive technologies are impacting and reshaping the digital signage business. He’s the founder and CEO of Neuranet, a start-up that …
DSrupted Mixer Coming Together June 11, 2014 by Super User Details are still getting firmed up, but it’s looking like there will be a mixer on Sept. 16th, the night before the DSrupted event in Toronto on Sept. 17th. The mixer will be a good networking opportunity ahead of the disruptive technology in digital signage event set for the Telus conference centre in downtown Toronto. …
Low-Cost Retail Wow June 11, 2014 by Super User I don’t necessarily have a good use-case for these laser-projected keyboard thingies, and I know they’ve been around in one way or another for a couple of years, but I saw this at a Computex booth and thought, “Hmmm… Kinda neat.” The biggest reason I thought it was neat – $55 USD low volume reseller …
Litemax Changes Up LCD Shapes; Goes Square and Super-Wide June 11, 2014 by Super User One of the booths that grabbed my attention at Computex in Taipei last week was operate by a Taiwanese company called Litemax, which takes regular LCD glass and re-packages it in different shapes. Super-wide LCDs is not new in itself – LG did it years ago – but what struck me here was the range this …
CE labs To Debut Two 4K Digital Signage Players Next Week At Infocomm June 10, 2014 by Super User There should be quite a bit of 4K on show next week at InfoComm – both on the display side and among the hardware guys that get the signal around and on to screens. CE labs, a loyal 16:9 advertiser, will be at the Las Vegas show and will be showing off a pair of new 4k …
