DisplayPort adoption rates climbing fast November 30, 2011 by Super User The Video Electronics Standards Association, or VESA, is reporting a significant rise in the number of commercial panel makers and product that now have DisplayPort connections. VESA says Hewlett-Packard, Mitsubishi, NEC, and Samsung have released more than 50 digital signage displays that use DisplayPort in the last 12 months. “The momentum seen in digital signage …
Google’s Maps go indoors; digital wayfinding guys twitch November 29, 2011 by Super User [youtube id=”Gy-DI_bWElg” width=”600″ height=”350″] If your company has been developing wayfinding applications, particularly for things like airports and malls, you’ve probably been thinking Google might present a bit of a problem at some point. That point appears to have arrived, with Google’s announcement that the maps it serves up that allow billions of people to …
Electrosonic projection-maps a hotel for trade show party November 29, 2011 by Super User You start to realize what you once thought was really exotic stuff is starting to go mainstream when you see it used for corporate parties. In this case, big AV integrator Electrosonic rolled 3D projection mapping of a hotel facade into the bag of tricks for its 10th annual party for clients and partners at the …
Sharp hires sharp guy to run B2B November 29, 2011 by Super User Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America, aka Sharp, has announced Doug Albregts is its new president, responsible for driving the strategic growth and profitability of the company’s B2B business. “We are fortunate to have someone with Doug Albregts’ skill set and industry experience join our organization and lead our business solutions strategy forward,” said …
rAVe: Panasonic to Shutter Sanyo Brand by April 1st November 29, 2011 by Super User Although it’s not been announced officially to the market yet, rAVe has learned that Panasonic is planning to totally eliminate the Sanyo brand by April 1, 2012. The details are not being made public yet, but we’ve learned that the Sanyo product line will cease to exist by the end of Q1 2012 and most …
rAVe: DSE announces 10 pre-conference educational sessions November 29, 2011 by rave Digital Signage Expo has released detailed on 10 educational programs set for Tuesday, March 6th as part of its pre-conference curriculum. The courses include: The Digital Place-Based Advertising Summit designed specifically for Brand Marketers, Advertising professionals and digital place-based network operators. The Digital Signage Certified Expert (DSCE) Program designed for those whose professional involvement requires a …
Guest Post: Selling Digital Signage Effectively In “The Channel” November 29, 2011 by Bas Smeets Selling digital signage technology looks relatively easy in principle, but proves much harder in practice for a lot of companies that add these products and services to their portfolios. It’s a display mounted on a wall, driven by a PC, it’s reasonably assumed, so what could be hard about that? The problem for companies that …
Canada’s COMB releases new OOH planning toolset for agencies November 29, 2011 by Super User The Canadian Out-of-Home Measurement Bureau, or COMB for short, has released a new software platform designed to make buying and selling Out Of Home media easier in this country. The new service, called COMBNavigator 2012, is for the biggest OOH companies in the country, but the bigger picture is a service covering more OOH and …
Saks lights up holidays with 3D projection map on NY flagship store November 29, 2011 by Super User I am in New York for part of next week and along with a couple of meetings, I hope to see a lot of ambitious holiday celebration stuff that starts with very big trees and includes some interesting digital work in windows and on the sides of buildings. One of the tour stops will be …
Scott Campbell, Best Buy for Business, dead of apparent heart attack November 29, 2011 by Super User Saddened to report the Canadian digital signage community lost one of its own this weekend, as Scott Campbell of Best Buy for Business died of an apparent heart attack. Best Buy’s Tony White sent this note from Vancouver … I regret to inform you that our friend and colleague, Scott Campbell, passed away unexpectedly on …
