DSE 2011 attendance jumped by 6% March 8, 2011 by Super UserDigital Signage Expo has released its 2011 attendance numbers, with 3,614 people showing up for the event two weeks ago. That’s up six percent from 2010, and in line with other numbers released earlier that showed exhibitor numbers and overall floor footprint were also up. Well done, ExpoNation! I know Customer Engagement Technology World in …
Augmented Reality meets Kinect, makes Magic … Mirror March 7, 2011 by Super UserTech blogger Robert Scoble has a fascinating guest post up on TechCrunch about a recent visit to the Silicon Valley R&D lab of SRI International, which has some 1,700 researchers doing work on tremendously important things like medical imaging, and not so important things like the future of shopping. I was, of course, most interested …
ScreenReach's first mobile-to-screen test with Newcastle Utd gets near 10% take-up March 6, 2011 by Super UserThe UK mobile/digital screen start-up ScreenReach had its first industrial-strength test Saturday at a Newcastle United football (soccer) match at the home grounds. Fans were sked to use their smartphones to select the Man Of The Match. This was the first stab at getting the crowd to get involved, and ScreenReach was hoping for an …
DSA lines up leasing arm for members March 4, 2011 by Super UserThe Digital Screenmedia Association (DSA) has set up what it calls a “financing affiliation” with a Pittsburgh-based firm that will provide custom-financing programs for DSA member organizations. “With our focus, experience and intimate knowledge of the digital signage and kiosk industry, PNC Equipment Finance is well positioned to help DSA members achieve their business objectives …
"Ads per broadcasting hour" as a Digital OOH measure? March 4, 2011 by Super UserVisionChina Media is one of China’s largest Digital OOH players, with an ad network that covers 23 cities and includes 137,395 digital displays on buses, subway trains and platforms, as well as on other platforms. The company has reported its 2010 financials, which reflect what looks like a pretty ugly turn down in fortunes (more on …
Screenfeed continues to change up automated content for digital signage March 4, 2011 by Super UserJeremy Gavin of Screenfeed tweeted last night about a new weather feed his company does that dumps the well-worn approach of animated weather icons in favor of big visuals that instantly tell a story. Instead of little animated rain drops that turn to ice pellets, the Screenfeed image for freezing rain is a big, full-screen …
Wireless Ronin sales see big jump, but still far from profitable March 3, 2011 by Super UserWireless Ronin’s new execs had a mountain to climb when they took over at the publicly-listed DS software company in 2009, and to their credit, they seem to slowly be clawing their way up. But they better hurry up. The Minneapolis company has announced its financial results for Q4 2010, as well as for 2010 as …
Are iPads suitable for digital signage? March 3, 2011 by Super UserAre iPads suitable for digital signage? This is more an open question than something I can really answer here, but the all the discussion and attention stirred up by the iPad 2’s release got me thinking. I’d love to hear from people who have taken a crack at using the tablets – or iPad’s increasing …
ScreenReach at Demo 2011, announces 800 screen interactive deal with RMG March 2, 2011 by Super UserIn the lead-up to DSE and our frantic planing for the Preset Group DSE Mixer we chatted with Paul Rawlings of ScreenReach Interactive, a UK company that does really interesting integration between mobile devices and screens, be they place-based or even in homes. Rawlings, a great young guy, was very happy to throw some resource …
UPDATED: Details on Toronto industry mixer, March 8 March 1, 2011 by Super User Best Buy For Business, which does a pile of deployment work in Canada and is getting more deeply involved in the sector, is sponsoring an industry mixer next Tuesday, March 8th, at Shoeless Joe’s in downtown Toronto. The address is 276 King Street West, at the intersection of King and Duncan. The mixer will …
