MicroTiles technology from Christie makes big screens inside more viable November 12, 2009 by Dave Haynes Christie is well known in the display industry as a manufacturer of high-end digital projection systems, but the company will also be known now for a new display technology that may actually earn the slightly tired tag of revolutionary.I have not yet seen it, but there is a function tonight in New York where it …
I share your frustration. What's the po November 11, 2009 by Dave HaynesI share your frustration. What’s the point of promoting Twitter and Facebook connections to the show if no one is updating them? SOCIAL MEDIA = FAIL.
For all Canadian winners (as well as oth November 11, 2009 by Dave HaynesFor all Canadian winners (as well as other readers from Toronto Area): Please take this as a standing invitation to the Toronto Digital Signage Mixer taking place on NOV 17. It would be great to give an opportunity for the local DS community to celebrate your achievements and even pick up a tip or two …
WTF – "screens need to be placed in spots that will attract advertisers" November 11, 2009 by Dave Haynes From white paper I stumbled on. These screens are in the right spot if the only people who shop here are eight feet tall.
MediaTile heading for victory in Indiana (nutty) November 11, 2009 by Dave HaynesI’m sorry but this is just inadvertently funny:Our very own Chuck Gose and his Digital Signage Solutions blog is in a heated battle to win the Top 50 Blogs in Indiana competition. It would be great recognition for MediaTile and the digital signage industry if we could pull out the win. So far, MediaTile is ahead, but …
DIGI Awards – handed out but not announced (yet) November 11, 2009 by Dave HaynesLast year I stirred up a bit of a stink because the DIGI Awards were announced at the Digital Signage Show and I could not get anyone to tell me who won. For days.I was actually at the thing this year and being old and stupid, forgot about last year’s fuss. But then I started to remember …
Dave, reading the recent quarterly updat November 11, 2009 by Dave HaynesDave, reading the recent quarterly updates of Wireless Ronin, they constantly referred to a big announcement with NEC USA coming up very shortly. A week later, we see this. Any chance this is Wireless Ronin technology behind the NEC SaaS offering?
NEC launches media sales business unit (please do not adjust your sets) November 11, 2009 by Dave Haynes NEC is known in the business as a manufacturer of high quality professional monitors, so it was only a matter of time before the company took the natural next step and became an advertising media company.What? Huh?Yup. The Japanese display giant’s US wing has launched a new product called VUKUNET, a Web browser-based media booking …
Kioskcom/Digital Signage Show – Day 1 November 11, 2009 by Dave HaynesBack at the penthouse suite sipping on a glass of Bollinger Special Cuvee Brut and throwing things at the butler for giggles, and I have some time to write up my impressions from Day 1 before the limo comes and me and Flanigan go to Studio 54. It’s open on Tuesdays, right?Busy show. Lotsa people …
It will be interesting to see where the November 10, 2009 by Dave HaynesIt will be interesting to see where the budgets wind up, as retailing makes considerable revenue from in-store displays. What would be interesting to see would be how brand owners and companies connect to their audience in store if traditional modes of in-store marketing are not present. In my opinion retailers and brand owners need …
