Chicago Jury Finds Founders Of DOOH Network Outcome Health Guilty Of Multiple Fraud Charges April 11, 2023 by Dave Haynes The founders of Outcome Health, one of the highest flying Digital OOH start-ups of the 2000s and 2010s, have been found guilty of multiple counts of fraud, and now await sentencing that could see them spending many years behind bars. A jury in Chicago found Outcome co-founder and former CEO Rishi Shah guilty on 19 …
Is This The Biggest Workplace Digital Sign On The Planet? April 11, 2023 by Dave Haynes This has got to be among the largest screens specifically put in place to deliver workplace communications – a 90 foot wide by 39 foot tall outdoor LED display in the Houston courtyard of the global HQ for tech giant Hewlett Packard Enterprise. The big display is mounted on a building façade, overlooking the courtyard …
Things We Don’t Need: A $6K Round 24-Inch Smart TV April 11, 2023 by Dave Haynes A Queens, NY company called Nova Vision is marketing what it says is the world’s first “Round Shape LCD Smart TV,” saying the $6,200 USD unit is “sure to make a statement in any room.” Unfortunately, I think the statement it makes is that any buyers had lost their minds. It is a 24-inch diameter …
E Ink Launches 3rd-Gen Color E-Paper Posters For Outdoor Ad Applications April 11, 2023 by Dave Haynes E Ink has announced a new, third-generation of color ePaper displays tuned to outdoor digital out of home (DOOH) applications, suggesting the static but digitally updated posters are particularly well-suited to meeting energy conservations guidelines and regulations bubbling up in regions like Europe. The new E Ink Kaleido 3 Outdoor is “based on print-color ePaper …
How A Ukraine Company Keeps Screens On And Content Fresh In The Middle Of A Hot War April 10, 2023 by Dave Haynes Imagine trying to keep screens running and content fresh under the steady threat of artillery shells and missiles raining down on your and your projects? That’s been Andrey Kravchuk’s life for more than a year now, running a digital signage solutions company out of Kyiv and covering much of Ukraine. He’s the co-owner of DS-GO, …
New-Gen E Ink Displays Feature More Saturated, Vivid Colors, Adds Flashing Sparkle Feature April 6, 2023 by Dave Haynes E-paper manufacturer E Ink has launched a new generation of its Spectra color displays that it says delivers more vivid, saturated visuals and includes the ability to draw consumer eyes by flashing elements of the otherwise static on-screen images. Spectra 6 – which I assume means this is the sixth generation – “builds upon the …
UK Creatives Aware Of AI’s Potential, But Doubt Their Jobs In Peril: Survey April 6, 2023 by Dave Haynes Creative agencies think the wave of artificial intelligence-driven tools that have emerged recently will streamline their workflows, but generally doubt bot-driven visuals will take their jobs away. Those are key findings from a study done in the UK by one of the agencies in that region, Northampton-based Engine Creative. A survey of UK creatives organized …
Giant Scale And Sizzle Are Everywhere Now, But Something Simple Can Still Win The Creative Day April 6, 2023 by Dave Haynes A Linkedin post I stumbled across the morning reminded me – having written a lot recently about generative AI artwork and big visual illusions on LED displays – that something very simple can win the day when it comes to creative. This is a 2009 window campaign for the luxury brand Hermes, set up in …
DSE Releases Details On How It Will Co-Locate For 2023 Show With LDI April 5, 2023 by Dave Haynes The company behind the rebooted Digital Signage Experience (DSE) trade show and conference has released more details on the December event, including how it will co-locate with the Live Design International (LDI) show. Unlike the inaugural version of the revived show, which had DSE and LDI in the same building but physically separated, the 2023 …
Telelogos Adds Remote Support For The New Philips’ Color E-Paper Displays April 5, 2023 by Dave Haynes The French software firm Telelogos has developed what it says is the first platform to offer remote management of the Philips Tableaux Advanced Colour ePaper signage displays launched by PPDS a couple of months ago at ISE in Barcelona. The 25-inch color displays are positioned by PPDS as a green alternative to conventional LCD used …
