Infocomm 2018 Day 2 Impressions June 8, 2018 by Super User LAS VEGAS – I didn’t think it was possible, but Fremont Street is even weirder than the last time I spent a night around there. The ride history feature on Lyft’s app is a very effective tool for dealing with the “What time did you get in?” question after a night on Fremont and elsewhere. …
InfoComm 2018 Day One Impressions June 7, 2018 by Super User LAS VEGAS – It’s very hot. The Las Vegas Convention Center has renovated the food services area in the north and central hall areas so it looks more polished and the options don’t all lead to desperation eating. But there’s still nowhere enough seating. AVIXA has a DJ playing dance music in the main entry …
16:9 Podcasts: How Dataclay Brings Automation To High-Volume Digital Signage Content Production June 6, 2018 by Super User Anyone who works with creative teams knows there is no such thing as a content fairy. Video spots don’t magically appear in inboxes overnight. Somebody had to design and render that video, and that work, frankly, takes a while. So it’s a little freaky to talk to a company that can do 1,000s of good-looking, …
Follow The Money Dep’t: What Brands, Sectors Are Spending Most On Outdoor June 5, 2018 by Super User The Outdoor Advertising Association of America (OAAA) says advertising revenue rose two percent in Q1 2018 compared to the previous year, accounting for $1.68 billion in ad spend. Four of the top 10 product categories posted increases more than three times higher than total OOH growth, including: Government, Politics and Organizations +9.9 percent; Miscellaneous Local Services …
LG To Show Its Full Color Transparent LED Film This Week At Infocomm June 4, 2018 by Super User North American pros will get a first look this week at Infocomm at the transparent color LED film that LG first showed a few months ago at ISE in Amsterdam. The film is touted as a way to turn any window or glass surface into a customizable digital canvas. If you were at Infocomm a year …
Sapient Razorfish Debuts Live Databloom At EU Money Conference June 4, 2018 by Super User Data visualization guru Mike Pell, who spoke a couple of years back at the DSrupted conference I ran in Toronto, talks about the difference between a visualization that is clearly beautiful, versus one that is beautifully clear. The big interactive agency SapientRazorfish is showing a digital installation this week at the Money2020 payments and financial …
Seven Industries That REALLY NEED Digital Signage June 4, 2018 by Samuel Mekonen Guest Post: Michal Lisewski, Merixstudio Modern software technologies such as HTML5 make interactive digital signage relatively cheap. As the first generation of digital natives enters the labor market, the expansion of the use of screens has become a necessity. This post looks article aims to point out seven major industries that could benefit more by …
Technology Is The Key To Brand Loyalty On The Changing High Street June 4, 2018 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Joe Rabah, RMG Networks Today’s newspapers are awash with daily stories of retailers having to transform their business models from yesteryear to stay afloat as our high streets evolve and customer habits and expectations change. Recent articles discussing the fate of the UK’s Mothercare, Marks & Spencer and House of Fraser are just …
Live … from InfoComm, It’s … Oh, It’s Just Dave … June 1, 2018 by Super User I am working out arrangements with a live streaming company that wants to show its capabilities in real-time at InfoComm next week. They offered, and I grabbed the chance to do a live walk-through of whatever seems like the best area to look around at the show – probably where the display companies are located. …
Shenzhen Ops Center Gets 121-Foot Wide Fine Pitch Monitoring Wall June 1, 2018 by Super User It hasn’t really happened in North America or, likely, EMEA, but in China, fine pitch LED is increasingly supplanting projection tiles, edge-blended projection and narrow bezels LCDs as the tech of choice for big control room environments. If the room is big enough and operators are set back enough, the clarity is there for …
