Projects: The Avenues Mall In Kuwait Adds Multitouch Wayfinding March 23, 2016 by Super User The Avenues mall in Kuwait is one of the largest shopping centres in the MENA region, with a new addition bringing the leasable area past 370,000 square metres. There are more than 400 stores, including a long list of premium retail brands. To help shoppers find their way around the concourses, the mall worked with integrator 2point0 …
Projects: Digital Signage Now Part Of Addictions Treatment Program March 23, 2016 by Super User So much of the content that I see developed for screens in specific vertical markets and use cases follows perfectly acceptable, but highly predictable patterns. Corporate screens get staff messaging. Retail gets sales and promotion. So it’s interesting to see a project – this one in health care – that does something different. A non-profit focused on …
Get The Guy Sitting There To Reach Over And … Oh, Never Mind March 23, 2016 by Super User A regular reader sent in a note from a departure lounge at JFK, where a media company and airport management team decided to put an interactive “experience” screen on a support column. Problem is, if it’s like the scene at most U.S. airports, an optimal experience for passengers is finding a precious seat at a …
Pix: Preset Group DSE 2016 Mixer In Las Vegas March 22, 2016 by Super User Ok, back at World HQ after DSE and a mini-vacation three hours northeast of Vegas ay Zion National Park. One word review: Amazing. I arranged for a local guy to run around at the mixer last week and grab shots of the venue and people. He was no pro, but he was family of a …
DSE 2016 Apex Award Winners List March 18, 2016 by Super User Here are the winners of the Digital Signage Expo APEX Awards for great work in digital signage. Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (16 entries) Gold – Westbury National Show Systems for Winter Festival of Lights – Oakes Hotel, Niagara Falls Ontario Silver – SET for Palais de Tokyo Bronze – BARCO for ShowBiz Cinemas Baytown 10 Business & …
DSE 2016 Day Two Impressions March 18, 2016 by Super User The 2016 version of Digital Signage Expo is in the can, with the show already announcing next year will be the last week of March, with the trade hall open on the 29th and 30th. The numbers haven’t been pushed out by the show, but I can’t see it being logged as bigger than last …
DSE 2016 Impressions From Day 1: Speed Round Version March 17, 2016 by Super User NOT a lot of time to write … in very late and now I need to head out again. Day 1 at Digital Signage Expo looked busy. It certainly was at the display vendor booths, as I know from first hand experience LG, NEC, Samsung and Planar were all crammed with people. A lot of …
Best Mixer Yet March 16, 2016 by Super User We had about 300 people over for drinks last night at the Hard Rock Cafe, I’m guessing 70% of the 400-plus who were registered for the annual Preset Group Mixer. It was a great night that I think went off quite well, save a few registrations that went missing. That’s why I bring a label …
Daktronics Acquires Adflow Networks March 15, 2016 by Super User Outdoor LED giant Daktronics has announced its recent acquisition of ADFLOW Networks, which for years been marketing a content management system aimed almost exclusively at retailers. So what does a South Dakota display manufacturer that is by far most known for building very large LED boards for sports stadiums want with a company outside of Toronto …
DSE 2016 Booth Field Guide: Seemetrix March 11, 2016 by Super User Seemetrix, Booth FT10 in the Innovator Zone Here’s what Irina Magdenko, product manager at 3divi, has to say about the Russian company’s first appearance at DSE, showing its product Seemetrix. Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? Seemetrix is a web-based analytics service that provides digital signage content distributors …
