Checking Out Global Gaming Expo September 30, 2014 by Dave Haynes The lack of posts owes to my being in Las Vegas (I think this is visit #24) for a few reasons. 1. Did a speaking thing at a conference Monday. 2. Walked through the Hard Rock Cafe on the strip to double-check things ahead of booking the 3rd floor for what will be the 6th …
Projects: Interactive Ad Pods In Bangalore September 26, 2014 by Dave Haynes I have my doubts about Digital OOH executions that require gesture interaction, or what I fondly call Stupid People Tricks. There’s a dynamic at play that limits how many people want to try something that might embarrass them. There’s also the simple question of whether gesture is there for the sake of novelty versus it …
FWI Adds Content And Functionality Apps In New V5 Digital Signage Software Release September 25, 2014 by Dave Haynes I don’t tend to write up news of version releases from digital signage software companies because that would be a full-time task, and if you do it for one, then everyone expects equal treatment. Very slippery slope. But I’ll mention new software stuff here and there for various reasons, including in this case the vendor being among …
New IAdea Media Player Design Allows Android Digital Signage On Intel Chips September 25, 2014 by Dave Haynes Taiwan’s IAdea has announced a new hardware platform that intriguingly makes it possible to run an Android digital signage application on conventional Intel x86 architecture, instead of the ARM-0based CPUs that have been used to date for Android products. The platform was demonstrated today, with Intel, at the Digital Signage Shanghai Show. IAdea suggests this new set-up …
Price Tag Company Says It Has 6 Million Digital Signs Running September 23, 2014 by Dave Haynes Is a network-updated digital price tag a digital sign? I could get on either side of that on a debate, but my gut reaction is, “Not really.” Whatever the case, a Silicon Valley company is talking about how it has 6 million digital signs out in the marketplace in Europe and North America. That would make …
ScreenScape Launches Plug’n’Play Digital Signage Connect Service September 23, 2014 by Dave Haynes PEI-based ScreenScape has launched a new plug-and-play hardware solution, called ScreenScape Connect, that takes advantage of emerging low-cost media devices. The first device certified for the program is the Dell Wyse Cloud Connect, an HDMI stick designed for thin client computing but good to go, as well, as a simple networked media player. Screenscape is the …
Projects: StubHub Center Goes Digital Display September 23, 2014 by Dave Haynes Here’s a nicely-done video case study (I’ll say it again, video in a visual business is a no-brainer) about the use of digital displays around the concessions at the StubHub Center in greater LA, which is home to the LA Galaxy MLS team, as well as high-level tennis and track cycling. The facility is using …
New Scholarship Fund For Young Women Honors DSE/DSF’s Wolff September 23, 2014 by Dave Haynes Anyone vaguely on the media side of this business – whether writing or looking for coverage – knows Geri Wolff, who runs communications both for Digital Signage Expo and the Digital Signage Federation. Terrific woman, and always ready with a big hug when I stick my head in the press room each year at DSE. …
New Standard Allows 4K Signal, Data AND Power Over 1 USB Cable September 23, 2014 by Dave Haynes The Video Electronics Standards Association has announced a new type of USB cable and connectors that can push signals to 4K monitors and provide up to 100 watts of power while also deliver USB 3.1 SuperSpeed data. VESA’s DisplayPort Alternate Mode (“Alt Mode”) can also drive adaptors that support the huge installed base of existing DisplayPort, …
DSrupted Speaker Ratings September 22, 2014 by Dave Haynes One of the tools used last week at DSrupted was a real-time speaker rating web app called Pheedloop, which is the product of a local Toronto start-up. They approached me with a template that was ready to go, and for all of $50, I gave it a crack. It was cool, and beat the crap …
