11Giraffes Formally Turns On Chromebox Support July 31, 2015 by Super User Charlotte-based digital signage software company 11Giraffes has formally joined the list of companies now supporting Google’s Chrome operating system with its digital content management platform. The company started working with Google last fall and used the tech giant’s conversion processed to develop a variant of the 11Giraffe’s Android signage player to use with the Google for Work platform. Says …
Last Day For Early Bird Tickets For DSrupted July 31, 2015 by Super User It’s the end of July and the last day to save $50 on your ticket for DSrupted, which is coming up in just over six weeks in Toronto, at the TELUS Conference Centre. If you are not a regular follower of this blog, DSrupted is an annual one-day conference built around looking at the disruptive …
My Excellent Signage Week In The Southeast July 30, 2015 by Super User Sitting in Charlotte Airport and resisting the siren call of a local summer wheat beer at the bar a few gates down, at the tail end of three weeks of pretty much non-stop travel, and eating. And I thought July would be quiet … Some quick impressions of as blitz through the corridor between Atlanta …
Tim Hortons Digital OOH Network Stirs Controversy, Prompts Rethink July 27, 2015 by Super User Canadian QSR giant Tim Horton’s has run into the problem that has occasionally come up at just about any venue running third-party advertising as a cost-recovery measure: complaints about the advertisers. CTV News, a Canadian broadcaster, reported today how the hyper-popular coffee and donut chain has found itself in the middle of a much broader …
Unvertising Finds Way To LED Billboards July 27, 2015 by Super User A visual artist is running a temporary public art installation on digital billboards on US interstate freeways – showing nature scenes instead of all those ads for mortgage brokers and career colleges – as moments of relief for daily commuters. The effort is likened by Boston artist Brian Kane to the healing tool in Photoshop, …
Last Week To Save On DSrupted Tickets July 27, 2015 by Super User This week is the last week to save $50 on getting your early bird ticket for DSrupted, the conference Sept. 16th ion Toronto focused on disruptive technology in digital signage. After Friday, tickets are $345 for a full day of expert sessions on subjects such as data visualization, real-time data-driven advertising, Internet of Things, new …
Maybe It’s A VERY Subtle Microsoft Ad? July 23, 2015 by Super User I tend to give a pass to small start-ups and teeny companies that have dead screens or error messages, as they have limited resources and in many cases are learning hard but good lessons about operations. But Outfront Media – until recently known as CBS Outdoor – showing giant Windows errors because they didn’t have …
Projects: Low-Rent Digital Signage At MSP July 22, 2015 by Super User My two-day micro-vacation is done and I am back in airports again – Minneapolis-St. Paul at the moment. Spotted this at some men’s shop on the main retail concourse post-security: Two screens in the flanking entry windows, each showing the website, and not even in kiosk mode so all the header and footer crap, and mouse …
DSrupted’s Early Bird Takes Flight Soon July 21, 2015 by Super User Tickets are starting to get grabbed up for DSrupted, which is now less than two months out. We’ve got a great speaker lineup and agenda planned. You can save $50 on the conference fee but getting your ticket this week. The early bird offer shuts down at the end of July.
On Road, So Posts Will Be Spotty July 20, 2015 by Super User This week and next, just like last week, sees me in a whole buncha airports and hotels, so posts will be spotty. It’s summer, and theoretically not a whole pile going on anyway. Whatever normal is for this thing should resume at the start of August.
