Samsung Shows Pair Of Slick Transparent OLED Displays At Asia Retail Show June 10, 2015 by Super User Samsung is at Retail Asia Expo in Hong Kong this week, and happily showing off a pair of new OLED displays aimed at signage applications. The more impressive of the two is a mirror OLED display panel that has a greater than 75% reflectance level, which Samsung says is at least 50 percent better reflectance than …
Canadian Digital OOH Firms Swap Networks; Get Vertically Focused June 9, 2015 by Super User A pair of Canadian indoor advertising companies that have both competed for business and collaborated on projects for the last 20 years have traded network properties in a move that allows both to focus on well-defined verticals. Montreal-based Newad is buying the restaurant/bar, campus, fashion, business, media and golf networks from Zoom Media, also from Montreal. …
Why I’m Going To InfoComm: Guy Tonti, Unified Brand June 9, 2015 by Super User I’m looking forward to catching up with Guy Tonti, who is leaving the dry heat of Phoenix and Sedona (he has an amazing weekend place) for the steam bath heat of Orlando next week, to walk the trade show floor at InfoComm. Tonti is the President of Unified Brand, a Phoenix-based company that does customized TV channels for …
InfoComm Booth Profile: DisplayNote Technologies June 9, 2015 by Super User Belfast’s DisplayNote Technologies, which does software that allows meetings presentation to be shared across many devices, will be at InfoComm next week, at booth 3085. Here’s why Ed Morgan, the company’s head of marketing, says people should drop by … 1 – Why do people going to InfoComm need to put your company on their Must See …
Video: Parallel Parking Help From A Curb-side Video Wall June 9, 2015 by Super User This is a clever campaign by Fiat run on a street in Frankfurt, Germany. To promote the parking assist technology that comes in the Fiat 500, a video wall was set up on a brick facade along a city street, with sensors watching cars that manipulated their way into an empty parking spot. The sensors …
Project: Caesars Windsor Goes Interactive June 9, 2015 by Super User Here’s a solid sign that STRATACACHE is starting to stitch together its somewhat diverse properties into a cohesive offer to the market – in this case, for gaming. The Dayton, Ohio company goes after big bear with its own software offer, but also has a pair of niche companies – enVu doing interactive projections in …
Why I’m Going To InfoComm: Gajendra Ratnavel, L Squared June 9, 2015 by Super User L Squared is a busy digital signage software and solutions provider up my way in the Toronto area. CEO Gajendra Ratnavel will take a break next week and head down to Orlando for InfoComm. As part of a running series from readers, here’s why this guy goes … How many years have you been going …
Four Winds Plans Forward Digital Experience Conference For Fall 2015 June 8, 2015 by Super User Denver-based Four Winds Interactive sent me an invite and details on something called Forward, The Digital Experience Conference – a new event it is putting together for this fall in the mile-high city. I’ve been to conferences organized or structured around vendors, and they can tend to be very long days hearing more and more and …
Paper: How Digital Signage And IoT Plug Into Retail June 8, 2015 by Super User NY-based ComQi has posted a solid, deep look at how digital signage intersects with Internet of Things devices and data in retail sites. There are huge efficiencies to be gained when devices and data can collect, present and use real-time information in meaningful, actionable ways,” says the position paper. “Retailers grow more nimble because the …
Signagelive Develops Reseller Ties With Google June 8, 2015 by Super User UK-based CMS Signagelive has announced closer ties with tech giant Google through its reseller-centric Google for Work program, getting formally accredited as a “Partner.” Signagelive is in the program’s Technology Track, identified as being “for partners who create products and solutions that complement, enhance or extend the reach or functionality of Google for Work and Education products.” …
