Scala Opening Digital Store For NRF January 10, 2014 by Dave Haynes Putting your product pots and pans in context tends to be a good thing at most trade shows, but that’s particularly so when it comes to things like retail. So Scala is, I think, making a sharp move with the Digitally Connected Store it’s “opening” on the floor of next week’s National Retail Federation show …
Preset Group DSE Mixer Sells Out In 24 Hours January 9, 2014 by Dave Haynes Tickets went fast for the 5th annual Preset Group DSE Mixer. They went up at 11 Wednesday and were gone by 11 Thursday. A few will come available later via cancellations and if sponsors don’t need their full allocations, which happens. I will also establish an automated waitlist so you can put your name on …
Italian Digital OOH Rail Network Gets On Track Via BroadSign January 9, 2014 by Dave Haynes This is a nice little account win for BroadSign. The Grandi Stazioni Media digital OOH network, which has more than 1,000 displays running in Italy’s big city rail stations, has converted from an in-house system to BroadSign’s cloud-based, ad-focused platform. The Grandi Stazioni network reaches 700 million people annually, with a big chunk of that …
Capital Networks Picks Up Award For Its NFC-Big Screen Integration January 8, 2014 by Dave Haynes Congratulations to long-time industry friends and Sixteen:Nine sponsors Capital Networks, which has picked up a 2014 DIGI Award for what was judged one of the best new products for the digital signage market in 2013. The Best New Audience Participation Tool award was for Audience.mobile, an integrated Dynamic NFC (Near Field Communication) solution. I got a demo …
Mixer Tickets Now Up January 8, 2014 by Dave Haynes Registration is now available online for the 2014 Preset Group Mixer in Las Vegas, a mainstay of the event schedule during Digital Signage Expo. This year the event is at the Revolution Lounge in The Mirage. It starts at 5:30 and runs three hours. That will allow people to grab a couple of drinks after …
Android And Windows Move In Together January 7, 2014 by Dave Haynes Some of the early reports coming out of CES are about work that would see the Windows and Android operating systems running on the same computing device, seamlessly. AMD has a partnership with BlueStacks – emulator software that makes Android apps run on Windows devices – to develop technology that would run Android apps within …
Intel Debuts PC The Size Of SD Card January 7, 2014 by Dave Haynes Intel has announced its Edison development board – what amounts to a Pentium PC the size of an SD card. The Edison board has a low-power 400MHz Intel Quark processor with two cores, integrated Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. This is not something you will trot down to your local Best Buy to grab for $49 or something. …
Mixer Tickets Go Up Wednesday January 6, 2014 by Dave Haynes I have had my annual “How the hell do I … oh yeah … there it is … ohh … ummm … ok” session with EventBrite and THINK I have the ticketing engine ready to go for the annual Preset Group Mixer on the night before the giant scissors cut the big ribbon as Rental …
DSF Announces New Board Members; Sarubbi Now Chairs Org January 6, 2014 by Dave Haynes The Digital Signage Federation has announced four new board members – from a slate of nine – following an election window that ended in mid December. These guys will serve two-year terms as At-Large Directors on the board: Mark Boidman, Peter J. Solomon Company Steve Hargis, Bass Pro Shops Brian McClimans, Peerless-AV Rob Winston, Industry …
Ick No More: Bacteria-Killing Touchscreen Glass January 6, 2014 by Dave Haynes Corning is introducing its Antimicrobial Gorilla Glass at CES this week – material embedded with ionic silver to kills the invisible germs that make people want to control touchscreens with their elbows. Gorilla Glass is well established as a damage resistant glass substrate for all kinds of devices, starting with smartphones and scaling up from …
