Projects: Nescafe Media Wall At Nestle Global HQ June 24, 2014 by Super User Nescafé’s iPad driven Mediawall in Nestlé’s HQ from defocus films on Vimeo. Defocus Films sent along a video link and a package of photos showing the media wall it pulled together for the food and beverage giant Nestlé at its global headquarters in Vevey, Switzerland. The nine-screen media wall is controlled by an iPad using software the …
DSrupted: Second Story’s Lead Engineer Rounds Off Conference Line-up June 24, 2014 by Super User The last of five speakers is in place for DSrupted, and he’s going to be great. Matt Arnold is Lead Integration Engineer for Second Story, the Portland, Oregon company that has put together some of the coolest and most technically ambitious digital screen projects I’ve seen to date. One of my go-to reference projects, when …
Video: Tim Hortons In-Store Dining Network June 23, 2014 by Super User The Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons is such a part of the cultural landscape up here that someone actually produces a very polished-looking independent blog called Inside Timmies. Michael Tutton from Ontario Lottery came across a post about the chain’s in-store TV, which includes a video of the programming. This picks up on his Tweet. …
Location and Seat Occupancy Screens Testing On London Double-Decker June 23, 2014 by Super User Transport for London in the UK appears to be testing screens on at least one double-decker bus as a means to tell riders whether there are seats on the upper-level, and where the bus is positioned on its route. The London blog IanVisits spied screens fixed at the main entry and by the stairs that lead …
Why 4K Isn’t Yet Ready For Digital Signage Prime Time June 21, 2014 by Tara Parachuk Guest Post: Manuel Edghill, digbil Much buzz has been generated in the digital signage industry surrounding 4K displays and content. A lot of this hype is generated by 4K display manufacturers. But is 4K truly ready to become mainstream in digital signage? Most potential consumers of 4K displays who have viewed them in person have typically …
DSrupted: Web Consuming Digital Signage, And That’s Not A Bad Thing June 20, 2014 by Super User Here’s the first of a running series of chats with the sponsors of the DSrupted conference coming up in three months in Toronto. Byron Darlison is the founder of Rise Holdings, which owns event sp0nsor Rise Vision and the sister company, systems integrator Rise Display. In the context of disruptive technology in this sector, Rise has been …
Vancouver’s Solara360 Selling $175K Digital Signage Franchise Dreams June 20, 2014 by Super User To the credit of digital signage franchisor Dorn Beattie, President and CEO of Solara360, he concedes in a press release that selling advertising is a tough business. “In an age where the news, weather, an unlimited library and communication to anywhere is all in your hand and available anytime you want, it is no wonder that the …
Does New US Supreme Court Decision Change Game For Patent Trolling? June 20, 2014 by Super User The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling Thursday that MAY make life a little harder for companies that have been suing their way through digital signage and other software industries for the last four or five years, based on patent infringement claims. The country’s high court ruled that companies can’t claim a software patent on an …
Time To Drop The “Desktop vs. Mobile” Comparisons June 18, 2014 by Paul Croubalian Guest Post: Paul Vincent, Neuranet Back in 2008 when the iPhone was less than a year old and the iPad was but a twinkle in Steve Jobs’ eye – most mobile internet speeds were a fraction of what they are today, and smartphones were almost impossible to monetize. Companies betting on the growth of …
Sharp Unveils Curvy Free-Form Display Concept June 18, 2014 by Super User The Japanese electronics firm Sharp has unveiled what it calls its Free-Form Display, new technology that gets screens out of boxy shapes, Instead, you get displays with curves and angles that fit the design application. Sharp says free-form displays can be shaped to meet a wide range of user needs thanks to the incorporation of IGZO …
