DSE Adds New Event To NYC This Fall June 12, 2014 by Super User The Digital Signage Expo folks are putting on a one-day education/networking event in New York in October, as part of what’s being billed as Digital Signage week. The “week” part has to do with there being a few events grouped around the city that week, including the DailyDOOH investor summit. The thinking is that if …
DSrupted: HTML5 Will “Drive Explosive Growth” In Digital Signage June 12, 2014 by Super User Paul Vincent is one of five subject-matter experts who will have the time to really dig into topics when they pick up a microphone and speak at DSrupted, the first conference to focus on how disruptive technologies are impacting and reshaping the digital signage business. He’s the founder and CEO of Neuranet, a start-up that …
Projects: Pattison Turns On YMM June 11, 2014 by Super User Normally, news of an out of home ad company winning the ad concession and putting screens into a secondary airport wouldn’t be terribly interesting. But Pattison Outdoor Advertising has won, put up and turned on all the static and digital positions at the shiny new air terminal at Fort McMurray Airport (YMM), which is Canada’s …
Projects: Video Case Study Of I-X Center In Cleveland June 11, 2014 by Super User It probably goes on a two or three minutes more than it needs to, but this is nonetheless a really solid case study, done in video, of a huge NanoLumens project running at a big convention and trade hall in Cleveland, Ohio. The old WW2 bomber factory has 2.2 million square feet of exhibit space and, …
DSrupted Mixer Coming Together June 11, 2014 by Super User Details are still getting firmed up, but it’s looking like there will be a mixer on Sept. 16th, the night before the DSrupted event in Toronto on Sept. 17th. The mixer will be a good networking opportunity ahead of the disruptive technology in digital signage event set for the Telus conference centre in downtown Toronto. …
Low-Cost Retail Wow June 11, 2014 by Super User I don’t necessarily have a good use-case for these laser-projected keyboard thingies, and I know they’ve been around in one way or another for a couple of years, but I saw this at a Computex booth and thought, “Hmmm… Kinda neat.” The biggest reason I thought it was neat – $55 USD low volume reseller …
Shine Your Business, Together June 11, 2014 by Super User Slogan on the massive Asus booth at Computex. Beats me what it means. I have an admittedly soft spot for curious marketing slogans. This was one of many I saw last week in Taipei. I also particularly liked the secondary slogan in one booth that drew a parallel between a touch screen and prom …
Litemax Changes Up LCD Shapes; Goes Square and Super-Wide June 11, 2014 by Super User One of the booths that grabbed my attention at Computex in Taipei last week was operate by a Taiwanese company called Litemax, which takes regular LCD glass and re-packages it in different shapes. Super-wide LCDs is not new in itself – LG did it years ago – but what struck me here was the range this …
Projects: Digital OOH Lotto Network Switches On In Mauritius June 11, 2014 by Super User A media company in the Indian Ocean island nation of Mauritius is working with that country’s national lottery on promo screens that are replacing analog posters at 250 retail sites. Plug In has the deal with the National Lottery of Mauritius, which is buying airtime on Plug In screens. The system is using Signagelive’s platform, and running …
CE labs To Debut Two 4K Digital Signage Players Next Week At Infocomm June 10, 2014 by Super User There should be quite a bit of 4K on show next week at InfoComm – both on the display side and among the hardware guys that get the signal around and on to screens. CE labs, a loyal 16:9 advertiser, will be at the Las Vegas show and will be showing off a pair of new 4k …
