Advantech Walks IoT Talk With Clever Meeting Room System June 10, 2014 by Super User My last meeting in Taipei was at the impressive new headquarters building of the embedded systems giant Advantech, and I got a nice demo of an impressive meeting room system that walks the company’s talk about a sensor-driven, Internet of Things future. The first thing you notice in the right side of the main lobby …
Thoughts On Nine Days In 12 Time Zones Ahead June 10, 2014 by Super User If you want a good sense of how this industry is or will be going through massive disruption, seize on the opportunity – like I just did – to go to Asia. You’ll see what happens when everyone has broadband and digital payments are common. You’ll see what happens when 100s of companies are all making …
Digbil Partners With Taiwan Neighbor Viewsonic To Chase Global Digital Signage Business June 9, 2014 by Super User I had time last Friday, with Paul Flanigan, to head over after to see digbil after our presentations at the Digital Signage Multimedia Alliance conference in Taipei. I’d not heard of digbil, at all, until I made some noise that I was coming to Taiwan. They got in touch, and had us over for a …
First Look: E-Ink 32-inch Displays June 9, 2014 by Super User One of the goals of walking Computex last week in Taiwan (still there, leaving in a few hours) was to see the new 32-inch E-Ink electronic ink displays that were recently announced. The company was set up in what I’d imagine was budget space in a secondary hall at the show (there were at least …
The Ugly Baby Shows Up In Taiwan June 8, 2014 by Super User Yeah, I said it again. Your Baby’s Ugly – my riff on sub-optimal programming in digital signage – came out again Friday for a large crowd at the annual Digital Signage Multimedia Alliance digital signage conference in Taipei. I spoke, Paul Flanigan from the Digital Screenmedia Association spoke, as well as the head of Asiaray …
Christie Acquires Arsenal Media June 5, 2014 by Super User Christie has acquired Arsenal Media, its longtime agency of record for digital and experiential media. The Montreal agency will continue to stay in that city, keep its staff, and market under the Arsenal brand. The group will be overseen by Sean James, who runs the managed services side of Christie’s business, while Arsenal founder Denys …
Computex 2014 Gives Glimpse At What’s Coming In Tech June 5, 2014 by Super User A quick hop on Eva Air and I went from Hong Kong to Taipei today, and pretty much straight over to the huge Computex show that covers at least couple of big facilities in Taiwan’s muggy and (today) wet capital city. Never been. Didn’t know much about it. But I can say it is very big …
Gas Station TV Acquired By Detroit PE Firm June 3, 2014 by Super User Michigan-based Gas Station TV (aka GSTV) has been acquired another Michigan company, Detroit-based Rockbridge Growth Equity, as well as a group of smaller investors. The deal gets special attention because the big name involved is Dan Gilbert, who has made a serious fortune founding and growing Quicken Loans. Gilbert has pumped a lot of money into …
Note From The Road: Hong Kong June 2, 2014 by Super User There probably won’t be that many posts as I am waaaaaay the heck out of town – so far I just change AM to PM to figure out what time it is back home. I am in Hong Kong for a couple of meetings and some looking around, before heading to Taipei for the Digital …
