DSrupted 2014: Doug Thompson On BLE Beacons And IOT May 30, 2014 by Super User Doug Thompson has signed on as a speaker for DSrupted, the first conference to put the full focus on how disruptive technologies affect the way digital signage networks are conceived, operated and managed. Since Apple announced its iBeacons last year I’ve seen and read kinds of stuff about the potential for sensors and transmitters in …
ComQi Debuts Highly Tweakable Local Digital Signage Messaging Manager May 29, 2014 by Super User Providing browser access to local managers to fill in web forms or fiddle with a pre-baked template is pretty standard fare in the digital signage industry these days, but ComQi has announced a new version of its own set of tools for that task, and it’s beefier than what else I’ve seen demo’d here, there and …
Monster’s Stephen Randall Releases Album May 29, 2014 by Super User Most people in the digital signage industry will know Monster Media’s Stephen Randall as the guy, via Locamoda and Wifitti, who was talking social media and social media visualizations waaaaay before it went mainstream. Fewer people will know he’s a well established singer-songwriter, and now he’s released his first album, and if you like what …
LG Going Big And Curvy Next Week At SID May 29, 2014 by Super User Flat panel display can’t get a whole lot bigger, but they keep getting thinner, lighter, brighter, sharper and, ummm, curvier. LG Display, for example, will be showing off a series of new displays at the big Society for Information Display (SID) Display Week 2014 show next week at the San Diego Convention Center. The company …
Get A Free Guide On The Awesome World Of Projection Mapping May 28, 2014 by Super User Christie Digital has released its second coffee table-style book celebrating display technology, this new one focused on the awesome world of projection mapping. The Book of Transformations is a free collection of stories, images and videos showing how projection mapping transforms storytelling and takes content outside of the traditional canvas and digital screen. The primer …
Conductive Ink Makes Analog Posters Interactive May 28, 2014 by Super User How about a traditional advertising poster going interactive, without adding a screen? That’s what the brewer Beck’s has had up in cities around New Zealand this month – print posters that have conductive ink and speakers, making them playable as part of a music promotion. Described as the world’s first Playable Posters, the street-level ads …
DSrupted Digital Signage Conference: 4 of 5 Speakers Set May 27, 2014 by Super User It took a little bit, but the majority of the speaker line-up is now in place for DSrupted, the first conference focused on disruptive technology and digital signage. If you missed it, the event was announced last month and is set for Sept. 17th in Toronto. Tickets are limited to less than 200, and the …
UK Sign Prototype Bridges Analog And Digital May 27, 2014 by Super User Pixel Track from Berg on Vimeo. A British company called Berg is testing prototypes of a system that bridges analog and digital signage, using a system similar to the sort of cool, old-school arrivals and departures flipboards you see in some airports and rail stations. The PixelTrack system is set up like a horizontal track, …
DSE Huddling Up And Drinking That Powerful Canadian Beer June 4th in Toronto May 26, 2014 by Super User The Digital Signage Expo people are doing a mixer next week in Toronto, where it is finally warm, bordering on hot. The DSE Huddle, as they have dubbed these things, is June 4th, starting at 5:30 and running for a coupla hours at the Jack Astors’ bar and Grill up above Toronto’s Yonge-Dundas Square. The …
BrightSign’s New 4K Player Makes 4K In Digital Signage Viable May 23, 2014 by Super User I have seen a lot of airports lately and it gets ugly in a week, so I am still noodling whether I will go to InfoComm, or skip it for the first time in forever. If I do go, one of the things I’ll make a bee-line to see is BrightSign’s solid-taste 4K media player. …
