Preset Mixer 2014 Photo Gallery February 23, 2014 by Super User Took me a while to get this together, but here’s all the pix from the Feb. 11 Preset Group event at DSE. Think I’ll get a pro shooter next year. ;-]
RMG Exec Meetings Must Be Seriously Weird February 20, 2014 by Super User Updated The senior management meetings at RMG Networks must be so odd because of the wildly different product directions that company took on when it acquired Symon in the lead-up to going public. On the one hand, you have an Out Of Home media company selling into airline seat-backs, shopping mall food courts and packaged …
Well Of Course People Buy More Beer When They Get Weather Reports February 20, 2014 by Super User Spotted by a reader at a convenience store in Gatineau, Quebec (near Ottawa). Anheuser-Busch InBev has had these in Canada for a few years now, but I made the silly assumption they were put in place to move boxes of beer. Apparently the plan is also to give shoppers sports score and tell tell them what …
Disruption and Denial – thoughts after DSE 2014 February 18, 2014 by Mark Hemphill Guest Post: Dana Buys, PageMan I just finished up attending Digital Signage Expo 2014 at the Sands Exhibition Centre in Las Vegas. It was my first visit to DSE and I think the timing was really good. No shortage of really big screens, super high res 4K screens and video walls all over! Las …
Google’s Move Bodes Well For Digital Signage Consumers February 18, 2014 by Chris W Guest Post: Byron Darlison, Rise Vision Google recently announced that they are entering the digital signage market with Chromebox, which of course is running Chrome OS. From my perspective there isn’t a lot of news here and I don’t think this is a “sweep the nation overnight” move, however, it does bode well for …
What A Digital Sign At 10 Feet Is Good For … February 17, 2014 by Super User New restaurant at Toronto Pearson Airport. All it takes is common sense, folks.
DSE 2014 Parting Impressions February 16, 2014 by Super User I’m not overly delighted to have left the bright blue skies and warmth of Las Vegas for the gloom and endless snow of Southern Ontario, but 5 days of DSE week kicked my butt once again. It was time to get out, go home, and get some sleep and rest the back and feet. I …
DSE 2014 Awards: The Winning Content Projects February 16, 2014 by Super User Here’s the Content Award winners from last week at DSE. As with the project awards, it is good to see some entries and winners who are from outside the usual suspects. Award Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Gold – Niles Creative Group, for content created for Freedom Hall, George W. Bush Presidential Center Silver – Unified …
What Google’s Chromebox Means For Digital Signage February 16, 2014 by Super User In the waning minutes of the DSE trade show floor last week my time freed up long enough to get into the Intel booth. There was the eye candy stuff with fuzzy business models, as always. But there was also a little section set aside for a fascinating and possibly very disruptive entry into digital …
DSE 2014 Awards: The Winning Apex Projects February 15, 2014 by Super User Earlier this week at Digital Signage Expo the Apex & Content Awards were handed out at the annual dinner. What’s impressive this year was the variety of entrants and winners. Whereas there have been some past winners who got awards seemingly because they were among a handful of entrants, it looks like a LOT of different …