If A News Spot Runs In A Mall, Does Anyone Watch It? October 10, 2013 by Super User Are tight, graphically intense micro news spots and features built for mobile just the content ticket for people who are out in malls shopping? Not sure, at all, but credit to Adspace Digital Mall Network for going off the heavily worn and dubious playbook by trying something new with information feeds. The company, which has …
Projects: Huge Digital Mural At Yorkdale Mall (Video) October 10, 2013 by Super User Here’s a really nice video providing a look at the thinking and execution on a big digital mural on a bulkhead above a Scotiabank branch in Toronto’s Yorkdale Mall. Located in what is the ritziest retail patch in Canada, the mural put together for the bank by Cineplex uses a wide swath of Christie …
Pioneer Developing Transparent Tech To Make Digital Signage Work On Shop Windows October 9, 2013 by Super User Japanese electronics firm Pioneer is working on technology – presumably a film overlay – that it suggests dramatically improves the quality of projections in shopfront windows. Pioneer tells Diginfo the brightness and transmittance levels are higher than when using a transparent LCD panels (brightness would not be hard, from what I have seen). The company sees …
You Could Argue The Spot Will Get Noticed This Way … October 8, 2013 by Super User Blue screens of death and Windows error and license activation notices we’ve seen before, but content upside down??? Spotted by reader in a mall in suburban Johannesburg, S. Africa.
Digital Signage Micro Show Planned For Toronto October 7, 2013 by Super User The folks at Dot2Dot Communications, along with several other area companies, have organized what’s been dubbed a Digital Trends Showcase at a facility in suburban Toronto in about a month. The event runs over two days – Nov. 6 and 7 – at a facility up near the airport run by the retail merchandising/printing firm …
Projects: Guerlain’s Terrific Duty-Free Micro Shop October 7, 2013 by Super User We spent most of the last two weeks on a Hawaiian island (Molokai) that is so sleepy it doesn’t have a traffic light and the only retail chains around are Napa Auto Parts and Ace Hardware. It was awesome. However, we had to start and end our first time in Hawaii in Honolulu, which is …
Back at HQ. What’d I Miss? October 7, 2013 by Super User I’m back. I did a good job of ignoring email, RSS and Twitter for two weeks. What’d I miss?
Gone Snorkeling … September 21, 2013 by Super User I’m going off the grid for a bit – hilltop cottage on a little island. Posts resume in early October.
Guest Post: Why Should I Care About HTML5? September 20, 2013 by Jeremy Ozen HTML5 has been slowly changing the internet over the last several years. Like kudzu overtaking the abandoned landscapes of Flash, HTML5 is offering new and creative ways to drive content on the web. It’s no secret that Steve Jobs looked to put Flash six feet under when he blocked all Flash content from complying with …
Planar Debuts Budget “Simplicity” Display Line September 18, 2013 by Super User I tend to think of Planar Systems operating at the higher end of the LCD display market, but the compoany has just announced a new series of displays aimed more at the entry-level market. The Simplicity series is characterized by narrow-bezels, no brand logos, and some built-in media playback capability. Planar Simplicity Series full-featured digital …
