M2M Gets Built Into Digital Signage PCs; Halves Connect Costs September 18, 2013 by Super User Machine-to-Machine wireless communications has been around for several years now and has made some inroads in to the digital signage eco-system, but it’s been hindered by a few things. USB data sticks that business travellers use to get online while on the road are great for that, but are generally terrible as reliable 24/7 …
Sightings: Projection Mapping In Montreal September 13, 2013 by Super User I have been up in Montreal the last couple of days and out last night in this terrific city having dinner with clients/friends in the arts district, much of which is now lit up by large format projection systems. Several buildings in the area have been 3D-mapped and are now permanently lit at night with …
Projects: Queue Management For Cyclists September 11, 2013 by Super User Queue management systems are no-brainers as great customer service applications, as as content for digital signage screens. If I am waiting for attention at a retail location, restaurant or government office, I will refer relentlessly to a screen that tells me where I am on the wait list. Like POS, queue management systems have more …
Vine Changes Advertising As We Know It??? Bullsh*t! September 11, 2013 by Super User I just finished reading a post on American Express’s Open Forum (which is about … I’m not sure) that posed with a straight face the question: Could Dunkin’ Donuts’ Vine Ad Change Advertising As We Know It? The answer is No. The micro-spot using Twitter’s Vine service ran on ESPN’s Monday Night Football the other …
When It Comes To Travel Rest, Nothing Tops 3D Headbanging September 11, 2013 by Super User The whole auto-stereoscopic, glasses-free 3D thing is curious, but it just got weirder with news that now you can pull off a US highway for a much-needed comfort break and rest, and take in some ferocious head-banging. The Travel Plaza TV network – which does its content in glass-free 3D – ran a trailer starting …
Apple’s Gorgeous, Digital Signage-lite Stores September 10, 2013 by Super User Note: Revised based on reader comments … Look around the retail landscape and you see no end of design directly influenced by Apple’s minimalist stores. They’re beautiful. The state of the retail design art. And they have little or no digital signage. There are iPads on tables that could be called digital signage (I …
Innovation Scarcity And The Interactive Threat September 10, 2013 by Super User There haven’t been a lot of posts here lately – in part because I’m busy making a buck but more so because most of what I am seeing and hearing about lately generates a bored “Yeah, whatever …” I get word of partnerships. Little software deals made out to seem big. Job changes. Very incremental …
Chowdhury Out As ComQi Chairman; Now An Advisor September 6, 2013 by Super User You could pretty much see this coming … Ajay Chowdhury went from CEO to Executive Chairman of ComQi back in March, and now he is merely on the company’s advisory board. The company has announced that Rob Keve, founder of the Fizzback Group, is the new Executive Chairman for the company. Rob will support the …
Ronin Gets A Lift From Indian Motorcycle September 5, 2013 by Super User A tip of my tin foil hat to the sales team at Wireless Ronin, who manage to win business here and there despite some pretty compelling arguments (company financials) why end users should maybe be kinda, really cautious. The company announced a deal today with Indian Motorcycle, which is billed as America’s original motorcycle manufacturer (pffft …
Christie MicroTiles Get Tweaks For New Version September 5, 2013 by Super User It’s been four years, so Christie was about due to upgrade its little MicroTiles display blocks – though the changes are tweaks and not wholesale revisions. The newly announced MicroTiles S310 displays are JUST a bit skinnier at the seams. Featuring the same optical performance and construction as the S300, the Christie MicroTiles S310 screen is …
