DSF Pushing Standards For Higher Ed, And I Have No Idea Why October 1, 2012 by Super User The Digital Signage Federation’s Education and Standards Committees, which has academics and industry people on it, has established a set of standards to guide universities, colleges, and specialty schools on how to “develop or incorporate digital signage into their curricula.” There are courses and curricula in many universities, community colleges, and technical schools that already incorporate elements …
Project Profiles: JC Decaux Tries Streetside Transparent LCDs Down Under October 1, 2012 by Super User We’ve seen lots of transparent LCD displays on trade show floors, but I’m not sure how widely deployed the technology is out in teh real world. So it was interesting to come across a limited trial of the technology in Australia, for a Nike campaign. JC Decaux’s Innovate wing helped launch the Nike LunarGlide 4 shoe …
PRN Re-brands As IZON, As In Eyes On October 1, 2012 by Super User Premier Retail Networks (aka PRN) has re-branded/re-launched itself as IZON Media, as in “eyes-on” media, and positioned this new entity as being a lot more than just Digital OOH. The change, says a release, reflects the company’s dedication to integrate mobile, social and other technologies with its content strategies and vast network of strategically located …
Remember Me? October 1, 2012 by Super User Remember me? Sorry for the lack of posts. Preset is forehead-deep in the middle of an RFP and the past week was up early and fall on the bed late each night. No time for stuff like blogging. Can’t really say what I am up to, but I was part of a pitch team that …
Where’d He Go September 27, 2012 by Super User On road. Long, long days and important evening followups with clients. Hic. Not sure how much I will post this week, but likely little to none. Back to normal – whatever that is – next week. photo credit: SriHarsha PVSS via photopin cc
Crazy New Take On LED Boards Switches On In Brooklyn September 24, 2012 by Super User The Barclays Center sports venue opens in Brooklyn later this week – a new home for the relocated NBA Nets and piles of concerts. The building itself looks very different than most big arenas rising these days, and seems more in line with the new generation of soccer stadiums opening in different countries. One of …
Project Profile: FishNet’s Captures Guests With Giant Lobby Video Wall September 24, 2012 by Super User It’s become pretty common to walk into an office lobby and see a large monitor looming behind the reception desk, but the information security firm FishNet Security has amped up that idea by multiples. The Overland Park, Kansas firm’s new headquarters has a 10 by 6 wall of MicroTiles in the main lobby to welcome …
Adcentricity Surfaces, Announces Varied New Network Partner List September 21, 2012 by Super User Adcentricity has continued to be very quiet since its acquisition and changing of guard this spring, but the company pushed out a news release this week saying it is still here and in fact growing. The company – which now describes itself as a location-based marketer (and not ad network) – says it is now …
Segway Meets iPad In Crazy Telepresence Robot September 21, 2012 by Super User The tech blog The Verge has an interesting post and video up about a new project that is one of those “What would happen …?” ideas, in this case blending an iPad with the Segway concept. They ended up with a robot that would in theory be used to attend meetings anywhere, without the need …
Project Profile: Hyperlocal Ad Network Expanding In Phoenix September 21, 2012 by Super User Unified Brand has been taking an interesting run at the whole hyperlocal digital network concept in the Phoenix area, and has now expanded into a sports center. Aspire Kids Sports Center now has five HD displays in its facility, running a mix of licensed videos and other digital material from content providers like CBS, and syndicated health and …
