Start-up Puts Digital Menu System On Smart TVs January 30, 2012 by Super User A small SF Bay-area firm has paired up with another local start-up to offer a digital menu board system that integrates with the Point Of Sale set-up and eliminates the need for a PC bolted on the back of the display. This system relies, instead, on the emerging wave of so-called smart TVs. Digital Menu …
Smart City Lights Up Smart Video Wall Network at LVCC January 27, 2012 by Super User I think I have been to at least a dozen trade shows of some kind or another at the Las Vegas Convention Center, and over that time seen a few stabs at digital signage ad and information networks in the public areas. It’s a big honking space, so much of what has been done to …
VeriFone Newest DPAA Member January 27, 2012 by Super User VeriFone Systems, Inc., which does ad screens in taxis and at gas pumps, has signed up as the newest member of the Digital Place-based Advertising Association (DPAA). “As we continue to grow our digital network presence it is increasingly important for us to have a seat at the table on matters of importance to the …
Dx3 Canada Impressions January 27, 2012 by Super User I took the commuter choo-choo (boy I do not miss that grind) yesterday into the heart of Toronto yesterday to catch day 2 of the Dx3 digital media conference. The event and crowd is a blend of online and mobile, with a few dabs of digital signage and digital out of home. First impression – …
UK Startup Builds Digital Signage Networking Into Power Sockets January 26, 2012 by Super User A lot of digital signage installs use WiFi, but the most stable, reliable way to connect networked media players remains hard-wired ethernet connections. That has meant pulling Cat5 or 6 cables all over the place, which can be a bear in terms of cost, time and hassle. Using the electrical infrastructure of a building (its …
Digital Signage Market Stats: Gerba Looks At The Actuals January 26, 2012 by Super User The very expensive reports that roll off the assembly line of research mills everyday – digital signage one day, bull semen the next – all highlight a BIG number that talks about the growth of a sector. There’s always the “Digital Signage will be a $19 gazillion dollar market by 2016” number that is abstract …
Preset Mixer 2012: We Go Old School In Las Vegas January 24, 2012 by Super User Ok, the details are set – The 3rd Annual Preset Group DSE Mixer is March 6th at the Golden Nugget on Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas. The event is 5:30-8:30 PM in the Gold Diggers lounge at the famed Nugget, with an open-air patio-balcony that looks down on the street and up at the …
DSA Looking For Industry Excellence January 23, 2012 by Super User The Digital Screenmedia Association has put a call out for entries for its Industry Excellence Awards, which celebrate self-service, digital signage and mobile technology deployments across a bunch of vertical market segments. The DSA says it welcomes entries from all interested companies – both members and non-members. Categories: Technology (you can enter your project for …
Brazilian Mickey D’s Use Digital Signage For Staff Training January 23, 2012 by Super User The industry chatter around digital signage in the QSR sector is heavily focused on putting screens in place of printed menu boards, but there’s some interesting stuff happening in the so-called back of house. One of the Food and Beverage category finalists for the upcoming DSE 2012 Apex Awards is a partnership of Arcos Dourados Brazil (McDonald’s) …
Tech Blog Declares The Minority Report Moment Is Here (It’s Not) January 19, 2012 by Super User In what is an almost epic reach, Mashable is describing a trade show-bait thing put together by Razorfish and Microsoft, for NRF this week, as the arrival, finally, of that big, frighteningly invasive moment in the flick Minority Report when ad screens start beckoning Tom Cruise to engage and buy. This isn’t even close, and it’s …
