Display hardware specialist Peerless-AV will be at InfoComm, and this is why company president John Potts says people in the digital signage industry need to come by booth 3401 in a couple of weeks. 1 – Why do people going to InfoComm need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? […]
Here’s what Philips has to say about its InfoComm 2015 trade show plans, via North America Marketing Manager Stephen Shao: 1 – Why do people going to InfoComm need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? InfoComm attendees should come by the Philips booth (#4689) because we’re premiering some really cool technology. […]
A typical flat panel monitor supports millions of colors, so it’s a little funny to see a press release celebrating how a display now supports yellow. We Did Yellow!!! But in the case of electronic ink, it’s a big deal. […]
Colleen Hamilton with colleagues Tim Laughlin and Tom Dunn at a client install. Boston Logan Colleen Hamilton, one of the principal’s behind the digital wayfinding/directory management software firm and consultancy Art of Context, sent along her note on why she’s getting on a plane to Orlando in a couple of weeks. 1 – How many years have you been going to InfoComm? […]
What would be a really good environment to test and tweak retail technologies, and get them in front of major retailers and brands? How about a major mall in a tech hotbed, in a city few people groan about having to visit for a business trip? […]
Here’s a great reference case for how graphics, fixturing and displays can be pulled together to drive a lot more impact in retail than a screen on its own can typically do. NYC jeweller David Yurman sells a collection at Saks Fifth Avenue, and has had built a custom-fabricated display as a showcase. […]
E Ink will be showing its very cool Prism architectural display tech next week at the SID Display Week in Silicon Valley. Launched at CES a few months ago, Prism is color changing electronic ink technology that architects and designers can use to transform spaces and surroundings. It’s not really digital signage in any conventional sense, but it is an option INSTEAD of a video wall. […]
Here’s a somewhat warped look at the Create Your Taste digital ordering kiosks that McDonald’s is testing in some U.S. outlets. A guy named Moshe Tamssot decided to push the ordering system to its limits – and eat enough to feed a Sudanese village – by pounding the touchscreen + sign on every optional item to its max. […]
A boutique market research firm in Sweden, focused on the Internet of Things and Machine to Machine connectivity businesses, has pushed out a report suggesting global shipments of networked digital signage displays grew by 21.7 percent last year. Berg Insight suggests that high growth will continue for the next several years, ticking along at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18.7 percent. […]
Analyst Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends report was pushed out today, and it is, as always, a fascinating look at what consumers are doing online and the trends both in North America and globally. The report comes from the Silicon Valley investment shop Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. […]
I had maybe 20 or so companies take up my offer for free blog love and promotion ahead of DSE in March, the companies answering a set of questions about what attendees should expect to see at their booth. […]
Photo: Jake Dobkin, Gothamist The 102nd floor deck on top of the new World Trade Center building in lower Manhattan – the building that went up next to the footprint of the two towers brought down on 9-11, opens as an observatory next week. It’s a $32 elevator ride to go up and have a look around, but there’s a lot more going on that just a view. […]
This is getting a little crazy. A decade ago you needed two guys to manhandle a 55-inch LCD or (particularly) a plasma panel into place on a wall mount. Now we learn, via OLED-info, that LG has shown off in DS. […]
I have two distinct thoughts about a new monster-store in the Dallas area called Nebraska Furniture Mart, which a7 560,000 sq. ft. is big enough to house three Walmart Supercenters inside. […]
I blabber a lot these days about how live data is the content gift that can keep on giving, so I was happy to get an email today about a cool new project in Philadelphia that outs the idea in practice. […]
