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Projects: Nestle’s Digital Accelerator Center In Dubai

Food giant Nestle has something called DAT (Digital Acceleration Team) centers in key offices globally – facilities designed to monitor consumer  attitudes about their brands using social media and data visualization, and also train and energize staff from other offices. A new DAT has gone live at a Nestle office in Jebel Ali, in the south end of Dubai. […]

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Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 2:35 PM

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Projects: GE Aviation Opens Tech Experience Center In Dubai

Here’s a look inside GE Aviation’s new Middle East Aviation Technology Center, which opened last month in the Dubai Airport Free Zone area. […]

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Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 8:32 AM

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16:9: Are Shopping Mall Wayfinding Directories Still Relevant?

I find myself in a lot of shopping malls during my travels, but not because I’m a voracious consumer. It’s rare when I even walk in stores. I’m there out of curiosity – looking at what the landlords and tenants are doing with the physical design and the digital experience. […]

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Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 9:40 AM

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16:9: Dubai Office Block Borrows From Sports World For Displays

Nick Georgetti from the UAE region solutions provider 2point0 Concepts turned into something of a tour guide for me during my time last week in Dubai. One of the stops was a walk around the buildings – with their often over-the-top designs – in the city’s financial hub. […]

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Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 10:09 AM

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16:9: Kenzo’s 4-Sided Square LCD Backdrop Wall In Dubai’s MoE Mall

Ok, I’m back at World HQ after a week in Dubai. Mission accomplished on establishing some business ties way over there, and in going sufficiently far away that I’ve frequent flyer gold status again. If you fly a lot, you’ll understand the value of separate check-ins, early boarding and, in international hubs, showers. […]

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Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 9:51 AM

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16:9: Dubai Mall Snapshots

I went walkies Tuesday in a couple of Dubai mega-jumbo-Godzilla malls, guided by Nick Giorgetti of 2.0 Concepts, and took a buncha photos of signage installs. Walkway to Dubai Mall with cascading displays. […]

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Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 10:18 AM

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Day 1 Dubai: It Rained???

A reminder that I am in Dubai this week, so posts will be sporadic, at best. My quick impressions. Very curious place. […]

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Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 1:30 PM

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Heading To Dubai

I’m speaking at a Customer Engagement Technology Conference in a couple of weeks in Dubai. It’s one of those places I’ve wanted to see, and also a place that I gather has a lot shaking in the digital signage sector. My talk is Nov. […]

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Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 12:52 PM

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16:9: Canada, Dubai Hotbeds Of Digital Signage: Google Trends

If Google Trends is a real measure of activity and interest in digital signage, Canada is the hotbed country, but Dubai is the hotbed city at the moment. These are charts from the past 12 months. This graph shows web activity and you can see how the timeline kinda syncs up with ISE, DSE and the just-finished InfoComm. […]

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Sat, Jun 20, 2015 at 1:32 PM

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DOOH-bai: SGI Dubai 2015 and Digital Signage in the UAE

Digital signage should be considered as a chameleon. It’s format and purpose varies across verticals and countries, occupying significant space on American freeways and noticeable nooks in European boulevards. […]

Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 8:00 AM

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Digital Signage Klip: Dubai digital signage stand

This digital signage Klip was provided to us by Hung, a regular and avid traveler. The image is of a pretty cool interactive digital signage stand in Dubai. The solution provides free usage of Google Maps in case you need to search for a specific location or just need directions to go somewhere. […]

Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 1:34 AM

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