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16:9: Tim Hortons Using Samsung, Melitron, STRATACACHE for Massive Drive-Thru Display Refresh

Winning big deployment deals with big brands is a wonderful thing for just about any technology vendor, but it often comes with the proviso that the vendor can’t make any PR noise about it. Most vendors have big or even whale clients they only talk about in conversations, and don’t list those clients on websites or mention in press releases. […]

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Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 1:00 PM

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16:9: More Trouble With Timmie’s Digital Menu Boards

A reader sent along this photo shot this morning while on the way to work in the pedestrian walkway system that runs below street level in Toronto’s business district. The Tim Hortons screens at 55 University aren’t dead, though one is in a bad way. The software appears hung up, so instead of mission-critical menus, there is a nice, calming blue. […]

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Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 8:35 AM

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16:9: Another Hung Timmie’s Screen – At Old Main Office

A reader sent along a couple of photos from a digital menuboard set-up at Tim Hortons. Stuff happens, things hang, but it happens a LOT lately at the Canadian coffee chain, which would have something like 20,000-plus screens in stores across the country. […]

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Tue, Aug 6, 2019 at 7:44 AM

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16:9: Canada’s Tim Hortons Coffee Chain Tests Digital-Rich Upmarket Cafe

I am not sure what the double-double crowd (Canadians will know what I mean) will think of a new Tim Hortons location opening up in Toronto’s financial district tomorrow. The Tim Hortons 130 King will be the company’s “first-ever innovation café. […]

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Wed, Jul 24, 2019 at 5:29 AM

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16:9: Another, Very Different Digital Signage Fail At Timmies

This is a Tim Horton’s in downtown Toronto this morning, as spotted by a digital signage vet. I’ve seen lots of Timmies where one or several screens are out – notably at Montreal’s airport – but this is a new one. Things are working – but the screens all have on-screen messaging for SICOM, weirdly backwards – and information on the operating system. […]

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Thu, May 2, 2019 at 9:11 AM

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