Archive for February, 2010

56% Connect To Public Wi-Fi With Mobile Device

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Mobile use continues on the rise, according to the Q4 2009 Mobile Audience Insights Report from San Francisco-based JiWire, the mobile audience media company that reaches over 20 million unique users per month. The report looks at device use, consumer adoption of Wi-Fi and the browsing behavior of people who access the Internet in public […]

Electronic Art Hits The Slopes

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Cincinnati’s closest ski resort is now more informative and accessible for ski experts and novices alike, thanks to Electronic Art, an interactive agency specializing in touch screen kiosks, digital signage and integrated websites, which recently integrated digital signage hardware and screen management software at Perfect North Slopes in Lawrenceburg, Indiana. The multiple LCD screens installed […]

#dse2010 – Las Vegas Rumours

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

A certain display manufacturer here at #dse2010 is shooting its mouth off about a big win, if the rumours are true then it would, at (an alleged) 15,000 locations be the biggest US Project this year by far. Described as a fast track deployment project the customer’s formal launch is set to be 1st April […]

#dse2010 – Networking Over Lunch

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

While attending the various conference sessions prior to the DSE show Tuesday, we glimpsed a lots of networking taking place during the lunch break. There are also of course a number of LUNCH & LEARN programmes happening Wednesday and Thursday.

#dse2010 – Inch Thin NanoLumens

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

This may well have to be pointed out to you because the content on the screen does NOT make the display stand out (more on that later) but it sure is one of the most interesting displays on show at #dse2010. It’s high up in the series of different shape screens at the entrance to […]

#dse2010 – Where To Find MicroTiles

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Andrew Neale

Christie Digital continue showcasing their MicroTiles at major trade shows and this week in Las Vegas you will have plenty of opportunity to take a look and size them up for yourselves. First off, visitors to the trade show will not be able to enter the Las Vegas Convention Centre without noticing this huge digital […]

Millennial Media Acquires TapMetrics

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Millennial Media, the largest independent mobile advertising network, announced today that it will acquire TapMetrics, a San Francisco-based mobile analytics firm, focused on application usage and behavior. TapMetrics software suite provides detailed analytics to enable developers to better manage their application sales and revenue in a sleek, intuitive dashboard. By adding TapMetrics, Millennial Media will […]

#dse2010 – We Want You!

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

You have to take your hat off to the Exponation / DSE folks because DSF marketing material was everywhere at the LVCC. These static posters were strategically positioned around the halls and there were plenty of flyer (leaflets) also exhorting folks with the word “We want you! Join the new Digital Signage Federatipon Visit Booth […]

#dse2010 – Seen Walking…

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Loads of familiar faces at the Las Vegas Convention Centre on the day before #dse2010 proper starts AND interestingly quite an international flavour to the mix of people also. We sat down with Bernhard Baer and Thomas Doktor from Germany in a break during the DOOH Advertising Summit. Lyle Bunn was there, he was doing […]

#dse2010 – DSA Votes For Independence

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

News coming through from @DigSignageToday that the Digital Signage Association (DSA) board has unanimously approved independence from NetWorld Alliance (as we said last week, we knew it was going to do BUT it had little or no choice today to make that decision). Also interesting was the comment “the creation of a DSA show” – […]