Archive for December, 2011

PayPal’s Screach Innovation

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

PayPal unveiled its Screach enabled digital-out-of-home innovation at Le Web conference in Paris recently. The proof of concept was created by John Lunn, Director of Innovation at PayPalX and his team. Whilst not a totally new concept (it allows consumers to purchase products from a shop even after that shop has closed) we did like […]

#CES NEC South Hall 4, Booth 36259

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) this week announced its participation at #CES. This year, we are told, NEC will be featuring solutions that capitalize on the company’s Android based 7-inch LCD terminal, various ‘Cloud Communicators’, some Managed Home Services things, Telepresence and a digital bookstore Android app. Probably most interesting to us will be a […]

Chinese Carl’s Jr Engages ComQi

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

On-yi Lo

Carl’s Jr has, we are told, chosen ComQi’s EnGage solution for all of their restaurants in China… This is a Carl’s Jr Burger restaurant in Shanghai with one of the new digital menu boards.

Will Work For Love: Kelvin Han, IAdea, Taipei, Taiwan

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Kelvin Han is the partners relations manager at IAdea Corporation in Taipei, Taiwan. He is responsible for helping IAdea’s software partners to quickly adapt their legacy software and services to run on IAdea’s SMIL-based hardware platform. Describe your personal work space. I sit next to the reception area so it’s good spot to learn everyone’s […]

Akoo TV Adds More Malls

Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Akoo TV, one of the largest Nielsen-measured out-of-home television networks in the U.S., has continued its expansion across the nation’s premier shopping malls, adding the Houston Galleria, a top shopping destination with more than 24 million annual visitors, and Arundel Mills, the Baltimore area’s largest mall. With these and the addition of other new locations […]

#CES 2012 International #CEStweetup

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We still figure that the #Infocomm11 Tweetup held at the Rocks Lounge, Peabody Hotel and put together by that mighty fine and incredibly influential body of online folks known as #AVtweeps will be hard to beat. Having said that though, we have to say, just how professional everything currently looks around the 2012 International CES […]

@screachapp Looking For Beta Testers

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Screach is looking for some beta testers to tell them what they think. As a thank you they’ll even be giving away to the most active beta tester a MacBook Air. You can form an orderly queue here.

No Clash For BETT And #ISE2013

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

There was some rumour that BETT 2013 (in its new home that year at ExCel) was set to clash with #ISE2013 This is not actually so, BETT we are told is 11th to 14th January and #ISE2013 is of course being held 29th January to 31st January 2013 in Amsterdam.

Mobile And Retail Coverage, 2012

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We have a secret weapon in 2012 in our attempt to cover even more retail and mobile focussed events than we did in 2011 … Ladies and Gentlemen let me introduce to you, Manolo Almagro who (as well as continuing with his weekly column ‘The Power Of Three‘) will be covering for us Retail’s BIG […]

Carole Alalouf Zoom Media’s New V-P

Tuesday, December 20th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Carole Alalouf has been appointed vice-president of strategic marketing & research at Montreal-based Zoom Media, a move made with the aim of strengthening the company’s ability to connect advertisers with highly targeted audiences across Canada. “With Carole at the helm, our clients will be able to invest in our media solutions with even greater confidence […]