Report: Panasonic Winding Down Plasma Display Business

March 18, 2013 by Dave Haynes

Japan’s Nikkei newspaper is reporting today that Panasonic may pull out of the plasma television business as part of downsizing efforts. Revenues from Panasonic’s …

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NYFI Wins NYC’s Reinventing Payphones Contest

March 17, 2013 by Dave Haynes

A slim digital tower with swappable modules that makes free WiFi ubiquitous has won New York City’s Reinventing the Payphone – the winner weirdly …

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DSE Video Blog Posts

March 17, 2013 by Dave Haynes

Here’s a round-up of DSE 2013 coverage via video (working with Studio 10 from Regina, Sask.) and written pieces. [youtube id=”Oo5kOLEIAc8″ width=”600″ height=”350″] [youtube …

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New York Transit System Expanding Interactive Kiosk Trial

March 15, 2013 by Dave Haynes

The MTA – which operates the transit systems running in New York City, has announced it is going ahead with a second phase of …

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Danaher Steps Down At DPAA; Joins Adspace

March 14, 2013 by Dave Haynes

Sue Danaher has resigned as president and CEO of the the Digital Place-based Advertising Association (DPAA), letting her contract lapse at the end of …

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Video: Leap Motion Shows Interactive Digital Possibilities At SXSW

March 14, 2013 by Dave Haynes

The Leap Motion controller has, I think, a huge amount of potential for interactive experiences in retail and other settings because of the granularity …

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Research: 60% Of Us Are Showrooming

March 14, 2013 by Dave Haynes

AdWeek has a great set of infographics up that show the depth pof the problem some retailers face with showrooming – the evidently very …

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DSF Plans Four Networking Mixers, Inc June Event In Toronto

March 12, 2013 by Dave Haynes

It has been almost a couple of years since I last organized a mixer in Toronto, and I get fairly regular emails asking when …

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Stratacache Says It Now Drives 50K Digital Menu Boards

March 12, 2013 by Dave Haynes

Were there any question as to which companies are truly doing a lot of trade in the digital signage marketplace, consider that Stratacache is …

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Adcentricity Surfaces; Announces Rep Deal With Sports LED Board Network

March 11, 2013 by Dave Haynes

Adcentricity has been more than a tad quiet since it was acquired by another Toronto firm, Bee Media, in April 2012 – to the …

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SEC Filings Show Symon Bought For $45 Million

March 11, 2013 by Dave Haynes

It appears Symon Communications was bought for $45 million as part of the mash-up acquisition/reverse merger thing that will lead,  soon, to RMG Networks …

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Projects: SoloHeath Wellness Stations Now In 3,000 US Retailers

March 11, 2013 by Dave Haynes

SoloHealth now has more than 2,000 free digital health and wellness stations out in retail locations across the United States, which the company says doubled …

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