iPads clustered to make giant iPhone display

December 21, 2010 by Dave Haynes

This somehow straddles the line between clever and butt-ugly. As spotted in Engadget, a promotion at London’s St. Pancras rail station uses 56 iPad’s …

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Decoder ring melts trying to sort out CBS Outdoor DOOH release

December 20, 2010 by Dave Haynes

(Update – CBS kindly sent some images … help … and provided more explanation … see further down in post) This has all the …

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Big Canuck retail DOOH network turns on Bluetooth

December 20, 2010 by Dave Haynes

One of the larger pure-play digital out of home networks in Canada has done a deal to start offering proximity-based Bluetooth marketing aimed at …

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Taipei tech co switches up whole size matters thing; debuts nano kiosk

December 20, 2010 by Dave Haynes

Having seen sales people for at least a couple of companies working trade shows and other events with little digital lapel tags, I get …

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Pic: Digital art in new Vegas hotel lobby

December 16, 2010 by Dave Haynes

The latest, and probably last for a long while, big resort on the Vegas strip opened this week. The $4B, 3,000-room Cosmopolitan of Las …

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Dolphins turn on immersive digital signage wall, using MicroTiles, touch

December 16, 2010 by Dave Haynes

The Miami Dolphins have worked with Christie Digital and Arsenal Media to develop a very cool interactive wall now running on the club level …

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Sign portal takes good, deep look at MGM Mirage's digital signage efforts

December 16, 2010 by Dave Haynes

A piece up in SignIndustry.com about the MGM Mirage’s comprehensive digital signage efforts is worth a read. NEC must have bankrolled or supplied the …

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A different take at peddling Colgate at the shelf-edge

December 16, 2010 by Dave Haynes

Having been somewhat less than enamored with whatever Colgate-Palmolive is doing in Canada with a shelf-edge merchandising screen that is all but invisible, it …

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How to sell digital signage into retail in 2011

December 15, 2010 by Dave Haynes

The National Retail Federation’s SmartBrief newsletter has some interesting predictions from its membership about their plans and needs for 2011, with respect to in-store …

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Panasonic joins the all-in-one bun fight with CoolSign/Haivision

December 14, 2010 by Dave Haynes

Panasonic has done a partner deal with Haivision, the new owner of CoolSign, to market a “a complete digital signage solution for businesses that …

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Big brand, tiny screen, major digital signage fail

December 14, 2010 by Dave Haynes

So, some brand manager had the bright idea to market toothpaste right at the shelf edge with a display only as big as said …

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AMX releases TCO calculator. Great, but …

December 14, 2010 by Dave Haynes

Pro AV giant AMX has announced and released a total cost of ownership (TCO) calculator for digital signage installations. “The first such tool in …

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