Curmudgeon Friday: The “world’s greatest” digital signage manufacturer
October 28, 2011 by Dave Haynes
I find the best way to deal with the many knuckleheads out there who either have tenuous grips on reality or no shame is …
Read moreRIP Steve Jobs
October 6, 2011 by Dave Haynes
In early 1984 I wandered up to, I think, the 7th floor of the old Eaton’s department store building in Winnipeg and found my …
Read moreSix clues to better digital signage press
September 2, 2011 by Dave Haynes
Across the pond and along the Thames, Adrian has a rant up on DailyDOOH about the sorry state of press releases he gets all day, every …
Read moreThe $25 digital signage player closer to reality
August 30, 2011 by Dave Haynes
I wrote back in May about a project that was working with the premise of a modestly-functioning computing device that would cost all of $25. The Raspberry …
Read moreAnother overpriced sector report, another mild tizzy
August 26, 2011 by Dave Haynes
Once again, a report from a company that does reports on any sector that has a pulse is getting all kinds of coverage and …
Read moreHP re-thinking its hardware business, which would include its digital signage efforts
August 18, 2011 by Dave Haynes
On the heels of a planned or unplanned leak, HP has issued a press release this afternoon confirming it is looking at buying a big UK …
Read morePennsylvania’s wondrously dumb digital wine kiosk program in trouble
August 15, 2011 by Dave Haynes
About a year ago I wrote about how the state of Pennsylvania started rolling out a test of automated wine kiosks in grocery stores. Based …
Read moreReport says digital signage is booming; we say hmmm…
August 12, 2011 by Dave Haynes
All the reports that get issued on this space tend to blur together after a while, and the forecasts of growth and $X.X Billion …
Read moreEngland’s riots: Using screens to fight the national lootery
August 10, 2011 by Dave Haynes
The riots and looting that have popped up around the UK since the weekend have been fascinating to follow from a safe distance. The …
Read moreGuest Post: The Digital Signage Conundrum for the Printing Industry
July 16, 2011 by Dave Haynes
Editor’s note: This post originally appeared on the blog of the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association. I asked the SGIA if I could run it here, …
Read moreGuest Post: Has Adobe decision created dead-end on upgrade path of some digital signage platforms?
July 6, 2011 by Jim Nista
Adobe recently announced that they are pulling support for the Adobe AIR platform on desktop Linux, with version 2.7 being the last official version …
Read moreGannett's bailing on hyperlocal a cautionary note for smaller DOOH networks
July 4, 2011 by Dave Haynes
An interesting little story out of New Jersey, as related in MediaPost, reinforces the question I think a lot of people have about the …
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