Retail Innovation Workspace And Lab Opens In SF Mall

June 1, 2015 by Dave Haynes

What would be a really good environment to test and tweak retail technologies, and get them in front of major retailers and brands? How …

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Intel’s Compute Stick Gets Big Shoulder Shrug In Lab Testing

June 1, 2015 by Dave Haynes

The geeks at Engadget have put put one of Intel’s new Compute Sticks through testing, and come back with a resounding shoulder shrug. “The …

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Four Winds Gets “Cool Vendor” Nod From Gartner

May 30, 2015 by Dave Haynes

Denver-based signage software firm Four Winds Interactive got a nice little nod recently from the tech-centric market analysis firm Gartner, listing it among a tight selection …

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Projects: Pooch Follows Shoppers Around UK Mall Via Sensors

May 29, 2015 by Dave Haynes

This is a very clever marketing campaign, spotted in Digital Sign Age, to drive animal adoptions from a London shelter. Called Looking For You, …

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Why I’m Going To InfoComm: Jim Marascio, 11 Giraffes

May 28, 2015 by Dave Haynes

Here’s one in what I hope will be a series of posts for attendees, and separately for exhibitors, talking about why they go to …

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E Ink Showing Its New Prism Display Next Week At SID

May 28, 2015 by Dave Haynes

E Ink will be showing its very cool Prism architectural display tech next week at the SID Display Week in Silicon Valley. Launched at …

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Live Data Visualizations As Hypnotic Signage

May 28, 2015 by Dave Haynes

On the way to San Francisco’s airport after a day with a client 2-3 weeks ago I stopped in at Google for a quick …

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Video: Using McDonald’s New Self-Ordering Kiosk To Get A Very Big Mac

May 28, 2015 by Dave Haynes

Here’s a somewhat warped look at the Create Your Taste digital ordering kiosks that McDonald’s is testing in some U.S. outlets. A guy named …

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Research: 17.2 M Digital Signs By 2019 (Updated)

May 27, 2015 by Dave Haynes

A boutique market research firm in Sweden, focused on the Internet of Things and Machine to Machine connectivity businesses, has pushed out a report …

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IAdea Releasing Pair Of Solid State 4K Signage Players

May 27, 2015 by Dave Haynes

Taiwan’s IAdea is releasing a commercial-grade, video wall-ready 4K digital signage player that supports H.265 video decoding, the emerging standard that can cut monster 4K …

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UC View Adds Raspberry Pi 2 Support

May 26, 2015 by Dave Haynes

The LA software firm UCView announced last year its support for the initial Raspberry Pi micro PC, and its developers have now followed up …

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Cloud down, so sign down (Updated)

May 26, 2015 by Dave Haynes

Bryan Mongeau, the Vice President of Technology at BroadSign, and a guy who pays a lot of attention to emerging tech, sent along this …

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