Gear: Using TV Broadcasting To Drive A Digital Sign Network
October 17, 2012 by Dave Haynes
Sending HD video via wireless has long been an aspiration of people who plan out digital signage networks and look for ways to cut …
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Gear: BrightSign Says New Solid State Players Rival PCs
October 12, 2012 by Dave Haynes
BrightSign has added what looks to be a pretty powerful new line of media players, positioning them as solid state devices that can do …
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Gear: Park Media Latest Firm To Go Android
October 12, 2012 by Dave Haynes
I don’t hear or read much about Park Media, but the signage software company has been around for several years now and is still …
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Segway Meets iPad In Crazy Telepresence Robot
September 21, 2012 by Dave Haynes
The tech blog The Verge has an interesting post and video up about a new project that is one of those “What would happen …
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Hands On: Capital Networks’ Audience for Android
September 17, 2012 by Dave Haynes
When I first started dealing with Bil Trainor, the President of Capital Networks, it was 1999 and his Toronto-area company’s cable TV community network …
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New H.265 Video Compression Will Be Twice As Efficient as H.264
August 16, 2012 by Dave Haynes
This could be big. The Moving Picture Experts Group (aka MPEG), which has members representing the interests of telecoms, computer, TV and consumer electronics …
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Gear: Giada’s Super-Skinny $274 PC
August 15, 2012 by Dave Haynes
“Giada” is Italian for “Jade” but that’s about the only tie this mini PC company has to the land of Amarone and bunga bunga …
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Sightings: LED Graffiti Wall Lit Up By Water
August 14, 2012 by Dave Haynes
As spotted in The Verge: French artist Antonin Fourneau created digital art project last month in the small city of Poitiers that used a …
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Singapore MediaCo Using Digital TV To Drive Digital OOH Bus Stop Network
August 3, 2012 by Dave Haynes
A Singapore media company is using what seems to be a pretty unique way to get content running Digital OOH screens at bus stops …
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Add The iStick To The Sub-$100 PC List
August 1, 2012 by Dave Haynes
A Silicon Valley-based firm called PQ Labs has a new micro PC called the iStick that is about the size of a breakfast snack …
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Wifarer’s Indoor Positioning Goes Live In BC Museum
August 1, 2012 by Dave Haynes
Victoria, BC-based Wifarer has some nice technology that enables indoor positioning using the WiFi already installed in a venue, and is starting to get …
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Should The Lowly Room For Rent Sign Go Digital?
July 31, 2012 by Dave Haynes
Is an Apartment For Rent sign suddenly more impactful when it is digital, instead of printed on paper or plastic? Big Hmmm. A Toronto …
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