Using text-messaging to control screens
I wrote recently about Boston-based Locamoda's cool application for turning a cellphone into a remote control for digital signage. That one uses an IVR system …
Yet more nonsense
The guy at Strandvision, a relatively new industry entry, has a special place in my cold heart because he will issue a press release on …
DRE attendance numbers up this year
The Digital Retailing Expo people have released attendance numbers for its show last month, as well as some details for next year. A press release …
DRE Round-up
This reporter from Self-Service World does a fairly comprehensive roundup of things seen and heard at DRE last week …
If anywhere, why not here?
As mentioned in the previous post, I am in Las Vegas It's a great people-watching place, with an endless parade of nutbars and cosmetically-enhanced trophy …
Two approaches to shopping malls
I am at the International Council of Shopping Centers trade show in Lost Wages, Nevada, having a look at the industry and getting away from …
71,000 screens and counting
Roll this around in your skull for a minute or two … “The total number of displays installed on our commercial networks in our directly …
DRE: Day 2
Happily, Day 2 at DRE proved far busier than Day 1 – and seemed to flush out more retailers. There were emissaries from some significant …
DRE: Come on baby, do the LocaModa
It took a couple of days, but I finally found something at the Digital Retailing Expo that was new and novel. Boston-based LocaModa had a …
DRE – Day 1
Good Lord there a lot of companies getting into the digital signage space. I thought I was pretty familiar with most of who is out …
Getting it right in Switzerland
I got an e-mail from Christian Vaglio-Giors, the managing director of a Swiss firm doing digital signage for retailers and mall operators in that rather …
Big money from a simple idea
Focus Media has quickly become arguably the biggest success story in digital signage, with a sneakernet collection of 1,000s of digital screens in the elevator …
