Apple Reported To Be Dumping iPads As In-Store Smart Signs
August 19, 2015 by Dave Haynes
The Apple-centric blog 9to5Mac is reporting that Apple’s impending store refresh will include a change in how it handles merchandising and product information. “With …
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Tablets: iPads Are No Longer Top Of The Sales Table
May 14, 2015 by Dave Haynes
It would be easy to think everybody seems to have an iPad, because an awful lot of people do. But new research shows even …
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Apple Gets Patent Grant For Wireless, Flexible Digital Signs
October 7, 2014 by Dave Haynes
Apple has received patent approval for a device and method that is effectively a flexible, networked digital sign that uses Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) media …
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Report: Newer iPads Being Used For Digital Signage Can Double As iBeacons With No New Tech
December 7, 2013 by Dave Haynes
There’s a very interesting piece in TechCrunch about Apple’s iBeacons and in-store digital that’s well worth a read. It goes into the long view …
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What Apple’s iBeacons Mean For Digital Signage
December 6, 2013 by Dave Haynes
Apple has reportedly turned on its iBeacons capability in all of its 250+ US stores, giving it the capability to push messages to opted-in …
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Apple’s Gorgeous, Digital Signage-lite Stores
September 10, 2013 by Dave Haynes
Note: Revised based on reader comments … Look around the retail landscape and you see no end of design directly influenced by Apple’s …
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FWi Re-Markets Kiosk Capability As App In Apple’s Online Store
April 30, 2013 by Dave Haynes
There are a few kiosk apps built already for turning iPads into locked-down showroom product knowledge devices, but as far as I know Denver-based …
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Fashion Retailer Kate Spade Using iPads As Digital Signs
March 21, 2013 by Dave Haynes
Fashion retailer Kate Spade Saturday has started using iPads as in-store signage in its Tokyo locations, with plans to expand on that later this …
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Clones For Apple Store’s iPad Enclosures
January 3, 2013 by Dave Haynes
Apple stores have been using iPads as very simple but effective digital merchandising displays, the tablets tidily and securely encased in acrylic frames. Now …
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Gear: Mac Minis For Digital Signage Get Better, Faster
November 9, 2012 by Dave Haynes
I’ve chatted with several people who think the Apple Mac Mini is the best mid-level priced digital signage player on the market because of …
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Samsung Opens Strangely Familiar Retail Presence In Vancouver
July 11, 2012 by Dave Haynes
[youtube id=”S10ZxJXonws” width=”610″ height=”343″] So three things come immediately to mind … 1 – Could the designers have tried, even just a little, to …
Read moreAre iPads suitable for digital signage?
March 3, 2011 by Dave Haynes
Are iPads suitable for digital signage? This is more an open question than something I can really answer here, but the all the discussion …
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