SYNNEX Partners With Microsoft On Azure-Cloud Digital Signage CMS
February 26, 2019 by Dave Haynes
The big distribution firm SYNNEX, which describes itself more formally as a business process services company, has partnered with Microsoft to “build and power a cloud-connected …
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Microsoft, Kroger Team On Connected Grocery Service, Built Around Smart Shelf Screens
January 8, 2019 by Dave Haynes
Microsoft and the US grocer Kroger have partnered on a new connected store product – built around shelf-edge screens and cloud computing – called …
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Microsoft Invests Big In Retail Interactive At Canadian Best Buys
May 1, 2018 by Dave Haynes
Microsoft has bankrolled and installed a series of high-profile product demo stations at eight Best Buys across Canada – presumably their primo, high-traffic stores. …
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Looking At DSE 2018’s Floor Map, And Barely Seeing The Big “Outsiders”
February 17, 2018 by Dave Haynes
There are extremely varied opinions on what the presence of companies like Google, Adobe and Microsoft mean to the digital signage industry. On one …
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No More Stupid People Tricks: Microsoft Kills Off Kinect
October 26, 2017 by Dave Haynes
Microsoft has killed off its motion-sensing Kinect – a camera-based gadget tied in with the tech giant’s consumer Xbox gaming boxes. The news kinda …
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Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Yahav Ran, Synect Media
October 18, 2017 by Dave Haynes
When I get asked about digital signage installations that I think really have it together, I tend to talk about Microsoft’s retail stores, and …
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Watch Moment Factory’s 3D-like Experiential Video Wall At Microsoft’s NYC Flagship
December 22, 2016 by Dave Haynes
Even digital signage nerds miss industry stuff right in front of their eyes. When I was in New York a few weeks ago, I …
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Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Randy Pagnan, RP Visuals
July 20, 2016 by Dave Haynes
This week I am speaking with Randy Pagnan, the RP in RP Visual Solutions, an Anaheim, California company that’s in the business of designing and manufacturing …
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Check Out These Cool Data Visualizations From Mike Pell
April 1, 2016 by Dave Haynes
Mike Pell of Microsoft was one of the speakers last fall at the DSrupted conference. I was really happy he agreed to speak because …
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Projects: Microsoft Opens Massive Flagship Store in NYC
October 26, 2015 by Dave Haynes
This would have cost Microsoft a couple of bucks – a massive five-level shop on 5th Avenue in New York that is, happy to …
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Combining Raspberry Pi & Windows 10 IoT To Make A (Very) Basic Digital Sign
July 31, 2015 by Dave Haynes
Microsoft’s developer site has a post and details up about how people determined to spend as little as possible on signage software and hardware could …
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DSrupted: Mike Pell On Data Visualization And The Age Of Smart Signage
July 10, 2015 by Dave Haynes
I’ve written quite a bit lately about how data and particularly data visualization can and will play a large role in some future signage …
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