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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How Live Data Delivers 9,640 Different Digital OOH Ad Messages
June 8, 2015 by Dave Haynes
Live data and web services are starting to demonstrate the long-discussed possibilities for hyperlocal digital display screens, with a great example of that being …
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Attention Spans Study Confirms Multi-Zone Digital Signage Layouts Bad Idea
May 18, 2015 by Dave Haynes
Microsoft Canada has pushed out a useful report about the fleeting attention spans of today’s consumers – pointing out it’s not just kids and …
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DSrupted: Microsoft Envisioneer Mike Pell To Talk Data Visualization
April 22, 2015 by Dave Haynes
Two of five speakers are now set for DSrupted and another two are getting sorted. These first two are going to be great, and …
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Raspberry Pi 2 Gets Free Windows 10 Licensing – What That Means In Digital Signage
March 19, 2015 by Dave Haynes
Microsoft has confirmed its new Windows 10 operating system will be made available free to developers working on the low-cost Raspberry Pi micro PC board. …
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Microsoft Files Counterfeiting Lawsuit Against Digital Signage Player Firm
April 16, 2014 by Dave Haynes
A Los Angeles-area company that sells digital signage media players has a bit of a problem on its hands after software giant Microsoft filed …
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Windows XP Is Going Away: The Problem And Your Options
March 21, 2014 by Staff Writer
“Microsoft deals new blow to XP diehards by pulling malware protection” – V3 magazine, January 2014 “Failure to migrate from Windows XP could torpedo …
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Project Profile: Windows 8 Launch In UK
November 6, 2012 by Dave Haynes
Most of the digital stuff I have seen in shopping malls has been pretty underwhelming – analog poster stuff turned digital. There’s a much …
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Microsoft Hints At Shipping New, Large Multi-Touch Devices
November 2, 2012 by Dave Haynes
Microsoft is planning to ship devices that use Perceptive Pixel’s multi-touch capabilities, through there are few details about the what’s and when’s. This should …
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Project Profile: Nissan’s Kinect-powered Virtual SUV
September 6, 2012 by Dave Haynes
I’m not a big fan, at all, of gesture-based interactivity. At least not the big, imprecise and goofy gestures required using Kinect. So I …
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Microsoft Buying Touch Display Maker Perceptive Pixel
July 9, 2012 by Dave Haynes
Microsoft has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Perceptive Pixel, which makes gorgeous, highly responsive and wildly expensive multi-touch displays. “The acquisition of …
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Giant Windows Phone turns on in NYC’s Herald Square
November 7, 2011 by Dave Haynes
Microsoft has a big Windows Phone event today in New York and as part of that – and presumably sticking around for a few …
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