Interactive retailing, circa 2001, still being applied today
January 9, 2012 by Dave Haynes
Google Alerts flagged a story for me the other day about an interactive retailing thing in a Prada store in New York, and my …
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48-Screen “Social Tree” In Singapore
January 5, 2012 by Dave Haynes
This is a little after the fact – and I vaguely remember seeing a Tweet over the holidays about it – but nonetheless, here …
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UCView Debuts Entry-level Platform
January 4, 2012 by Dave Haynes
LA-based digital signage software firm UCView has joined the ranks of companies competing for the entry-level to mid-sized business market with a bundle billed as …
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Hofflander Latest To Saddle Up
January 3, 2012 by Dave Haynes
Saddle Ranch Digital has hired industry consultant Linda Hofflander as Chief Strategy Officer for the content company. Hofflander signs on after a stint running …
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2011: Good, Bad and Fugly (Part 3)
December 30, 2011 by Dave Haynes
Part Three: The Fugly Content Is One Fugly King The majority of the creative running on screens in this sector is crappy because the …
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2011: Good, Bad And Fugly (Part 2)
December 30, 2011 by Dave Haynes
(Link to Part 1: The Good …) I’m going to look more at trends, as opposed to calling out people, organizations or projects. That …
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2011: Good, Bad and Fugly (Part 1)
December 29, 2011 by Dave Haynes
I wasn’t going to do a 2011 look-back thing because frankly, I operate in a little bit of a bubble in my home office …
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New Twist? – Digital OOH Network’s Content Goes Online
December 21, 2011 by Dave Haynes
No end of content has been pulled from other mediums to populate digital signage screens – from newspaper headlines turned into (ugh) news tickers …
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Japanese Vending Machine Tests Transparent LCDs, Video Analytics
December 16, 2011 by Dave Haynes
[youtube id=”8pPCIPHTe3M” width=”600″ height=”350″] The Japanese tech news site DigInfo TV has a post and video up about a concept involving a transparent LCD, …
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Outcast Plugs In Early, Really Early, To EV Charging Station Market
December 15, 2011 by Dave Haynes
Here’s an interesting business model exercise: figure out whether there is an advertising rationale for being on electric vehicle charging station screens. Gas pump …
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Ad Business Going Mad About Meta Data
December 13, 2011 by Dave Haynes
Anyone who produces creative or is tasked with the actual job of getting the right media to the right screen at the right time …
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Lou Giacalone joins consulting ranks
December 9, 2011 by Dave Haynes
We welcome Lou Giacalone to the august and ever-building ranks of digital signage smarty-pants for hire. Portland-based TargetPath announced Thursday that Lou has signed …
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