Archive for April, 2010

#Kioskcom – Two Pilots Soon Underway By ecast

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

San Francisco-based ecast, whose kiosks were highly visible in two pavilions during the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics, will be using similar technology in two pilot projects to get underway early this summer. The first, in partnership with LG Electronics, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, is a virtual concierge. The unit, which can be configured for […]

#Kioskcom – AdOasis Kiosks

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Described as a new and unique form of multi-sensory out-of-home media these freestanding multi-sensory advertising kiosks in bright, vibrant colours from AdOasis were one of our favourite exhibits at #Kioskcom. These often run Nanonation software we believe but at this event were powered by DC Media players who of course ran and sponsored the #Kioskcom […]

#Kioskcom – Got Roi?

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

A pleasant surprise greeted exhibitors as they reached their booths early this morning with a bright blue bundle on every stand… The bundle contained two T-shirts promoting the change of name for the events in New York City (2010) and San Francisco (2011) and the web site www.cetworld.com See ‘#KioskCom Becomes Customer Engagement Technology World‘

#Kioskcom – DailyDOOH News Desk

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

A nice learning for us at #Kioskcom was having a proper desk in our Blogger Zone – it made a great and easy place to work and command the work space!!! Here we see Twitterfall on the left, Gail at the desk in deep conversation with Dylan Jones… Note the cool carpet, especially commissioned for […]

May The Best MANchester Win

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Volcanic ash closing British airspace (or as @DrSamuelJohnson said on twitter “I would aver that the Opening of Valhalla has led unto the Closing of Gatwick”, political debates on TV, whatever next for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland? And all seemingly happening whilst we are 1,000’s miles away. Here we see […]

Solving Problems On That Mobile Screen

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Fremont, California-based Zenprise, provider of service-management software for smart phones, recently announced Remote Control capabilities, which allows Help Desk representatives seated anywhere around the world to remotely connect, view and control a user’s smartphone screen, in the same way that similar applications do for PC troubleshooting. With Zenprise Remote Control, IT representatives are empowered to […]

#Kioskcom – Track Guests Like Dogs

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Dylan Jones, Jones Digital Media

#Kioskcom kicked off Tuesday with a Keynote speech that made its point with a gorilla playing the drums and ended with James Brown’s “I feel Good” – very Vegas baby, very Vegas! But William Ratcliff from BrainJuicer had a point to make – advertising needs to connect with emotion and a whole lotta feel good […]

#Kioskcom – Heavy Traffic

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

We haven’t got the final numbers yet on attendance, but we figure it will be good, judging by the traffic during Day 1 at Kioskcom from the minute the doors opened at 10 a.m.. All aisles looked pretty much like this all day. And it’s not just heavy traffic, Jason Cremins CEO signagelive who is […]

#Kioskcom – Activision.TV To Launch Interactive Kiosk

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

One of the interesting displays at KioskCom 2010 is the prototype of a new point-of-sale display for supermarkets by Naples, Florida-based Activision.TV, which it will initially launch with an unnamed Florida supermarket chain in June. At KioskCom, Activision.TV is currently found under the Flextronics booth, since Flextronics, San Jose, California, is building the housing for […]

Q1 Survey Shows Fast Mobile Marketing Growth

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Agencies and brands are forecasting large budget increases in the mobile marketing sector according to a Mobile State of the Industry Survey, Q1 2010, launched recently by New York-based Mojiva. Mojiva, which delivers full-service, mobile marketing solutions for advertisers, publishers, and agencies, also found that, while publishers achieve measurable success, they still struggle to monetize […]