Archive for June, 2010

#InfoComm2010 – eBeam

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

If you play in education or the corporate meeting room sector do get along to see eBeam on booth N518. We had one of our more pleasant booth tours (a young lady who “didn’t know us from Adam” but who treated us attentively) and explained in much detail what they had to offer. The eBeam […]

#InfoComm2010 – Latest Tweet Stats

Friday, June 11th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Here’s the latest tweet stats as at 16:00 PST… #InfoComm10 = 2,458 #InfoComm2010 = 1,068 #InfoComm = 785 Note: folks are encouraged NOT to use the hashtag #InfoComm on its own. This makes a combined total of 4,311 with one full day to go.

#InfoComm2010 – Boink-O!

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Folks were queuing up to play the never.no powered Boink-O! game on the 16-Sheet MicroTiles display at the Christie Digital Booth N1203. Depending on how well the gamers do, depends on what raffle prize you get entered into (top prize is an iPod Touch). All players get a pencil set for entering.

Dynamic Digital Displays On Clear Surfaces

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Gary Kayye and his team at rAVePubs were seemingly everywhere at #InfoComm2010 – for once outnumbering the DailyDOOH team at a show – and kindly handing out very nice t-shirts (which yours truly wore for part of day 1 and may well wear again today if it is not too smelly). Anyway they tweeted last […]

Screen Digest Acquired by iSuppli

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Expanding its industry-leading analysis of the electronics value chain into the fast-growing media market, iSuppli Corp. today announced that it has entered into an agreement in principle with Screen Digest which is expected to lead to the acquisition of the company, the world’s preeminent provider of market research covering film, TV, broadband media, mobile media, […]

#InfoComm2010 – Win An iPod Touch

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Andrew Neale

The top score each day on the Homewrecker game on Christie Digital’s Booth N1203 will win an iPod Touch. All players get a really nice stress ball.

Muzak Launches New Digital Signage Product

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Fort Mill, South Carolina-based Muzak, leading provider of music, messaging and video for business, has announced the launch of a new Digital Signage product: the Encompass DS. Company management says that the new product represents everything the Digital Signage industry has been waiting for, by combining a small, simple device, premium rich HD content and […]

Planning Digital Signage Via 3D Virtual Reality In-Store Research

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

If you want to know how your customers will react to your store’s digital signage if it’s placed in certain areas rather than others, or even if your store design itself is pleasing to your customers, you may want to drop into NeuroFocus’s just launched 3D virtual reality lab in Berkeley, California. NeuroFocus, leading neuromarketing […]

OpenPeak Secures $52 Million

Thursday, June 10th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

OpenPeak Inc., a provider of multimedia touch-screen devices and device management platforms, announced this wek that the company has secured an additional $52 million of financing from existing investors and Intel Capital, Intel Corporation’s global investment organization.

#InfoComm2010 – Prysm Official Launch

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

At InfoComm Wednesday Prysm, Inc. officially announced its new display solution, powered by its proprietary technology, LPD, Laser Phosphor Display (previously only seen in North America under wraps / in whisper suites and with pre-production units shown at ScreenMedia Expo in the UK in April). LPD’s are purpose-built to provide applications with brilliant image quality […]