Archive for August, 2010

Driving A Fiat From A Cinema Seat

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Beep, beep, and away we go, right from our cinema seat! In what is believed to be a world-first, Fiat’s new advertising campaign in Spain combined both screen and ceiling projection to recreate the sensation of actually driving its new Fiat 500 convertible. Fiat dreamed up its newest advertising idea to tie in with the […]

Coffee? I Don’t Think I Like Coffee

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

We have another buyer – we use that term ‘buyer’ in its loosest possible sense, Ed – that has, over the years, been spending a lot of the industry’s money looking at digital signage and it would seem that they are up to yet more nonsense. Towards the end of July the Retail IT Procurement […]

Minicom DS Launches DS Vision Digital

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Minicom Digital Signage, Dübendorf, Swizerland, manufacturer of advanced multimedia platforms and media distribution solutions for the Digital Signage industry, has launched DS Vision Digital, its new solution platform which allows advanced media distribution, as well as network-based control and monitoring capabilities of multiple remote. DS Vision Digital is a powerful solution that distributes real-time digital […]

Hip Hotels Music

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

They should sack Katana (who did their website design) cos’ it’s truly awful but here is a very interesting tie up between Headland Media and Hip Hotels offering Boutique Hotels and Luxury Hotels around the world a music service. See Hip Hotels Music. There’s even an iPhone solution and a tie up with Warner Music […]

Stewart Chen’s Specular.TV

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Another rumour from Malaysia is that Stewart Chen, previously at award winning communications agency for in-store digital and interactive media, Kreateevee is moving on in September to start up his own business offering bespoke display solutions including the likes of ‘mirror tv’.

Mobile Apps Conference, San Francisco

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The iHollywood Forum is holding a Mobile Apps Conference on 5th October in San Francisco. Conference Tickets range from USD 125-250 (Early Bird rates apply; prices increase closer to event). Described as a way to discover strategies for success for developers, content owners, publishes, brands, carriers, device makers, chip designers and their partners and understand […]

Intel® Visual Adrenaline

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Chris Sheldrake

Whilst (at the moment at least) slightly more focused on the gaming community than what we would typically expect in our industry we get a lot out of reading Intel® Visual Adrenaline – Intel’s magazine about graphics and 3D animation in relation to video games and various digital media products. The seventh issue of Intel® […]

Buy, Maybe Buy, And Bye-Bye

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Espoo, Finland-based Nokia announced Friday that it is acquiring Motally, a provider of mobile analytics based in San Francisco. Research in Motion, the Waterloo, Ontario-based developer of the Blackberry, has reportedly been in talks to acquire Baltimore-based mobile ad network Millennial Media – although the talks have hit a snag over the company’s value, according […]

San Francisco Mayor-“Gimme Bus Shelters”

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Dylan Jones, Jones Digital Media

We’ve learned that San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has tasked Clear Channel Outdoor to install some pretty advanced digital out-of-home technology in bus shelters in the city – the first of which is scheduled to be active October 18 this year. The shelters will feature a fully interactive screen where those waiting for Muni can […]

The DPAA Problem That Needs To Be Addressed

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

Guest Contributor, Tony Raymond

The industry seems to love making light of the DPAA – err do you mean the Doberman Pincher Alliance of America or do you mean the Draught Proofing Advisory Association?, Ed but I believe that lightheartedness can be seriously counterproductive. I think that in its current form and direction, the DPAA represents a potential danger […]