Archive for January, 2011

29 Folks At Content Day

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Our Paris correspondent Russ Curry is representing us today in Paris (Tuesday 18th January 2011) at the Content Day. There’s been a fantastic turnout with twenty nine (29) people from all over Europe gathered to share best practice. We hope to have a couple of stories up later. The Content Day in Paris is being […]

OAAA / TAB National Convention

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The OAAA / TAB National Convention and Trade Show is being held in Miami April 11th – 13th

Scala Self-Service Ordering System

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Geny Caloisi

Don’t you hate long waits for the waiter to take your order? I also find it annoying when I just sat down and I’m catching up with my dining companion, and the waiter insist on “Do you know what you want to order yet?” Well, these small disturbances are a thing of the past for […]

ScreenScape Claims To Be Growing Quickly

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

ScreenScape Networks, a young company located in Charlottetown in Prince Edward Island – Canada’s smallest province – is claiming over 1,000 networks in more than a dozen countries and including 30 U.S. states – and after only two years of being commercially available. The company’s software-as-a-service was a year-and-a half in development, but has been […]

PitchIt Challenge Looking For Bright Ideas

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The 2011 We Media PitchIt Challenge offering $50,000 in seed funding to help launch two innovative media and tech startups is now open for entries. Deadline to enter the challenge is Feb. 4, 2011. Finalists will pitch their ideas live before a panel of expert judges and attendees of the We Media NYC conference on […]

Diversinet-Mihealth 
Reseller Agreement

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Diversinet Corp., Toronto-based provider to the healthcare industry with total application solutions that securely connect people with their healthcare information providers and payers, has entered into a reseller agreement with Mihealth Global Systems, North Bay, Ont., for distribution of Diversinet’s innovative mobile health solutions based on its patented MobiSecure platform. The five-year, $5 million deal […]

SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard Hits 20

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

SMART Technologies Inc., Calgary-based provider of collaboration solutions, is celebrating the 20-year anniversary of the SMART Board interactive whiteboard. SMART conceptualized its touch-enabled SMART Board interactive whiteboard in 1986, and in 1991, its first commercial version of the product was launched. Since then, SMART has developed a comprehensive range of easy-to-use, touch- and gesture-enabled solutions […]

90th Art Directors Club Awards

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

There are several categories in the prestigious Art Directors Club Awards that are now open to digital-out-of-home and mobile creative content developers. The Interactive jury judges mobile and installation/interactive kiosk programs while the Advertising jury judges outdoor/billboards (both print and electronic). The following include the categories in each of the two sections that might interest […]

Foster’s Priorities at PlayNetwork

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

We had a short interview last week with Craig Foster who rejoined PlayNetwork in Redmond, Washington, recently as director, systems integration solutions. Foster gave us insight – as best he could after only a couple of weeks on the job – as to his plans in the U.S.. However, we were left high and dry […]

New Snow Days App Open To Ads

Tuesday, January 18th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

State College, Pennsylvania-based AccuWeather.com, a leading multimedia weather information source, has introduced advertising opportunities on its new application for iPhone, AccuWeather Snow Days, a localized and detailed forecast that predicts the probability of school cancellations due to winter weather threats. “Kids and parents love AccuWeather Snow Days for iPhone,” says Pascal Racheneur, vice-president of interactive […]