Archive for April, 2011

Investors Give Rocket Fuel $6.6 Million

Monday, April 11th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Rocket Fuel, a provider of digital advertising services based in Redwood Shores, California, has raised $6.6 million in a third round of venture capital financing, led by Northgate Capital. Also participating were Rocket Fuel’s previous backers: Mohr Davidow Ventures, Labrador Capital Fund, Nokia Growth Partners and Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Rocket Fuel’s ad serving […]

Endomondo App To Collect and Monitor Sports Performance

Monday, April 11th, 2011

Geny Caloisi

Danish company Endomondo has launched its first Android app to collect and monitor sports performance. Endomondo Sports Tracker app, can turn mobile phones into a full-fledged personal trainer in your pocket, bringing together advanced sports performance monitoring data on Android smartphones with full support for the ANT+ health and fitness devices from ANT Wireless. Endomondo […]

CTS Healthcare Kiosks #518

Monday, April 11th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

One of the things we’re looking forward to seeing at the upcoming Customer Engagement Technology World is the adjustable healthcare kiosk being exhibited by Connected Technology Solutions (CTS), Mequon, Wisconsin. Believed to be the world’s only adjustable check-in kiosks – geared for handicap access – the CTS kiosks were recently unveiled at the 2011 HIMSS […]

New Director Of Sales At Ayuda

Sunday, April 10th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

We had no idea why (necessarily) BroadSign were ‘Looking For National Sales Director‘ for North America until a little birdie told us that previous incumbent Daniel Fleischer had recently joined Ayuda Media Systems. Both BroadSign and Ayuda are of course based in Montreal, Canada. Daniel started at Ayuda last Monday (4th April 2011) though it […]

All Hail Zdenek Kalal

Sunday, April 10th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Here’s a truly great example of the power of Open Source and something which we think will gather steam in our own OpenSplash initiative over the coming months. Initially reported over on Wired, CNET, Techland and others, young PhD student Zdenek Kalal has invented code that not only recognises faces but can also track them […]

Zoom Launches ClubCom’s FlexCast Interface

Friday, April 8th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Zoom Media & Marketing, New York-based fitness digital media company, has introduced its patented FlexCast digital media interface for deployment across its 3,000 health club venues worldwide. FlexCast was released through its ClubCom division at the recent 2011 IHRSA fitness convention held in San Francisco, and marks the latest innovation in Zoom’s ongoing leadership in […]

Cotswold Canals Trust Uses DOOH In Boardroom

Friday, April 8th, 2011

Geny Caloisi

The UK’s Cotswold Canals Trust, which campaigns for the restoration of the Stroudwater navigation and Thames & Severn Canal, is implementing AllSee Technologies digital signage solutions to better communicate with its members, staff and potential trustees. The organisation’s main aim is to elevate public awareness of the restoration and reopening of the Cotswold Canals. To […]

Digital Signage Trends 2011, Poland

Friday, April 8th, 2011

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The PDSA (Polish Digital Signage Association) are helping organise the second Digital Signage Trends event in Poland. The event is being held 7th – 8th June 2011 at the Novotel Airport Hotel, Warsaw. This is the biggest event in Central East Europe.

Youngster’s Rugby Get A Closer Look

Friday, April 8th, 2011

Geny Caloisi

The HSBC Rosslyn Park National Schools Sevens, a rugby tournament with some 7,000 boys and girls aged 13 – 19 competing annually, brought its spectators closer to the action by using a large LED screen shown below… The tournament, which  kicked-off on 28th March 2011 at Wimbledon Common, rented an LED P10SMD screen, measuring some […]

Sheehan Joins NEC Display Solutions

Friday, April 8th, 2011

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

John Sheehan has joined NEC Display Solutions, Itasca, Illinois, as senior director of the Digital Signage Business Unit, where he will be responsible for building a sales team that will focus on key System Integrators within the rapidly growing digital signage industry. Sheehan, former director of sales at LG Electronics, says, “One thing I have […]