Archive for January, 2012
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief
Mitsubishi Electric’s Diamond Vision OLED screen was voted the Most Innovative Commercial Display at the InAVate Awards held at ISE last year – look I even presented them with the award! but have they moved on in the 12 months since then? Seems to us that they might be wheeling out the same old OLED […]
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
Do you wish your had an iPad, an Android phone, an Amazon Fire or an HDTV? An interesting – and rather fun – survey, by digital media company Captivate Network, Chelmsford, Massachusetts, has just been released: the latest Captivate Office Pulse asked more than 580 North American white‐collar workers about their attitudes toward high tech […]
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief
When is a coffee shop not a coffee shop? Well I guess the answer is if it is in Amsterdam. No? At #ISE2012 this year AOpen will showcase a hospitality environment in the form of a café with an ordering kiosk and order registration system for the barista to make your cup of coffee of […]
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
While Winnipeg, with its multi railroad lines, used to be known as the hub of Canada, it’s certainly not in one of Canada’s several technological hubs, so we are quite surprised seeing a Winnipeg-based company not only doing mobile and digital signage business on a significant international scale, but also getting ready to launch two […]
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Tuesday, January 24th, 2012
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
We did a mini round-up last week of a few industry executives to see how advertising is shaping up for 2012 in the digital place-based advertising sector after what was generally considered a poor Q4, 2011. “2012 is really looking good for us right across all our networks,” says Garry McGuire, CEO of RMG Networks. […]
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Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief
In-store media specialist, Mood Media is to provide music and messaging services to more than 2,200 locations across the TJ Maxx and Marshalls huge off-price apparel chains AND across the United States, Canada and Europe. CEO and Chairman of Mood Media Corporation, Lorne Abony said “TJX has been a Muzak client for many years. As […]
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Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief
STOP PRESS: Primates at London Zoo have seemingly been given an all expenses paid vacation in Amsterdam, Jan 31 – Feb 2nd by a mysterious benefactor. In a separate announcement PC World has just announced that it had sold the largest number of camcorders ever recorded in the UK in a single transaction. An individual, […]
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Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
Mobile coupon platform retailcommon, Toronto, has raised $250,000 in funding from its current shareholders in a vote of confidence as the company’s smartphone coupon platform has successfully passed the beta stage with an expected bright future in the field. The proceeds will be used to execute the company’s current sales plan and to capitalize on […]
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Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Gail Chiasson, North American Editor
It’s fun to see technology being used to encourage creativity in kids, and that’s what Sunnyvale, California-based SK Planet, a wholly owned subsidiary of Korea-based SK Telecom is doing with Play-Doll For Kids, a family-friendly app that enables children to pick and create characters that can be shared with family and friends through Facebook, Twitter […]
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Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief
Paradigm AV Ltd is making a radical departure from its usual presence at #ISE2012 this year, as an indicator of major advances made during 2011 and (we are told) all set to continue in 2012. This year’s Amsterdam show will mark the launch of a major new product line and a new major new distributorship […]
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