Archive for July, 2012

Strongest Ever #DSInvestor Speaker Line Up?

Friday, July 13th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Boidman, Chowdhury, Cohen, Donohue, Dowell, Dusho, Gerba, Hall, Huelsermann, Ouri, Opdycke, Polos and Zinterhofer are the confirmed speakers for the #DSInvestor event co-chaired by myself and Nesbit in New York City on 17th and 18th October. We have one more speaker to add which will be announced shortly. I hope that you agree this is […]

Melod.io @Melodioo Launched At MobileBeat

Friday, July 13th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

At the MobileBeat conference July 10 and 11 in San Francisco. Melod.io, a mobile music messaging platform based in Finland announced the launch of its service, which enables users of social networks to create personalized music and audio messages that they can share with friends. It raised USD 300,000 in angel financing through public Finnish […]

Cinemas Guzzo IMAX Wow Theatre Goers With MicroTiles

Thursday, July 12th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Two Christie MicroTiles displays are stopping moviegoers in their tracks when they walk into the Cinemas Guzzo IMAX theater lobby at the Mega Plex Marché Central 18 in Montreal. The eye-catching displays – one in a 6 high by 11 wide archway, and the other centered just past the archway in a 3 wide by […]

Farnborough Airshow 2012

Thursday, July 12th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Lots and lots of rain and plenty of digital signage at this week’s biennial Farnborough Airshow… There were also lots of videowalls in the cafes and exhibition halls… .. which (back to the rain) allowed exhibitors and their guests to keep out of the rain (did we mention the rain) and still watch the flying […]

Samsung Mobile’s Free Mobile App Boot Camps For Students

Thursday, July 12th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile), leading mobile phone provider in the US and smartphone provider worldwide, is hosting four two-day mobile applications boot camps free for academically advanced high school students interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The camps will introduce the students to the growing mobile applications industry and provide a chance to […]

@DPAAds Call 4 Digital Media Summit Presentations

Thursday, July 12th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

The 2012 Digital Place-based Advertising Association (DPAA) Digital Media Summit takes place 16th October at the New York Hilton (this year it is the day before our Strategy Institute Digital Signage Investor Conference being held 17th and 18th October – last year the events were the other way round). The 5th Annual Digital Media Summit […]

The CDMN Canada 3.0 Digital Media Forum

Thursday, July 12th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The Canadian Digital Media Network, which has 10 nodes across Canada that gather – along with 2,000 delegates – once a year to tackle key issues where Canada must succeed in order to improve its position in the global digital economy, will meet in Toronto May 14-to-16, 2013. It will be the first time that […]

VeriFone Wins Washington, D.C., Taxi Contract

Thursday, July 12th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

VeriFone has been selected as the exclusive vendor for installation and support of the Taxicab Smart Meter System project in Washington, D.C.. The contract, valued at from $35 million to as much as $45 million with advertising revenue, will result in all 6,500 District cabs being equipped with integrated VeriFone systems, including driver tablet, credit […]

DPAA Names First Suppliers to Board

Wednesday, July 11th, 2012

Gail Chiasson, North American Editor

The Digital Place-based Advertising Association has elected Brian Dusho, president and CEO of BroadSign International, and Pierre Richer, president & CEO of NEC Display Solutions, to its Board of Directors. The election of these two industry suppliers on the Board is a first for the association, made possible by a recent amendment to DPAA’s bylaws […]

Missing Person Billboard Campaign

Wednesday, July 11th, 2012

Adrian J Cotterill, Editor-in-Chief

Wrongly billed by all and sundry as the biggest digital billboard campaign in British history (that honour goes to the World’s Biggest Coffee Morning campaign for Macmillan Cancer Support back in August / September 2008 which saw 32 networks come together to donate air time) this missing person campaign for the charity Missing People is […]