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McDonalds To Roll Out Touch Across the US

McDonald’s in the US is to roll out ordering by touch screen and table service at all of its US locations after a pilot in 500 sites in New York, Florida and Southern California during which 44,000 orders were fulfilled. (We reported recently on a UK initiative in McDonalds Touch Screens in Use) The company … Read more

SID LA Chapter to Hold One-Day Conference

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The LA Chapter of the SID is running its 10th one day symposium on February 3, 2017 at the Costa Mesa Country Club. Speakers include: Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Blankenbach (Pforzheim University): Human Vision and Displays Dr. Seth Coe-Sullivan (Luminit): Luminit Enhancement Films and Quantum Dots Dr. Jennifer Colegrove (Touch Display Research): The Display Market and … Read more

Appspace App Certified for BrightSign

BrightSign said that its the Appspace App for BrightSign devices now supports BrightSign Series 3 XD and XT digital signage media players. BrightSign’s new line of XD and XT players using BrightSign firmware version 6.2.63 have been tested and certified as Appspace-compatible. Appspace said that the Appspace platform is used by customers around the world … Read more

New Appspace App for BrightSign Supports Series 3 Devices

BrightSign, LLC®, the global market leader in digital signage media players, and Appspace, a leading content management and delivery platform today announced that the Appspace App for BrightSign devices now supports BrightSign Series 3 XD and XT digital signage media players. BrightSign’s new line of XD and XT players using BrightSign firmware version 6.2.63 have … Read more

GPU Shipments Positive in Q3 Says JPR

In Q3 2016 “Nvidia increased everything in Q3 2016. Total GPU shipments up a whopping 20.4%, from last quarter” said Jon Peddie Research in its report on the PC GPU market. Although the market was up, from sales to gamers and data centres, but it was down on Q3 sales in 2015. PC suppliers are … Read more

Ed Market Challenges: The 2016 Horizon Report

Dissecting the 2016 Horizon Report† helps not only with an understanding of the ebb and flow of the educational marketplace, but more importantly, it supplies some insight into some of the chief challenges facing your educational customers, world-wide. (This fall the New Media Consortium (NMC), together with the Consortium for School Networking (COSN), released their … Read more

MicroVision Signs Patent License Agreement with Taiwanese ODM

MicroVision, Inc., a leader in innovative ultra-miniature projection display and sensing technology, today announced that it has signed a license agreement for its PicoP® scanning technology with a Taiwanese ODM. MicroVision and the ODM have signed a patent license agreement under which the ODM has a license to make and sell Laser Beam Scanning (LBS) … Read more

LED Media Facade for Elbe Philharmonic Hall

The Elbe Philharmonic Hall in Hamburg, Germany is completed and was officially inaugurated. At its entrance the visitors are welcomed by a 10 mm pixel pitch LED media façade of S[quadrat] GmbH. Nearly 700,000 black face SMD LEDs in customized housings cover the complete entrance wall. The architects Herzog & de Meuron and the HOCHTIEF … Read more

S[quadrat] Puts Special LEDs in Concert Hall

S[quadrat] GmbH has created an LED display around the entrance of the Elbe Philharmonic Hall in Hamburg, Germany, which has been officially opened. The display uses 10mm pitch LEDs and around 700,000 black face SMD LEDs in customized housings cover the complete entrance wall. The architects Herzog & de Meuron and Hochtief Ag placed special … Read more

Conviva and nScreenMedia Launch A First-Of-Its Kind OTT Consumer Behavior Research Study

Conviva, powering every internet-connected screen with the most engaging viewing experiences imaginable, and nScreenMedia today announced the findings of an industry-first research study analyzing how viewers’ online streaming habits are impacted by devices, content type, location, and viewing quality. “The Secret Life of Streamers: Devices, Content, Location, and Quality” study is based on Conviva’s data … Read more

Multimedia Polska Chooses ADB

ADB said that Multimedia Polska, a cable operator in Poland, has chosen ADB’s Personal TV software platform to enhance its pay-TV offering. Multimedia Polska S.A. provides radio, television, internet and telephony via cable TV and telecommunication services in Poland, serving 900,000 subscribers. Multimedia Polska and ADB have worked together since 2007, initially with the implementation … Read more