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Communications Are Critical When SaaS Loses The Second S

Dave Haynes February 9, 2012 0

Much of the software side of this business runs on a SaaS (Software as a Service) basis, meaning it is the job of those companies to fully support the servers, power, security, data pipe

Company’s New Up-Time Service Seems To Just Keep Up With Industry Joneses

Dave Haynes February 6, 2012 0

Retail marketing agency/digital signage software vendor and consultancy John Ryan has announced the launch of a bank-centric digital signage monitoring application designed to maximize up-time. The company is calling its service very different, but

Tech Blog Declares The Minority Report Moment Is Here (It’s Not)

Dave Haynes January 19, 2012 3

In what is an almost epic reach, Mashable is describing a trade show-bait thing put together by Razorfish and Microsoft, for NRF this week, as the arrival, finally, of that big, frighteningly invasive moment in

Guest Post: The Good and Bad of Augmented Reality 3D Virtual Fitting Rooms

Jack Benoff January 13, 2012 0

Have you seen the coverage of these 3D Virtual Fitting Rooms? Thanks to the power of the Microsoft Kinect several of these hacks products have entered the market over the past few months, and they’re getting

2011: Good, Bad and Fugly (Part 3)

Dave Haynes December 30, 2011 3

Part Three: The Fugly Content Is One Fugly King The majority of the creative running on screens in this sector is crappy because the good stuff costs real money. Usually BIG money. The best

2011: Good, Bad And Fugly (Part 2)

Dave Haynes December 30, 2011 1

(Link to Part 1: The Good …) I’m going to look more at trends, as opposed to calling out people, organizations or projects. That serves no particularly good purpose. But let’s just say the

2011: Good, Bad and Fugly (Part 1)

Dave Haynes December 29, 2011 2

I wasn’t going to do a 2011 look-back thing because frankly, I operate in a little bit of a bubble in my home office and live bait shop, and don’t get out to see

Guest Post: Is Digital Signs and Displays For Dummies really a “Reference for the Rest of Us?”

Thomas Fraser-Bacon December 14, 2011 2

Last month, publishing giant Wiley released a new For Dummies guide book – Digital Signs and Displays For Dummies. For the most part a For Dummies book is the first port of call for