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Barco Lobby Re-Creates the Cinema Experience
An exciting innovation in the moviegoing experience is the Barco Cinema Lobby Experience. Cinemas can increase profitability while boosting concession purchases and encouraging advance ticket sales, while offering an unmatched lobby interactive experience. Three key players in the development of this product recently explained their offerings in an interview at DSE 2018. Robert Chaney, Product…
Watch: Under Armour Says MyFitnessPal App Users Were Affected by Data Breach
On Thursday, the athletic apparel company confirmed over 150 million MyFitnessPal app users were affected. Under Armour, The company is currently working with data security firms to investigate the suspicious activity. Affected information included usernames, hashed passwords and email addresses. Under Armour does not collect government information like driver’s license numbers or social security numbers….
Watch: New York Budget Passes With New Fees for Cabs, Uber and Lyft
The new fee is for anyone who hails a taxi service below 96th street. The surcharge for Uber and Lyft will be $2.75, while for taxis it will be $2.50. The estimated fees of $415 million will be used for subway repairs. The new fees are part of a larger congestion-fee plan to charge cars…
Watch: Tesla Issues Recall for 123,000 Model S Sedans
Tesla made the move due to a power steering component in cars built before April 2016. Following the recall on Thursday, shares of the automaker fell $8.38, or 3.15 percent, to $266.13 in after-hours trading. Tesla issued the recall after it discovered excessive corrosion in the power steering bolts in very cold climates. It says…
DSE 2018: Is In The Books
Digital Signage Expo (DSE) 2018 was held from March 27 to March 29 in Las Vegas. As always, the show was a huge success! Featuring a wide range of professionals in the signage and interactive technology industries, DSE attendees gain experiences that are relevant and meaningful, including mentorship, project support and education. DSE is widely…
Watch: Easter Spending in 2018 to be Second Largest Ever
The National Retail Federation estimates that Americans will spend $18.2 billion on the holiday, just behind last year’s record of $18.4. The annual survey projects that 81 percent of Americans will be celebrating Easter this year and each person will spend an average of $150. Here are is how the NRF broke spending down: Food:…
Microdrones – People behind the Products
Microdrones is a rapidly expanding global company, with many challenging and rewarding positions available for geospatial, aviation, software and business professionals. Check out a great video about Microdrones as well as the currently available positions here: https://www.microdrones.com/en/team/career/
SCHLETTER EVP EDDIE BUGG DISCUSSES NEW TECHNOLOGY AND TRENDS IN THE ENERGY SECTOR
Eddie Bugg is the Executive Vice President of Product Technologies and Applications at Schletter, Inc. He joined the MarketScale Energy Industry podcast recently to talk about new technology in the energy sector. Eddie discusses the changing material usage in the industry, the increasing focus on construction efficiency, and a new application of technology that follows…
Falling Space Station Will Hit Earth
China’s 8.5-ton space station will come crashing down to Earth from Saturday onwards, the country’s space authorities said, although they can not confirm where it is likely to hit. The Tiangong-1, or “Heavenly Palace” lab, will hit the earth between March 31 and April 4 and “should” burn up in the atmosphere, Chinese space officials…
A Guide For Office Fit Outs
A new report on office fit-out costs in North America sets out to establish a range of benchmarks for three different office styles, and to suggest what businesses favor which style. JLL’s project and development services group, which produced the report, used data from more than 2,800 JLL-managed project budgets for over 100 clients from…
Listen: Are Museums Ready For Virtual Reality? With Maris Ensing
On today’s podcast, we have a conversation with Maris Ensing from Mad Systems. We discuss the inherent disconnect that VR presents to a museum visitor, the critical difference between a “presentation” at a museum and an “experience” at one, the strategy of using fewer touchscreens in an information-driven environment, and we formulate a list…
Listen: Attracting Top-Tier Talent with Anthony Eaton
On today’s podcast, we chat with Anthony Eaton from Balfour Beatty. We discuss the competition in attracting top-tier talent in today’s market, the importance of finding the right fit for both employee and employer, and Anthony gets to change one thing forever in the HR interview process. For more information on Balfour Beatty, check…
How to Protect Your Most Abused Asset
Because walk-in coolers typically last for many years, some people take them for granted. As Food Equipment Reports magazine stated, the doors and hinges receive a majority of the abuse in the typical freezer or cooler. With this in mind, KPS Global® will explore how to install, protect, and maintain the doors to avoid unfortunate costly repairs. Installation Getting…
Dolby Uses Experience To Enter The Conferencing Market
Known for Atmos and Vision HDR, the San Francisco-based Dolby is addressing audio conferencing applications with its new Dolby Voice Room solution. Dolby Laboratories says that Dolby Voice Room can be used in environments such as huddle rooms and small conference rooms to provide users with a flexible AV experience in the workplace. “To make…
Iceland Expands Geothermal Heating To China
Iceland’s Arctic Green Energy Corporation and China’s Sinopec (SNPMF) have secured a $250 million loan from the Asian Development Bank that will help develop geothermal resources in China. The loan, which has been granted to a joint venture between the two companies, will be used to expand geothermal heating in cities near Beijing and reduce…
Congressional Budget Allocates Much More Money for Transit
If it’s up to Congress, transit projects will receive a significant funding boost in the Congressional spending bill. According to Curbed, “The Community Development Block Grant program, which many local governments have used to fund streetscaping, cycling, and pedestrian-friendly projects, would receive a significant boost, rising to $3.3 billion from the $3 billion allocated in…
5 SIMPLE STEPS TO TAKE YOUR EVENT PRESENTATION FROM “MEH” TO “WOW”
Want to get people’s attention? Stop relying on just one of their senses when planning your event. It makes…well, sense. Visual presentations alone are functional and can communicate your point, but only if the audience is receptive and willing to pay attention – a rarity indeed. A better strategy? Keep them riveted. London & Partners,…
YouTube Is Testing Picture and Picture
Some YouTube users on the web have been opted in to test a new picture-in-picture mode, which allows you to continue watching a YouTube video in a small window even as you navigate elsewhere on YouTube’s website. A similar feature already exists today on YouTube’s app for both iOS and Android. The site 9to5Google was…
Pandora Invests In Ad Tech
Pandora announced this morning it’s acquiring digital audio ad technology firm AdsWizz for $145 million, as a combination of at least 50 percent cash, with the remaining paid in either cash or stock at Pandora’s discretion. The company, whose technology will be used to upgrade Pandora’s own ad tech capabilities, will continue as a subsidiary…
DFW Gets Curved LED Displays
The Duty Free Center shop, at the Dallas Fort Worth Airport’s Terminal D, has upgraded with three curved NanoLumens LED displays. Ford AV worked with NanoLumens to install the displays, which included an 18-foot by 10.5-foot LED display and two 12-foot by 7-foot displays, according to a press release. The larger 4-millimeter pixel pitch display…
The Alamodome Has Upgrades Before The Final Four
San Antonio will be in the national spotlight starting on March 31, when NCAA Final Four comes to town, and the Alamodome is gearing up with upgrades. The Alamodome on Friday revealed a $546,000 marquee, which can be seen from Interstate 37 and will surely get some camera time on national broadcasts. The new, 24…
Alan Brawn Introduces New Direct View LED Displays
Many in the pro AV world may not have realized the “newcomer” to the Direct View LED game wasn’t as much of a rookie as they thought. In his recent 3 Questions interview with CI editor-in-chief Tom LeBlanc, Alan Brawn heaped praise on Lighthouse Technologies, saying the company has almost 30 years under its belt…
Opportunities and Potential Bias in New Transportation Data
There is a mountain of transportation data available from Uber, Lyft and other participants in the new technology of ride-sharing that can potentially offer valuable insight into the evolution of transport in the 21st century, but problems with the data also exist. Uber and its competitors, for example, may release data that direct people toward…
Panasonic honors its founder’s achievement and shares vision for the next hundred years
Panasonic Corporation turned 100 years old on March 7, 2018. Company leadership is proud of all the organization has achieved but also have high hopes for the future. Their two main areas of focus for the next century will be electrification of the places we work and play in addition to mobility technology. Read more…
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