A CTS’s Perspective: Battling Hurricane Sandy With and Without Technology Learn how Christopher Neto, CTS, prepared for Hurricane Sandy and helped his clients recover from the disaster.
CES 2013: 8 Mobile Products that are Turning Heads CES 2013 is the talk of the Internet. Check out products from Mozilla Firefox, The Eye Tribe, Sony, Tethercell, Plastic Logic, Intel, HAPIlabs, Parrot and Expect Labs, that will take the mobile device to a new level.
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The Meaning of Digital Displays Colleges and universities have a vast array of digital signage technology at their hands to keep students, staff and faculty informed with emergency notifications and day-to-day campus-wide announcements. But the best HD displays are only as good as the content behind them, and that depends on the motivation and capability of administrators and IT departments.
It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like—Holiday Concert Season The holiday season is almost here and schools are gearing up for special concerts and holiday celebrations.
TechDecisions Editor Reviews iPhone 5 - Day 1 Product Review Check out the Day 1, iPhone 5 product review from TechDecisions, editor-in-chief Cindy Davis. My iPhone 5 arrived by UPS on Friday. I was anxious to test a few things right away. Google Maps had been taken away and I wanted to know if the Tom Tom replacement was going to work. I also wanted to make sure my favorite apps were going to still work and see if iOS 6 had changed things for the better or worse. I am going to test the feather-light design, speed, and the new turn-by-turn Apple Maps app.
Top Trends in Digital Signage Jason Kuisel, the managing partner at Innovative Markets, a digital signage company, offers some basic solutions to effective digital signage.
Product Review: Planar Systems Launches Helium, 27-inch Multi-touch Monitor in Time for Windows 8 TechDecisions editor-in-chief says she took to the Planar Helium, 27-inch multi-touch desktop monitor and Windows 8 like a two-year-old to an iPad.
Blog: Claiming Mindshare—Doing Business in Today’s Economy As the economy moves forward, it’s time to reassess who you are doing business with and how you are managing these relationships.
Blog: Don’t Forget We Need to Learn Basics in the A/V Industry. Other industries -- like IBEW, ASHRE, and AIA -- insist on certifications and credentials. Indeed, you need them in order to get a job. The A/V industry, despite education offered by NSCA and InfoComm, does not have such requirements.
Blog: Technical Specs: Is the Truth Out There? Technical specifications often contain incorrect or misleading information. You have to do a little investigating and some networking to discover the truth about what you are buying.
Obamacare Boosts the Need for Digital Menus New laws and innovations in digital signage are changing the entire dining experience.
Blog: Measure AND Listen You must have reference data and a plan for listening and comparing when measuring the performance of a sound system.
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A Room that Allows Perfect Sound? Let Me Know When You Find One To create the best sound system for a room: ascertain as precisely as feasible the specific functionality that is needed and start with the assumption that you won’t be getting what you really want from the physical space. Plan to create workarounds and cost effective solutions to the problems you simply cannot fix.