NEWS: A new study has predicted that the mobile payments market – which includes near field communication (NFC) – will almost triple in value by 2015.
FEATURE: Morwenna Kearns previews digital signage event Screenmedia Expo 2012.
NEWS: An instalment of the NFC Bootcamp educational series will take place on each day of May's Screenmedia Expo.
OPINION: The two Westfield shopping centres in London pride themselves on being leaders in digital advertising. Geny Caloisi looks at the arrival of Futurefashion.
NEWS: CBS Outdoor has announced the results of its European survey into interactive behaviour.
NEWS: Pyramid Computer will be showing a polytouch 32 multi-touch system at Retail Business Technology Expo 2012.
NEWS: JCDecaux has teamed up with media planner Kinetic in a new project called Test the Near Future.
NEWS: Digital Signage Expo (DSE) will feature an NFC Bootcamp as part of its educational line-up.
FEATURE: Delivering content used to be so simple: print, radio, television, banners and signs. But add in the digital dimension and delivery is just the start of the problem.
NEWS: ComQi is to launch five new place-based mobile applications for use with retail digital signage.
PRODUCT PROFILE: James Matthews-Paul reviews the how-to book Digital Signs and Displays for Dummies.
FEATURE: Morwenna Kearns starts Output's series of 2011 reviews and 2012 previews with her thoughts on sign-making.
NEWS: Out-of-home advertising company Clear Channel UK has announced the launch of a new brand, called Clear Channel Play.
FEATURE: The question of digital signage and the internet's negative effect on print and static signage has been raised many times, but some projects show that a range of media can actually work together for brilliant results.
NEWS: Kremer Signs has launched a new interactive information board which incorporates QR codes and near field communication (NFC) technologies.
NEWS: Newad has announced it will integrate near field communication (NFC) technology into its network from January.
NEWS: 3GTV, is introducing shelf-edge near field communication (NFC) technologies to enhance brand engagement.
NEWS: US company Identive has founded an online marketplace aimed at supplying near field communication (NFC) technology.
NEWS: JCDecaux has suggested that display producers may need to be aware of near field communication technology (NFC), which it says will 'come of age' this year.
