FEATURE: James Matthews-Paul catches up with some UK sign-makers to see how they're using social media.
FEATURE: Nielsen's recently published Social Media Report confirms a huge increase in the influence of networks and blogs on consumer behaviour.
FEATURE: One of the things about this game is that there is never any lack of software introductions, claiming to improve print productivity.
NEWS: New research suggests that businesses are finding social media disruptive within their corporate cultures.
FEATURE: The term 'social media' encompasses far more than churning out a limited number of characters on-screen to attract followers and a response.
FEATURE: For too long the printing industry was scared of what the internet was going to do to it.
NEWS: A report has found that more companies are 'overcoming their fear' of social media and are using services such as Facebook and Twitter increasingly for corporate uses.
NEWS: UK POS is offering independent retailers the chance to win an iPad for the best celebratory summer window display to show support for Independent Retailer Month in July.
OPINION: James Matthews-Paul offers tips on how to use Twitter for business effectively.
NEWS: printMax says increasing its online presence with social media interaction 'is proving to be hugely beneficial'.
NEWS: Digital signage platform provider Scala has announced that it will showcase new interactive solutions at Screenmedia Expo on May 16th and 17th.
NEWS: At drupa, Ricoh has demonstrated a future cross-media service called Clickable Paper.
NEWS: Virgin Media's stand at the recent Gadget Show Live featured a Twitter-integrated, Spotify-powered virtual jukebox created by Working Solutions.
FEATURE: The Outdoor Media Centre has commissioned a study to find out what influences buyers. Geny Caloisi looks at the results of 'The Customer Journey'.
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: The Screen is to hold a breakfast briefing to discuss the impact of interactive on DOOH.
NEWS: The Screen is to hold a special breakfast briefing to discuss the impact of interactive elements and social media integration on digital out-of-home campaigns.
NEWS: Volkswagen has initiated a campaign called 'The Big up The up!' which displays content from the Volkswagen Facebook page onto digital billboards.
NEWS: Eye says it will 'lead a total transformation of advertising media' in domestic terminals in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth airports.
NEWS: NSI has launched a new website, aimed at allowing customers to see its portfolio, find information and to communicate with NSI via social media links, polls and a blog.
NEWS: Following an online vote, the design for the FESPA Wrap Rally's motorhome has been revealed.
OPINION: The Screen has sent a double-decker bus full of DOOH's top executives cruise the streets of London on a 'digital screen-spotting' exercise.
NEWS: ComQi is to launch five new place-based mobile applications for use with retail digital signage.
NEWS: Printer manufacturer Roland DG is looking for a new online content and Academy training manager, who will lead live training sessions at the Roland DG Academy.
FEATURE: Laurel Brunner looks back on a difficult 2011 and predicts the trends for the production print market in 2012.
NEWS: Sixty CBS Outdoor digital XTP screens deployed in Underground stations in London will display entertainment listings information to commuters following a partnership with Time Out.
NEWS: Roland DG is celebrating accruing 1,000 followers on the micro-blogging platform Twitter.
NEWS: Digital signage company X2O Media has introduced new templates and that allow content from social media portals to be displayed on electronic screens.
NEWS: Printing equipment manufacturer Roland DG has announced the introduction of a new online forum, intended to be a meeting place for customers, dealers and partners, where they can share information and ideas.
FEATURE: Every now and then a technology comes along that completely changes the world.
NEWS: Digital signage software firm Visix has added two new content designs to its range, in recognition of the communications potential possible through social media's integration with DOOH.
FEATURE: During the 1980s, it seemed that not much could go wrong in the world of business or the growth in technologies. Now here we are, in 2011, and our reliance on internet usage and mobile technologies has been receiving a hammering.
NEWS: VML London has commented on its current campaign for Colgate, which links social media activity, public interactivity and digital DOOH media.
NEWS: Fastsigns USA has launched a contest, called MetamorphoSign, which will see it give away free sign and graphics 'makeovers'.
NEWS: LocaModa has introduced Community Board 1.0, an application that can run in conjunction with any type of digital out-of-home network, it says.
NEWS: In-store television network owner indoorDirect has signed a deal with quick-service restaurant chain Taco Bell, which will see digital signage deployments in all 5,600 US Taco Bell branches.
NEWS: JCDecaux's new digital screen, called the i, is being used for an interactive advertising campaign that invites viewers to take part via micro-blogging site Twitter.
NEWS: Australian digital signage firm Yeahpoint has brought three new facial recognition applications to market.
NEWS: LocaModa has announced a pairing with community-focused digital signage platform provider ScreenScape.
NEWS: The Warwick branch of Signs Express has taken part in the town's first 'tweet-up' – a Twitter-based networking event for local businesses.
NEWS: The newly named HP Field House, a 1950s-style property located in the Walt Disney World Resort which caters to sports fans, athletes and their coaches, has had a range of HP digital signage and interactive technology installed.
NEWS: A digital advertising network is to be rolled out in 7-Eleven convenience stores across the USA, creating one of the country's largest broadcast TV networks, according to Harris, which has agreed a ten-year deal for its deployment.
NEWS: LocaModa, a social media company that specialises in place-based interactions, has stated that it will be exhibiting a number of innovations for its Twitter, Facebook and Foursquare Places applications for its LocaModa 4.0 platform at Digital Signage Expo (DSE).
OPINION: A few months ago, a friend of mine in San Francisco founded a company that sources funds from online community members to push forward sustainable ad campaigns (this method is called crowd-funding, apparently).
FEATURE: The world of the advertiser is changing. As the channels available to brands alter, so too does the way that the marketing conversation occurs.
NEWS: Dear colleagues and friends, Twitter has announced the first overhaul of its service in four years.
FEATURE: It will probably come as no surprise to read this month’s statistics from The Nielsen Company (via the BBC) about use of social media platforms, and to find out that Facebook is still on the ascendant.
