EUROPALCO, the largest provider of solutions for events and shows in Southern Europe, will be at IMEX, the trade fair dedicated to the meetings, incentives and conferences sector, which will take place in Frankfurt, Germany, from May 31th to June 2nd. The Portuguese company will exhibit its global package of services to carry out events ..read more

Audio player loading… Managing a podcast could get a lot simpler thanks to Focusrite and its soon-to-be-released Vocaster series.The Vocaster One and Vocaster Two (opens in new tab) are both audio interfaces with features that specifically help podcast hosts with their audio setup. By and large, the devices share the same software and have similar hardware with the Vocaster Two offering double the inputs.Hardware differencesOn the Vocaster One, you’ll find a mic input for an XLR cable, headphone output, and a port for a TRSS cable (more commonly known as the 3.5mm audio jack). The purpose of t ..read more

After two years of testing streaming platforms, meeting professionals are asking for more comprehensive solutions and a number of event technology companies have risen to the challenge. We rounded up some of the recent announcements you need to know now to move ahead empowered to deliver regardless of what emergency hits the headlines in the coming months. Cadmium: Lead Retrieval Solution What: New product being built into eventScribe allows event organizers to scan attendee badges on existing Android or iOS to capture and analyze information quickly. Why: “Attracting and retaining exhibitors ..read more

In today’s Whiteboard Wednesday, we tackle the question: What is an event chatbot? Chatbots and digital assistants have become our trusted companions at home and at work. They help us manage our schedules, fulfill our requests, and instantly answer questions we might have about the weather, the news, – and events ..read more

Audio player loading… Microsoft is preparing to update one of the most annoying things about its Teams collaboration platform, the company has revealed.A post (opens in new tab) to the Microsoft 365 roadmap explains that Teams will soon allow users to choose which local folder that files will download to."Teams will now enable users to select the default download location where they would like to have their files downloaded," the company says. "This is applicable only on the desktop client. Teams on the web will continue to honor the setting in the browser."The roadmap update was added on May ..read more

EUROPALCO, the largest provider of solutions for events and shows in Southern Europe, will be at IMEX, the trade fair dedicated to the meetings, incentives and conferences sector, which will take place in Frankfurt, Germany, from May 31th to June 2nd. The Portuguese company will exhibit its global package of services to carry out events ..read more

Audio player loading… Oura has teamed up with Gucci to produce the Gucci x Oura Ring, a special-edition version of the Oura Ring that's painted black, laced with 18 karat gold, and priced at $950 (about AU$1,300) and £820 in the UK. Oura says the Gucci x Oura Ring is set to “deliver all of Oura’s research-grade technology, personalized guidance, and insights in a new ring design, exquisitely crafted with Gucci’s legendary style”. In other words, it’s got all the functionalities of the Oura Generation 3 in a shiny new design, including its seven temperature sensors which measure biometric ..read more

After two years of testing streaming platforms, meeting professionals are asking for more comprehensive solutions and a number of event technology companies have risen to the challenge. We rounded up some of the recent announcements you need to know now to move ahead empowered to deliver regardless of what emergency hits the headlines in the coming months. Cadmium: Lead Retrieval Solution What: New product being built into eventScribe allows event organizers to scan attendee badges on existing Android or iOS to capture and analyze information quickly. Why: “Attracting and retaining exhibitors ..read more

Tech Giants: Snöball’s Rachel Stephan on the Power of Word-of-Mouth Marketing to Fill Seats and Grow Audiences Year-Round Having worked in advertising and marketing agencies in her native Lebanon, then for an event publishing company in Montreal, Rachel Stephan launched her own event marketing agency in 2001—yet she always wanted to create a tech product that would become her legacy.   Her “aha moment” came in 2015 after seeing the successful results of the unique word-of-mouth campaigns her company was running. “I thought, ‘How can we scale this? How can we better measure it?’” she said ..read more

Audio player loading… Microsoft is preparing to update one of the most annoying things about its Teams collaboration platform, the company has revealed.A post (opens in new tab) to the Microsoft 365 roadmap explains that Teams will soon allow users to choose which local folder that files will download to."Teams will now enable users to select the default download location where they would like to have their files downloaded," the company says. "This is applicable only on the desktop client. Teams on the web will continue to honor the setting in the browser."The roadmap update was added on May ..read more