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AirFi and CoKinetic Systems Improve UX on Portable IFE System
October 6, 2015  | Written by Caroline Ku
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­ APEX Insight: Partnered with CoKinetic, AirFi is now able to offer airlines a complete in-flight entertainment solution to support BYOD through its portable AirFi box. AirFi, the company behind the portable, battery powered Wi-Fi-network-in-a-box has teamed with app developer CoKinetic Systems to provide a lighter in-flight entertainment solution for low-cost, regional and leisure carriers. By leveraging […]

APEX Hollywood Shortlist: The Martian Invades Box Office With Stellar $55M Debut
October 5, 2015  | Written by Tomas Romero
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APEX Insight: The Martian blasts past last week’s first place finisher Hotel Transylvania 2 to secure the second biggest October opening in Hollywood history. It seems only fitting that the same week that NASA’s Curiosity Rover discovers evidence of liquid water on Mars, Ridley Scott’s epic sci-fi adventure yarn The Martian rockets to the top of […]

Branding a Continent: Spafax and New Content Unite for LATAM’s Media Vision
October 2, 2015  | Written by APEX Staff
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APEX Insight: Spafax and New Content have partnered to win LATAM’s content media platform, conveying that the joining of two brands is stronger than one. Global content agency Spafax and Brazilian content marketing leader New Content – this year’s best agency winner at the Content Marketing Association Awards – have joined forces to create and manage […]

Rockwell Collins Paves the Way for Wireless on A320 and A321 Aircraft
October 1, 2015  | Written by APEX Staff
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It’s ready, set, and go for Rockwell Collins’ PAVES Wireless solution for A320 and A321 jetliners. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) provided the aviation electronics company a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) supplemental certificate (STC) for the media distribution system and Rockwell Collins says it will be announcing more STCs later this year (the company […]

APEX in Profile: Dominique Giannoni
 | Written by APEX Staff
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Dominic Giannoni CEO Thales InFlyt Experience Dominique has held leadership positions for more than 15 years in both the military and commercial aerospace markets. After joining Thales in 2003 as head of Underwater Systems for submarines, and later Military Avionics, he was appointed in 2013 to the position of CEO for Thales’ In-Flight Entertainment and […]

APEX EXPO Daily Experience 2015 – Day Three
 | Written by APEX Staff
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The EXPO Daily Experience is the official daily newspaper of the APEX EXPO. The newspaper is produced daily and onsite during the EXPO, and distributed to all attendees and exhibitors at the event. Click on the cover to read the magazine online, or download the PDF here. For more coverage of the APEX EXPO, read Day […]

APEX EXPO Daily Experience 2015 – Day Two
 | Written by APEX Staff
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The EXPO Daily Experience is the official daily newspaper of the APEX EXPO. The newspaper is produced daily and onsite during the EXPO, and distributed to all attendees and exhibitors at the event. Click on the cover to read the magazine online, or download the PDF here. For more coverage of the APEX EXPO, read Day 2, […]

APEX EXPO Daily Experience 2015 – Day One
 | Written by APEX Staff
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The EXPO Daily Experience is the official daily newspaper of the APEX EXPO. The newspaper is produced daily and onsite during the EXPO, and distributed to all attendees and exhibitors at the event. Click on the cover to read the magazine online, or download the PDF here. For more coverage of the APEX EXPO, read Day […]

In-Flight Entertainment Right Before Your Eyes
 | Written by Caroline Ku
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APEX Insight: Using augmented reality, the R-7 Smart Glasses could make sitting on an aircraft full of passengers feel like you’re watching TV in your own private cabin – while looking real cool. Osterhout Design Group’s R-7 Smart Glasses may have had military and medical beginnings, but the San Francisco-based tech company is seeing potential in the aircraft cabin. […]

That’s “Geo-tainment”: FlightPath3D Puts the Moving Map in Passengers’ Hands
 | Written by APEX Staff
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Betria Interactive has introduced FlightPath2D to bring a new level of geo-tainment to onboard moving map systems that supports past – and future – in-flight entertainment systems. Recently introduced to Virgin America’s Red IFE, FlightPath2D shows passengers detailed, interactive global satellite imagery. “It is an incredibly well designed, functional and easy-to-use product,” says Warren Hamilton, […]