This post original appeared on the Samsung Business blog. If work takes you through a lot of busy airports, you’re likely familiar with long lines, crowds, and that nervous feeling that you’re missing some important information. Like your departure gate has changed. […]
It has been three-plus years since the first Android-driven digital signage players and supporting software platforms came on the marketplace. Pretty quickly, there were more than 70 options out there. Some companies like BroadSign have seen some big success in going down the Android road, whereas not much has happened for some other companies that put in the time and resources. […]
Here’s another very clever idea enabled by the guys at LivePoster in the UK – a digital poster tied-in to smartphone-sensing data that tells passers-by whether a pub is busy and suggests dropping in for a drink. The Spirits Business trade publication reports how booze giant Diageo is behind a digital poster trial tied to a small set of pubs around London. […]
There are several levels of creative in digital signage, with high-quality original work at the pointy top of the pyramid, and pure commodity – “On Sale Now” stuff – at the broad bottom. In the middle is a vast range of material that needs to get done in the SMB market, and there’s a surprising lack of of options for doing so. […]
Lenovo will start selling a $129 Windows PC on a stick next month – a rival to Intel’s ComputeStick that could be used as a low-end digital signage player and compete with Android, Chromebox and raspberry Pi-driven players in the tiny, cheap class. […]
A pair of companies long active in digital signage and digital out of home have reached an out of court patent dispute settlement that could have broader implications for the use of social media feeds on networked digital screens. Boston-based software and solutions firm Aerva has reached a settlement in a patent infringement action filed by Orlando-based media firm Monster Media on Feb. […]
GUEST POST – Emily Carroll, Prendi Driving behind big semi-trailers can be intimidating or, for the impatient drivers like myself, frustratingly slow. So when driving down an open two-lane road, what appears to be an empty lane quickly turns into a tempting chance to overtake. It is in these situations that we unfortunately see a high number of road accidents and deaths. […]
I don’t tend to write about minor version releases for software, as only existing clients and almost-there prospects really care. But news from the Israeli firm YCD Multimedia caught my eye. […]
The French company IntuiLab has long had great software that enables users to develop interactive touch experiences without knowing much of anything about coding, but the technology has always been on the fringes of digital signage. […]
Guest Post: Ron Gazzola, Samsung Putting the quick in Quick Service Restaurants, or QSRs, has owed a lot to the sensors and systems that are now the basis of what’s being called the Internet of Things. To get an order to a customer, without customer lines backing up, takes automation and smart devices that are driving near factory-level precision at the food prep stations. […]
Wifi wasn’t cooperating at Orlando’s airport so my plan to post while hanging out at the gate went south on me. But I am back at world HQ – where it is 40 degrees cooler (25 OK, but down 40 – arrrrgh) – and wifi works fine. I spent the second day banging around the InfoComm show floor and bumping into booths I somehow didn’t see on Day 1. […]
If Google Trends is a real measure of activity and interest in digital signage, Canada is the hotbed country, but Dubai is the hotbed city at the moment. These are charts from the past 12 months. This graph shows web activity and you can see how the timeline kinda syncs up with ISE, DSE and the just-finished InfoComm. […]
A little UK start-up has launched Postar, an iPad app that allows small business owners to build a simple digital sign message on the tablet and then run it on larger screens using $39 Chromecast HDMI sticks. Postar says it is focused on micro business operators, like indie coffee shops and boutiques. […]
Montreal-based VIF Télé, which runs and manages signage networks in the Quebec market, has expanded its service offering by acquiring the operations of a company that does SMS send-outs and tracking. Taking on SMS Looky allows VIF Télé to offer a system for managing the simultaneous sending, receiving and tracking of text messages to targeted, opted-in audiences. […]
Up at 4 AM doing homework, as that’s kinda how things are going this week in Orlando, where InfoComm is on. Full days and zippo time to do more than tweet and answer emails. The show looks very busy, but it is so large in scope it’s a bit hard to really tell. […]
