The companies out there that do LCD panel enclosures for advertising and retail generally do a great job with the important engineering bits like heating and cooling, and durability in the face of an ever abusive general public. Where they don’t tend to excel is design. They tend to look like squared-off steel slabs. […]
The company behind Digital Signage Expo has announced another event that looks like a bit of a hedge against the mother ship’s future. The EduCOMM Expo in Atlanta will focus on the implementation, oversight, and management of internal digital campus communication projects in the higher education vertical. […]
A Polish company has launched a meeting room product that uses Android for the operating system and then takes the smart step of integrating beacons. Called Schedulla, a play on Godzilla, the tablet-centric platform has a simple CMS that allows users to pick a room, pick a date, describe, and invite participants. The system syncs with Google Calendar or Exchange. […]
The devastating earthquake that shook Kathmandu and Nepal on Saturday is one of those major events that gets the world noticing and looking to help. So we’re spooling up DOOHgood, the ad hoc volunteer group that produces and distributes video PSAs for use on ad-based and private digital signage networks. […]
LA-based digital signage startup Enplug got a nice little nod from Inc. Magazine, making its 2015 30 Under 30 list of innovative companies. “It’s an honor for Enplug to be recognized as transforming an entire industry by a prestigious publication like Inc. […]
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Two of five speakers are now set for DSrupted and another two are getting sorted. These first two are going to be great, and today let’s look at Mike Pell, who will talk about Data Visualization. If you don’t know what that is, you should, and Mike’s the guy to tell you in September in Toronto. […]
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The blended entity that is Creative Realities and Wireless Ronin has filed its 2014 revenues and announced the departure of longtime CRI CEO Paul Price. “We thank Mr. Price for his service, wish him well in his new endeavors and have full confidence in the senior team at the company for a seamless transition,” says Alec Machiels, Chairman of the Board. […]
New York’s MTA subway system is now big enough to merit measurement on Nielsen’s quarterly Place-Based Video Report, with 140 screens in 29 stations in view of some 1.4 million daily riders. The On The Go Travel Station network started getting rated as of Q4 2014, with the idea of establishing audience numbers to sell media. […]
Photos by Thomas Story and Henniker Photography Last fall the skin care firm Murad opened a 1,500 square-foot storefront on W. 3rd Street in Los Angeles that serves as the brand’s global flagship retail location. For a little shop it has a LOT of digital – and nicely executed at that. […]
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Digital signage is still quite a young industry, but some of its people have been around a very long time. Toronto-based Capital Networks is celebrating 24 years in business as of today, the same day my daughter Claire has turned 25, which is also mind-wobbling. […]
Ontario Lottery generates about $130 million annually by selling lottery ticket products at some 130 kiosks plopped into the concourses of shopping malls around the province. […]
Here’s what I THINK is the first Raspberry Pi to be directly married to an e-paper display to make a rudimentary digital sign – the HAT Display from Percheron Eelectronics. The gadgets are being marketed via a Kickstarter project, at about $57 a unit, or 2 for $101. The HAT has a 2.7-inch e-paper display, as well as a battery-fuelled real time clock. […]
