An Oakland, California start-up called Next Thing is touting a new single board computer that makes the $35 Raspberry Pi seem expensive. The Chip will, by comparison, cost $9. Yup. […]
The entry-level software options keep coming for digital signage – even though it is very easily argued supply vs demand thing went way off kilter years ago. The latest entrant in this crowded field is The TV Sign, a new Android-driven, browser-based CMS out of Erie, PA, just west of Buffalo, NY. […]
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. […]
Something like this has been done before, but it’s been a while and undoubtedly this stab at putting an LCD screen in a printed magazine is a step ahead. In this case, Chevy’s agency has worked with a tech company to put a video player on a page, embedded in an ad, in 10,000 copies of Popular Mechanics and Esquire. The spots target potential buyers of Chevy Colorado trucks. […]
Guest Post: Steve Schildwachter, rVue. Recently, the rVue gang took a field trip to Downers Grove, Illinois, one of the test locations for Create Your Taste, a new initiative from our good client McDonald’s. This is an experience very different from any other McDonald’s. […]
Doing posts on every version release of ALL the signage software companies out there would make for a very busy job, and probably a very boring blog. So while I am happy to learn that Brand X now does this and that, or has made something easier or added support for some gadget, I’m not going to post on all of it. […]
One of the emerging trends in large format digital displays and walls will, I think, be generative, visualized content based on data and then dynamically rendered. It will happen because the investment goes in at the front-end but the content keeps refreshing itself, as opposed to needing to be re-thought and re-made regularly. […]
The Swedish software firm DISE is the latest to tweak its player software to run on Samsung’s Smart Signage Platform, which is built and marketed around the idea of having a System on Chip built into displays, removing the need for an external player. “You only need a network, a code and then you are ready to display your content,” explains the firm in a news release. […]
Toronto-based Omnivex has launched Moxie Cloud, billed as an easy-launch, affordable hosted spin on its powerful Movie digital signage management platform. Moxie Cloud’s subscription includes a series of professional-looking templates to get content up even without designers or agencies. It also includes a weather feed and news from Thomson Reuters. […]
Ask most people who sell signage software and they’ll confirm replacing incumbent software providers is a substantial part of their month to month business. Sometimes it is service quality. Sometimes one glitch too many. […]
Putting screens in big things that roll and bump and jolt is a substantial technical challenge – the problems ranging from too much vibration, to dust and grime, to the inquisitive fingers and sharp objects of the general public. […]
Things just keep getting more and more interesting with Google and its Chrome OS. Yesterday it was word about the Chromebit HDMI stick. Now there’s word that Google is now letting any Android developer port its apps, or games to run on Chromebooks and other Chrome OS devices, like Chromeboxes and Chromebits. […]
Dayton, Ohio-based Stratacache continues to push its business ops into new regions, announcing today it has opened an office in Bangalore, India and has plans to hire as many as 15 people. Bangalore makes a lot of sense for the signage CMS firm as it is India’s tech capital and has a couple of universities that are said to rival MIT. […]
The tech site re/code has a piece up about how Amazon has patents that would change up how people buy goods in brick-and-mortar stores. Problem is, that idea’s been around for a decade or so. The site talks about recently filed patent applications that suggest shoppers would be able to pick items off shelves and leave the store without stopping at a cashier or self-checkout kiosk. […]
BroadSign has for many years mined the digital OOH side of this business, to the point that you don’t really think of the signage software being used outside of advertising. But it is. Case in point: The Montreal company has announced a partnership it has worked with Scandinavian solutions provider LCD Media, which is operating primarily in retail in that part of Europe. […]
