Cineplex Digital Media Launches Machine-Learning Smart Digital Signage Content Engine October 13, 2020 by Dave Haynes Toronto-based Cineplex Digital Media has started marketing a new data-driven retail optimization platform called FLEX SmartEngine – using machine learning and a variety of data inputs to boost sales for stores and QSR operators. The built-in-house platform steadily analyzes what’s happening in and around physical stores to generate and deliver messaging based on shifting circumstances …
Broadsign Strikes DOOH Ad Tech Partner Deal With Spain’s TAPTAP Digital October 13, 2020 by Dave Haynes Integrations is kinda the name of the modern game if you’re doing targeted Digital OOH as a vendor or network operator, and Broadsign – arguably the most active digital signage CMS in advertising – has been steadily developing partnerships, including a new one with Madrid-based TAPTAP Digital. The partnership means Broadsign’s Reach Supply Side Platform …
Moviik Blends AI Sensors, Screens, QRs And Phone Apps For Retail Access Control September 23, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is an effective video developed by the Portuguese queue management solutions firm Moviik to show how access controls can be handled for small retailers trying to work within the restrictions brought on by COVID-19. The video shows how a mash-up of computer vision sensors, window displays, QR codes and smartphone web apps can automate …
LG Launches Its Own MicroLED Video Wall For Signage; And Maybe Russian Oligarchs September 14, 2020 by Dave Haynes LG has started marketing its own microLED display across several key global markets, including the Americas, Europe, and Asia, under the brand name LG MAGNIT. LG is touting what it calls a proprietary Black Coating display technology that seems to be a variation on the “potted” or “glue-on-board” display modules that have come out in …
Facial Authentication: Frictionless Transactions for Customers August 27, 2020 by Dave Haynes Guest Post: Sanjay Manandhar, ISM Connect When maturity of browsers in the late 1990s was making websites more than digital posters, and getting us all into e-commerce, a constant refrain was that it was not advisable to put one’s credit card details online—fraudsters might start using your credit card. Today, due to advancement in secure network connection …
Is Anyone Buying All These Digital Covid-19 Devices? Apparently, Yes August 14, 2020 by Dave Haynes Since the pandemic hit, lockdowns started and companies in the digital signage ecosystem scrambled to remain relevant, I have wondered if the pandemic/back to business counter-measure technologies launched by seemingly dozens of companies were actually selling. I’ve seen a bazillion PR and sell sheet pieces touting the devices – like thermal mirrors and screen/sanitizer dispenser …
After Forever At Rise Vision, Cahoy Joins InReality As CRO August 10, 2020 by Dave Haynes Industry veteran Ryan Cahoy has left Rise Vision after roughly 300 years to sign on with Atlanta-based venue analytics firm InReality, as its Chief Revenue Officer. In a modestly confusing twist, Cahoy still has ownership and keeps an eye on Rise Display, a sister company that functions as an integrator, doing LED-based ticker displays for …
Rite-Aid Outed For Using Facial Recognition Tech July 30, 2020 by Dave Haynes The news agency Reuters recently posted a story outlining and confirming how the U.S. drugstore chain Rite-Aid had been using facial recognition technology – cameras and AI algorithms – to monitor customers in some of its stores in New York City and L.A. The computer vision tech was being used mostly in lower-income, non-white neighborhoods …
Iceland’s Airport Using Sensors, AI To Visualize, Streamline Passenger Flow July 8, 2020 by Dave Haynes Via SmartCitiesWorld The international airport in Keflavík, Iceland is using an AI-driven passenger management solution to forecast and then visualize passenger and capacity loading and enable physical distancing. It’s the sort of thing you could imagine would be useful and seen on displays in the “back of house” in all kinds of scenarios, from mass …
A Sanitizer Station That’s Also A Messaging Screen, Fever Sensor, People Counter, And … June 18, 2020 by Dave Haynes The Dubai-based digital signage solutions provider Connectiv have taken one of those hybrid sanitizer dispenser/information screens from China and added a lot more capability. Connectiv juiced up what is otherwise becoming a commodity item by adding presence detection, fever screening and people counting for building capacity guidelines. The cameras have been added on to something …
