VIA Rolls Out All-In Bus Signage And Infotainment System April 1, 2015 by Dave Haynes 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. It’s possible to put the pieces together between rugged panels and industrial, solid state PCs – …
Android Signage Apps Can Now Readily Port To Google’s Chrome OS April 1, 2015 by Dave Haynes 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. That would mean if you are one …
VIA, Capital Networks Launch SMB Digital Signage Bundle March 11, 2015 by Dave Haynes VIA Technologies, Inc and Capital Networks have been working together for a couple of years now, based around using VIA’s very nice, commercial-grade (read: not dodgy consumer crap) Android media players. Now they’ve deepened the ties with the launch of the VIA ALTA Portal digital signage system for small business owners. The bundled set-up combines the VIA ALTA …
New Tech: A Smart Projector That Screws In Like A Lightbulb February 26, 2015 by Dave Haynes Pico projectors have been around for a few years now, offering up a way to do projections onto surfaces using something much smaller and lighter than a conventional conference room projector. A Pico projector costs $200 and up and is not much bigger than a smartphone. Now there’s a Kickstarter campaign out for a little …
DSE 2015 Booth Field Guide: NoviSign February 19, 2015 by Dave Haynes Gil Matzliah, CEO, Novisign DSE Booth: FT16 Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? NoviSign brings a fresh angle to the traditional Digital Signage world. NoviSign realizes that the Digital Sign on the wall is not relevant anymore, unless the audience can actually interact …
Codigo Goes HTML And Android In Major Platform Revamp February 10, 2015 by Dave Haynes Louisville-based software and solutions firm Codigo has joined the ranks of companies offering an Android solution, part of a new software release the company says rolls up a bunch of messaging systems into one HTML5-driven platform. “Two years ago, we saw a need for the consolidation of multiple retail media solutions into a single user …
Add SignStix To The Long List Of Android Options January 30, 2015 by Dave Haynes Here’s something I’m not sure I’ve seen in this sector before – a digital retail consultancy that built and markets its own Android-driven digital signage solution. The company is Welcom Digital, based far from the big city high streets in little Harrogate, Yorkshire, north of Leeds. The firm has started marketing a product it calls …
Is Your Android Digital Signage Player Rooted? December 16, 2014 by Alan Brawn Guest Post: Mark Hemphill, ScreenScape If you operate a digital signage network, chances are you’ve been hearing about new Internet-connected devices. They are transforming the way digital signage networks are built and managed. New Android-powered solutions are being lauded by software vendors and pundits as simpler and cheaper alternatives to the PC as a digital …
Goget Updates Slick Meeting Room Display System November 13, 2014 by Dave Haynes Analytics tells me a lot of site traffic comes in week to week based off a running post I do about meeting room signage options, and one of the companies I list just issued a great looking update. Sweden’s Goget has released Room Display 4, an Android-driven software and hardware platform that looks to do …
Kickstarter Project Aims To Reinvent The Lowly Digital Picture Frame October 29, 2014 by Dave Haynes There’s a new project on Kickstarter that’s looking for $100,000 to start producing networked digital picture frames you can’t help start thinking about as digital signage displays. These will be 15-inch units running Android 4.4, built in BLE and WiFi and a pretty fast quad-core CPU – nothing like the hunk of plastic gathering dust …
