Navori Powering Massive 20K+ Tablet Ad Network In Saudi Arabia Taxis January 25, 2016 by Super User The Swiss signage software firm Navori has a monster rollout underway in Middle Eastern countries, using its on-premise QL management and play-out software on tablets installed as media screens in some 20,000 taxis, with another 30,000 to come. It would have to be one of the larger signage and digital OOH rollouts out there, and …
Here Are The Top Five 16:9 Digital Signage Stories Of 2015 December 29, 2015 by Super User This has been a record year for site traffic, and not all that surprisingly the biggest month for visits and page views coincided with Digital Signage Expo – a period when there are a lot of of announcements and things to cover. Looking at site stats, it’s clear that many people find their way to …
Want To Know How Android Fits In Digital Signage? Download This Free Report … December 3, 2015 by Super User So far, there have been in excess of 350 downloads of the Special Report on the state of Android in digital signage. It’s a free download, with no registration strings attached. Click through and the 23-page PDF download is yours. I”m reposting because these things tend to get lost as time wears on, when a site has more …
VIA, Capital Networks Certify Rare Beast: One Commercial Android Digital Signage Player With 2 Distinct Outputs December 3, 2015 by Super User The DEEP look I took recently into Android digital signage revealed a few things – among them how most of the players were adapted consumer set-top boxes and sticks, and how few were commercial-grade (aka reliable and predictable) devices. One of the few commercial manufacturers was VIA Technologies, a Taiwan company that has a big office …
The $85 Asus Chromebit Now Shipping; Google Halves Device Management Fee For Digital Signage Apps November 17, 2015 by Super User The Google-backed Asus Chromebit is now on the marketplace in the U.S. and select countries, with the U.S. version priced at $85 for what’s billed as a computer on a stick. The device is an HDMI stick that plugs into any monitor or TV with that port. It has built-in WiFi and runs on a Rockchip …
Raspberry Pi Gets Custom Manufacturing October 28, 2015 by Super User Web traffic tells me there are a lot of people out there interested in using Raspberry Pi micro-computer boards as digital signage players, since it is possible to put together a player for less than $100. That crowd will be interested in news that the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s commercial subsidiary, Raspberry Pi Trading, will offer the main …
Special Report: The State of ARM & Android In Digital Signage October 8, 2015 by Super User There are dozens of digital signage software companies with content management systems built around or adapted to work with low-cost ARM-based media devices, and run on Google’s Linux-derived Android operating system. What started as a trickle of activity four years turned into a big wave within a couple of years. But almost as quickly as Android-based signage …
Coming Tomorrow: The State Of Android Digital Signage Report October 7, 2015 by Super User Client commitments greatly slowed research and production, but I’ve finally completed work on what I think is a thorough look into the state of the Android digital signage marketplace. I will upload it and make it available as a free, no-strings-attached download tomorrow off Sixteen:Nine. It’s 23 pages, so set some time aside. The report …
Orange Pi From Shenzhen Undercuts Raspberry Pi Price By Half September 8, 2015 by Super User The busiest post day to day on this blog – by a considerable margin – is one listing the various options to make digital signage projects happen with $35 Raspberry Pi single board computers. So I know there is a substantial constituency out there of people who are determined to cut as much as cost …
Turn TVs Into Interactive Signs For $200 With New Gadget August 12, 2015 by Super User The same crowd that is endlessly looking to cut display hardware, playback hardware and software costs out of digital signage projects will likely be intrigued as heck by a new IndieGogo project that turns any TV with an HDMI connector into a touch and stylus controlled display. Called Touchjet Wave, it’s a device that clamps on …
