Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Mike Blackman, Integrated Systems Europe January 11, 2017 by Super User Integrated Systems Europe is coming up at the start of next month in Amsterdam, and Mike Blackman is the guy who has built ISE up to be the largest pro AV show on the planet. It’s also the biggest digital signage show in terms of footprint and exhibitors, though signage is just one element of …
How Advertising Will Evolve With Smart And Connected Cities January 10, 2017 by authortest Guest Post: Kenneth Brinkmann, Posterscope USA The rise of connected cities provides three major opportunities for the OOH industry. First, our industry will have much greater access to more accurate real-time location data thanks to connectivity of all objects. If we look ahead into 2020, Gartner estimates that 25 billion objects will be connected to the …
STRATACACHE Acquires Another Rival CMS Firm, Real Digital Media January 9, 2017 by Super User Chris Riegel is continuing to buy up competitors in the digital signage software space, with news bright and early this morning that his Dayton, OH-based company STRATACACHE has acquired Sarasota, FL-based Real Digital Media. Both are content management software firms with similar products – though Stratacache has a much bigger headcount and sells much more …
Panasonic, IBM Team On Watson-Driven Smart Mirror For Hotels January 8, 2017 by Super User Panasonic and IBM were showing a smart mirror/digital concierge last week during CES, at an offsite demo area run by IBM. The Panasonic Digital Concierge uses the IBM Watson artificial intelligence platform as part of a digital envisioned as being installed in the rooms of, let’s assume, higher-end hotels. The idea is that a guest …
Intel Unveils Compute Card & Five New NUCs At CES January 7, 2017 by Super User A little lost in the blizzard of gadget announcements coming out CES in Las Vegas this week was word from Intel of a new family of NUC computers and a new credit-card sized computer moduls that could very conceivably plug into a flat panel display to use in digital signage. Intel was showing the propeller-head …
Enplug Partners To Build Mobile Social Gaming Into Digital Signage Platform January 5, 2017 by Super User A couple of LA companies have put together a partnership that would see mobile social gaming integrated with a digital signage platform’s offer. The deal gives clients running on Enplug’s cloud-based network the ability to participate in multiplayer tournaments with other gamers in public locations like restaurants, bars, gyms, retail stores, cafes, shopping malls, and …
Italy’s inVRsion Bringing Virtual Reality Into Retail Store Planning January 3, 2017 by Super User I’m starting to become a bit of a believer in virtual reality as being relevant beyond gaming and some highly specialized applications, and looking forward to checking out an Italian start-up called inVRsion at NRF in New York mid-month. The company seems pretty focused on how VR could be used for business purposes, as opposed …
Distribution For Digital Signage Explained January 3, 2017 by Geoff Bessin Guest Post: Joel Dart, Ingram Micro When I go to industry events and meet people just coming into the digital signage industry, the conversation invariably comes around to who I work for and what we do. When I say Distribution, I’ll often get a somewhat blank stare. It’s a key part of the Canadian and …
ISE Is Five Weeks Out; 65K+ Expected For Massive Systems Integrator Show January 2, 2017 by Super User Integrated Systems Europe is now five weeks out and it is time to start looking over plans for the big trade show in Amsterdam, primarily what companies are there that aren’t normally seen closer to home in North America. There are 445 companies listed in the digital signage category for the show, and of course …
Startup Wants To Make Digital Signage Integral To Marathons, 10Ks December 29, 2016 by Super User A Naperville, IL start-up called Smart Digital Screen has launched a service that touts the use of digital signage and complementary technologies to make marathons, 10Ks and other mass sporting events better and safer. The idea for Real Smart DS came from the experience at the Boston Marathon in 2013 – where two bombs were detonated …
