AOPEN Now Shipping 3rd-Gen Commercial Chromeboxes October 13, 2023 by Super User Taiwan-based tech manufacturer AOPEN has released a third-generation of its Chromebox Commercial series, aimed at use-cases like retail, QSR, manufacturing, healthcare and hospitality. The new Chromebox Commercial 3 is touted as reliability, performance and versatility, with key features as: Ruggedized: Made from aluminum and SECC metal, and billed as having “near-zero fail rates” Fanless Seamless …
ISE Sixteen:Nine Mixer Sponsor Profiles: StratosMedia January 17, 2023 by Super User Integrated Systems Europe is fully back after COVID-era disruptions, and Sixteen:Nine is doing a Barcelona version of the networking mixer it has been doing annually at DSE in Las Vegas for the past decade or so. The event happens because of eight great sponsors who help cover the considerable costs. I like to thank and …
Appspace Deepens Google Ties With Chrome Enterprise Integration October 4, 2022 by Super User The workplace-focused software firm Appspace has a long history of developing tight ties with tech giants, going back to the years when it was largely joined at the sales hip with Cisco. More recently, the company has been working with Google, and those ties are now more formalized through what’s termed as Appspace for Google. …
Lenovo Debuts Micro Form-Factor Chromebox Enterprise Aimed At Use-Cases Like Digital Signage September 1, 2022 by Super User PC maker Lenovo has introduced a variant of its ThinkCenter line of computers geared to ChromeOS applications, including digital signage. The ThinkCenter M60q Chromebox Enterprise is a micro form-factor desktop intentionally small enough to tuck in and mount out of the way, like behind flat panel displays or inside enclosures. The pitch with Chrome devices …
Google Formally Enters Digital OOH; Adds Public Screens To Avails On Display & Video 360 August 30, 2022 by Super User Tech giant Google is finally, formally, plugged into digital OOH advertising – a logical expansion of options built off many years of enabling and servicing online ads that started as text but then moved to graphics and video. Google has announced companies already using its Display & Video 360 tools can now also access media …
Google’s Product Lead On ChromeOS To Do DSE Keynote In November July 19, 2022 by Super User Google’s lead on the ChromeOS file for digital signage and kiosks, among a pile of use-cases, has been announced as a keynote speaker for the Digital Signage Experience (DSE) trade show and conference set for mid-November in Las Vegas. Naveen Viswanatha, head of product management for ChromeOS, will do a talk Nov. 19 titled: Redefine …
Google Formally Launches ChromeOS Flex; Says Almost 300 Devices Certified July 15, 2022 by Super User Google has now formally launched ChromeOS Flex, positioning the cloud-centric operating system as a way to extend the life of existing PCs and Macs and also reduce energy consumption. The tech giant says almost 300 devices have been certified to work on ChromeOS, with more on the way. In the context of digital signage and …
AOPEN’s New Ace Series Pushes New Chrome OS Flex Capabilities June 23, 2022 by Super User One of the interesting outcomes of Google’s Chrome OS Flex software is that companies like AOPEN, which has long been selling Chrome OS-based media players intended for digital signage, can now market new boxes that are not necessarily pinned to a specific operating system. The Taiwan manufacturer, part of the Acer Group, has started touting …
Why Chrome OS Changes The Dynamic For Digital Experiences June 11, 2022 by Peter Critchley GUEST POST: PETER CRITCHLEY, TRISON We’ve been in the business of delivering digital experiences for almost 25 years, and in that time the industry has changed dramatically. When we started out in 1998, the PC was just about capable of driving moderately complex ‘multimedia’ computer TV channels, and ‘large format display’ meant a bulky and …
They’re Ba-a-a-ck!: Google Formally Re-Enters The Digital Signage Ecosystem June 9, 2022 by Super User Technology giant Google is formally finding its way back into the digital signage and kiosk business, though the company never really left. There are many networks and many 1,000s of Chrome OS devices being used for digital signage and kiosks around the world. However, the company came into the signage market with a big splash …
