DSE 2017 Booth Previews: Novisign March 21, 2017 by Super User DSE BOOTH PREVIEWS NoviSign DSE Booth Number – S-2 Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? NoviSign is providing the best value for money Digital Signage Software, combining powerful CMS, rich functionality, wide range of hardware and OS platform support and attractive pricing both for …
Coca-Cola Rolling Out Digital Display Networks All Running Off Google ChromeOS And Cloud Tools March 16, 2017 by Super User I have a clear memory from two years ago of walking over to see the Google booth at Digital Signage Expo, and seeing three very smart, senior industry guys standing there taking it in from one corner – two of them looking somewhere between amused and disdainful. The third guy, who I chatted with after …
Projects: Disney Resort Starts Deploying ChromeOs-Driven Digital Signage Network February 15, 2017 by Super User Deployments with 14 players – not 100s or 1,000s – don’t tend to get a lot of attention here, but it’s a bit different when the brands involved include Mickey Mouse and Google. The Walt Disney Swan and Dolphin Resort in the Orlando area has installed a communications network with two distinct tracks – one talking to …
AOPEN Now has Sub-$200 Commercial Grade Chromebox; $350 Chromebase Tablet January 17, 2017 by Super User Taiwan-based AOPEN started showing off a pair of new commercial-grade Chrome devices yesterday at the NRF show – a smaller, much cheaper solid state Chromebox and a tablet-sized Chromebase. The latter, the Chromebase Mini, is a 10.1 inch all-in-one touchscreen that would compete with commercial-grade tablets and small system on chip displays. You could imagine it being used …
Projects: UK Butcher Orders Up Menu Boards November 30, 2016 by Super User Digital menu boards are now very common in the quick service restaurant sector, but far less so at the many other kinds of order counters out there – like at butcher shops. Tariq Halal Meats is one of the larger Halal meat specialists in the UK and Europe, and has started converting its signs behind the counter …
Toyota Rolling Out ChromeOS-Based Signage Network Across 3,000+ European Dealers November 30, 2016 by Super User Hat Tip to @digitaloohnews for spotting this … Toyota’s European auto division has rolled out a ChromeOS-based digital signage solution to some 3,000 of its showrooms, and the company says it plans to have as many as 10,000 screens running off Chromeboxes, across 3,600 dealers. Google’s blog references a program built around Asus Chromeboxes and …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Chris Lydle, Google October 19, 2016 by Super User This week I am speaking with Chris Lydle, who is the global lead for digital signage and kiosk activity at Google. We had a lengthy, very open chat about the what the technology giant is doing in the relatively small and narrowly defined digital signage market, how its technology fits in, and where things are going. He …
Chromebit Update: Eight Months In, Still Ticking Along Happily August 26, 2016 by Super User I don’t have the technical background to say this is indicative of anything, but my test so far of the little Asus Chromebit as a simple signage player has been positive. The little $85 Google-approved HDMI stick I bought has been running on a spare screen at World Headquarters/spare bedroom for eight months, and it just …
Google’s Android And Chrome Grow Tighter, But Not Enough To Cross Over In Digital Signage May 19, 2016 by Super User Google announced at its annual I/O conference today that Android mobile apps from its Google Play app store will now run on ChromeOS devices like Chromebook laptops. Google is making the Play store, and the gazillion Android apps you can get on it, work on the Chrome operating system, which is also developed and supported …
embedsignage Latest To Add ChromeOS Digital Signage Support April 18, 2016 by Super User The UK cloud-based signage software firm embedsignage is the latest company to add support for ChromeOS devices. The player, available off Google’s Chrome store, will run on Chromeboxes or the more recently introduced Chromebits. Like several companies out there, embedsignage has a web-centric platform that drops pretty readily on to numerous operating systems (whereas the first …
