Seneca To Debut Purpose-Built HD Digital Signage Stick In April March 8, 2016 by Super User HDMI media sticks have been around for a few years now – ranging from dodgy stuff that comes over by sea from Shenzhen to more credible offers like the Dell Cloud Connect stick (ARM/Android) and the Asus Chromebit (ARM/ChromeOS). Intel has been touting a Compute Stick that runs a PC x86 processor, but the reviews …
FASTSIGNS Partners With Google To Market ChromeOS Digital Signage Solutions March 8, 2016 by Super User The print shop franchisor FASTSIGNS International has done a deal with tech giant Google, becoming a Google for Work Partner with a view to marketing ChromeOS-based digital signage solutions via its 900 or so FASTSIGNS centers. “Thousands of companies worldwide already rely on FASTSIGNS to provide digital signage and visual communications solutions for their businesses,” says Catherine …
Deeper Technical Dive Into Chromebits For Digital Signage February 29, 2016 by Gord Phillips Guest Post: Tony Downey, Clickspace TV I was just about ready to deploy a Chromebit “in the wild” when I read ‘My Chromebit Digital Signage Experience on this blog. Dave went through the ins and outs of an above-average consumer getting digital signage running on a single Chromebit and the trials involved. His conclusion: My executive summary: …
My Chromebit Digital Signage Experience February 23, 2016 by Super User When the little Asus Chromebit HDMI stick was finally released last fall, I was anxious to get my hands on one to see what an $85 USD device could offer as an entry-level digital signage player. I also wanted to see what Google’s Chrome Device Management Console was all about, particularly after a stripped-back version …
Scala Now Really Up And Running On ChromeOS January 15, 2016 by Super User Scala has formally joined the list of companies developing solutions that run on Google ChromeOS devices, releasing a version of the Scala Enterprise Player that will work on a Chromebox, and in theory at least, on Chromebits and Chromebase all-in-ones. Scala was at the Google booth at DSE 2015 indicating it was doing ChromeOS, but …
Acer Unveils 24-inch Chromebase With 10-Point Touch January 4, 2016 by Super User Acer has added a 24-inch version of its Chromebase all-in-one desktop ChromeOS boxes, with a 10-point multi-touch option that would make it suitable as a retail or public spaces touchscreen or kiosk. Acer released a 21.5-inch version last year. The Acer Chromebase 24 (CA24I) has the largest screen of all Chrome OS devices on the market …
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 …
My Chromebit Is Truly In Hand December 11, 2015 by Super User When Asus finally put Chromebits on the marketplace last month, I decided to order one online. No could do. At least not in Canada. I tried a week later and no luck. No one had them, though there was a place in the US that had them on back-order and they maybe, just maybe, shipped …
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 …
Google Says ChromeOS Here To Stay; Chromebit Called Signage In A Stick November 2, 2015 by Super User The guy who runs Google’s ChromeOS AND Android programs has followed up on a tweet last week and in more detail reiterated that despite the buzz in tech blogs, ChromeOS and therefore Chrome devices are not getting killed off. Hiroshi Lockheimer, Google’s SVP Android, Chrome OS and Chromecast, writes on the Google for Work blog: Over …
