Is Google’s New Android Management API A Big Deal For Digital Signage? October 23, 2017 by Super User Google recently announced an Android Management API, designed for developers who want to integrate Android device and app management capabilities into their customer solutions, like digital signage. The API currently supports Android devices that are designed to perform a specific purpose use case, like playing out media. I’ve written a lot about Android, and one …
NYC Digital Signage Startup Digital Social Retail Plans IPO October 20, 2017 by Super User You don’t see a lot of IPOs being floated out there by digital signage companies, but that’s what NYC-based Digital Social Retail is taking the necessary steps with the SEC to do. The three-year-old company put out a press release saying it has been qualified by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) pursuant to the Regulation …
STRATACACHE Launches Latin-American Business Unit In Mexico City October 14, 2017 by Super User STRATACACHE has opened up a new business unit, based in Mexico City, that’s focused on servicing the Latin American (LATAM) and Caribbean markets. STRATA LATAM is more than just a remote sales office – with the unit having its own GM and VP Business Development for the region. Says a press release: Principal segments of focus – under …
L Squared Wins Deal To Take Over, Expand Canada Post Retail Digital Signage Network October 11, 2017 by Super User Toronto-area solutions provider L Squared Digital Signage appears to have the OK now to talk about a deal to supply a digital signage program for Canada Post Corporation. The contract was awarded earlier this year and has since deployed to more than 400 retail locations across Canada, including new Canada Post concept stores. L Squared’s runs its …
Projects: IKEA’s New Sheffield Store Includes Tidy Digital Menu And Promo System October 10, 2017 by Super User This is the tidy set of menu displays IKEA has at its food service counter in the newly opened store in Sheffield, UK. The displays were put in by Beaver Group and run that solutions provider’s “signage.ninja” software, which I THINK is a front-end gateway with Scala under the hood. Continuing the nationwide rollout with …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Neil Farr, Acquire Digital October 4, 2017 by Super User Being a best-kept secret in an industry can be deadly for a company, but it’s worked out OK for Neil Farr and his Leicester, England company Working Solutions, which trades under the brand Acquire Digital. For 20 years, the company has been developing a meaty, diverse software platform that will do all the core aspects …
FanConnect Puts Signage In Clubhouse And Stadium Suites October 3, 2017 by Super User As expected, the Mets are not the only pro sports team using digital signage behind the scenes at venues – with word from Charlotte, NC-based 10 Foot Wave sending me a note about work it does for MLB’s San Diego Padres. FanConnect, the sports and entertainment side of the business, powers clubhouse signage at the Padres, and also …
Separating AI and ML From The Marketing BS Trickling Into DS October 2, 2017 by Super User It’s no surprise that digital signage solutions companies are starting to weave artificial intelligence into marketing descriptions of what they do and offer. But there is a giant distinction between companies that are developing and delivering AI capabilities, and those that are just using AI-based tools. There’s also a big distinction between content management and …
MLB’s Mets Keep Players Informed With Clubhouse Digital Signage October 2, 2017 by Super User Business communications is a very active vertical for digital signage, but I don’t think I’ve run into another project like the workplace communications being used at Citi Field for baseball’s New York Mets. Like most pro sports venues there are screens in the concessions areas and elsewhere, but what’s different here are screens in the …
16:9 Projects Podcast: Digital Signage Across A Northern City September 29, 2017 by Danica Trapara This isn’t a project that’s large in terms of pixels or screen counts; its impact is in its scale. The Canadian city of Sudbury is about a four-hour drive north of Toronto. With a population a little less than Jackson, Mississippi, it is the 7th largest municipality by area in Canada. Capital Networks has been …
