Digital Signage Helps Spanish Ham Chain Convince Travelers That Vending Machine Sandwiches Can Be Edible And Tasty October 3, 2023 by Dave Haynes Buying sandwiches out of a vending machine normally reads like an act of starving, eat-something-or-die desperation, but a new digital signage-backed vending set-up at Barcelona’s main airport actually looks tempting. Enrique Tomás, the world’s largest ham chain, has launched a set of 30 GO!urmet vending machines at strategic points throughout the airport, offering a range …
Raspberry Pi Launches Fifth Generation; Touted As 2X+ Faster Than Pi 4 October 2, 2023 by Dave Haynes The organization behind the long-running series of Raspberry Pi series of micro PCs announced the launch late last week of the fifth generation of the units – with upgrades on just about everything. It is the first major release since the Pi 4 came out four years ago. The headlines are that it is more …
Spokane’s New Rapid Transit Line Relays Real-Time GPS Location/Stops To Riders September 5, 2023 by Dave Haynes The kind of live positioning visuals motorists routinely use for getting around are being applied to transit rider information screens in Spokane, WA, using technology from Nebraska-based Nanonation. The Spokane Transit Authority has launched a real-time on-bus display system on its rapid transit fleet that relays accurate location information to paying riders. Unlike most transit …
Mvix Launches Dynamic Menu Board Update Solution, Tied to Dozen-Plus POS Platforms September 1, 2023 by Dave Haynes The DC-area digital signage solutions provider Mvix has launched a Menu Maker module for its software that automates menu board updating by integrating with data from more than a dozen restaurant and retail point of sale systems. Says Mvix in PR: Realizing the needs of clients who need live updates of their menus throughout the …
Screenly Launches Headless-Serverless Edge Apps Solution Tuned To 3rd-Party Software Developer Needs August 31, 2023 by Dave Haynes London-based CMS software firm Screenly has launched a variation on its platform called Edge Apps, expanding on the idea of headless CMS solutions that use the bones of a platform but leave the presentation and transactional layer to the customer’s software team. CEO Viktor Petersson walked me through what he was planning when when we …
CMS Software Firm Rise Vision Adds Managed Media Player Hardware Subscription To Offer August 29, 2023 by Dave Haynes The CMS software firm Rise Vision has gone into the hardware business, introducing a bundled subscription offer aimed mainly at the education sector that includes a fully managed media player. “Rise Vision manages the media player software, provides technical support, sends out advanced replacements if an issue can’t be fixed over the phone, and upgrades …
Digital Signage Companies Aren’t The Only Ones Chasing Health Care Communications Business August 22, 2023 by Dave Haynes Here’s another example of a company that works outside the digital signage business finding its way into the industry to address evolving customer needs – a firm that started out putting TVs in hospital rooms now doing what it calls interactive patient care. The Long Island, NY firm pCare has a platform that includes screens …
LG Has Its Smart Display “Smarts” In A Standalone Box That Can Now Drive Other Manufacturers’ Smart Screens August 21, 2023 by Dave Haynes LG has taken the interesting step of marketing a standalone media play-out device that runs the same webOS operating system as its lines of System on Chip embedded smart displays. The LG WP402 media player would work like an LG smart display, but allows the solutions provider and end-user to plug this in to an …
Sony Keeps Growing Out Digital Signage CMS Software Partner Ecosystem, Adding 22Miles August 18, 2023 by Dave Haynes It’s been interesting to watch the differing directions the big pro display manufacturers are taking when it comes to their smart display products and digital signage CMS software. On the one hand, the biggest one – Samsung – has pretty much abandoned traditional software partnerships, and developed its own VXT CMS it is encouraging software …
London Movie Multiplex Uses Curved LED Ribbon For Huge Dynamic Menu Display August 18, 2023 by Dave Haynes The scale of multi-screen cinema lobbies and limited concession options make it possible to play with the shape, dimensions and creative for menu displays – like at this moviehouse at the big Bluewater shopping centre on the eastern outskirts of metro London. The Showcase Bluewater cinema now has a 12-metre wide LED ribbon display installed …
