Yodeck Now Supporting NEC’s Raspberry Pi-based Smart Displays September 1, 2020 by Dave Haynes It has been a few years since NEC Display bucked the big trend toward hard-wired System on Chip displays by instead focusing on smart displays that could be upgraded just by opening a trap door and swapping out the smarts. There has not been a mad rush to go down NEC’s path, as the platform …
Hypersign Adapts Remote Learning Platform To Enable Virtual Sports Fans August 25, 2020 by Dave Haynes The South Carolina CMS software firm Hypersign has adapted an element of its platform, designed for distance learning, to also be used for enabling virtual fan walls at live sports events. Called The Arena, the software enables the sort of virtual fan displays that have started to pop up at NBA and professional football (soccer) …
LAX Launches ReadySeeGo Digital Wayfinding Totems; Informing, Guiding Air Travelers August 24, 2020 by Dave Haynes One of a few positives of the pandemic is that facilities like airports can do capital projects and add technologies with minimal disruption , with passenger traffic down hugely and line-ups short or gone. LAX is among the airports adding new digital capabilities. This is a nice use of a display totem (guessing those LG …
SignageOS Launches Survey On State Of Device Management In Digital Signage August 19, 2020 by Dave Haynes Remote hardware management – the software tools that monitor and manage digital signage networks and ideally maximize their uptime – are pretty much critical components for experienced operators. Without good device management tools, whoever operates a network is flying somewhat blind – not knowing what’s up with the state of their network, and relying on …
Four Winds Acquires UK-based Workplace Comms Software Firm SmartSpace August 13, 2020 by Dave Haynes Denver-based Four Winds Interactive has acquired SmartSpace Global, a UK company focused on workplace communications software. Four Winds, which does content management software and solutions, has long made workplace a key vertical, and this gives them already developed and deployed capabilities around things like desk hoteling, meeting room management and workspace analytics – and does …
Reflect, BrightSign, NEC Partner On “Retail Resurgence” Tech, Financing Bundles August 11, 2020 by Dave Haynes Reflect Systems, BrightSign, NEC Display Solutions and NEC Financial Services have partnered up on what they’re collectively calling a Retail Resurgence Program that bundles a set of solution-specific digital signage tech packages with easy, built-in financing options. The solutions are generally familiar – like kiosks with hand sanitizer dispensers – but the wrinkle on the …
New WarnerMedia HQ In NYC Digitally Brands 27 Floors Of Workplace August 5, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is a very impressive set of branded experiences that have been lit up in the new corporate head offices for WarnerMedia. The media company took on 27 floors of space at 30 Hudson Yards in New York, a relatively new development area on the west side of midtown Manhattan. The offices bring together numerous …
Wallboard Gets Digital Signage Running On HP Printer Station Screens July 31, 2020 by Dave Haynes I walked away from my demo with Wallboard back in February, at ISE, thinking these guys had a strong mad scientists streak – and an integration with HP’s printing division kinda bears that out. The Hungarian CMS software company, which also has a big office in Dallas, showed me in Amsterdam a series of integrations …
SignageOS Gets $2M Growth Infusion From Czech VC July 27, 2020 by Dave Haynes These are rough times, but it may be encouraging to read that there is indeed some investor money out there for companies in the digital signage ecosystem. The Prague start-up signageOS has announced a $2 million cash injection from a Czech venture capital firm, to grow the company’s self-described Digital Signage Unification Platform. “As …
MicroLED Display Tech Focus Of That Oregon Chipmaker Factory Bought In March By STRATACACHE July 23, 2020 by Dave Haynes Chris Riegel has started talking about his plans for the big abandoned factory he bought in Oregon back in March. The CEO and sole owner of STRATACACHE told the Oregonian the 1.2-million-square-foot facility in Eugene will be focused on developing and manufacturing microLED displays – large-scale video wall tech that would compete with manufacturers like …
