Philips Smart Android Displays Touted As PeopleCount Solutions For “New Norms” May 7, 2020 by Dave Haynes Philips has started marketing its Android-equipped smart displays as the hub for access controls at retail and other types of venues that need to “gate” foot traffic because of COVID-19. Philips Professional Display Solutions, the company says in new PR, has worked with partners globally to create a solution that helps retailers follow government guidelines …
Tripleplay Does Free IPTV Upgrade For UK Hotel Housing NHS Medical Workers May 6, 2020 by Dave Haynes UK CMS and solutions company Tripleplay specializes in signage and guest room TV solutions for the hospitality sector – primarily hotels but also sports and entertainment venues. So the company saw a nice opportunity to help out by upgrading a hotel, located next to one of the most famous sports pitches on the planet, …
New Digital Signage Power Hour Set For May 19th; Focus On Access Controls For New Consumer Norms May 4, 2020 by Dave Haynes The lineup is now set for the second Digital Signage Power Hour webinar, slated for May 19th. Following up on a well-received, fun event that explored the arguments around touchscreens in the age of COVID-19, this one will also be timely – discussing the seeming explosion in display products designed to manage access into retail. …
Intuiface Gets ISO Audit To Confirm Customer Data Is Locked-Down Secure April 30, 2020 by Dave Haynes The French interactive software firm Intuiface now has a shiny new certificate on its office walls saying it is ISO certified. This at first glance gets about a 2 rating on an Exciting News-O-Meter, but it is interesting because the rationale of going through a lengthy, expensive and documentation-laden audit exercise ties to locking down …
Beabloo Launches Interaction Care Solution Designed To Address New Retail Norms April 30, 2020 by Dave Haynes Numerous companies have been announcing new products – like access control and thermal sensing displays – to help run businesses in the midst of COVID-19, but Barcelona-based retail tech firm Beabloo has gone several steps further by launching a full solution designed to address a variety of needs for what may be a new norm …
Cenareo Develops Free Chrome Extensions That Launch Health Safety Messaging In New Tabs April 30, 2020 by Dave Haynes The French CMS software firm Cenareo (formerly known as CityMeo) has developed a free Chrome browser extension designed to push educational reminders about Covid-19 issues. The idea is that when a user opens a new tab in the heavily-used browser, it starts with a splash page with up-to-date health information. The content includes: …
How A Worldwide Pandemic Re-Shapes Digital Signage Trends April 29, 2020 by Dave Haynes Guest Post: Aferdita Qesku, Signagelive As 2019 closed, I wrote a post that was a forecast of Top 3 2020 digital signage trends, for Invidis Consulting. Little did I (or any of us, really) know how things would go on to be impacted so widely for the remainder of this year. On face value, surely …
Montreal’s Vif Communication Building Own Digital Signage Screen And Sanitizer Combo April 28, 2020 by Dave Haynes In the last few weeks, I have noticed several companies in a variety of countries – from Israel to here in Canada – reading the marketplace and starting to market screens that are paired with a hand sanitizer dispenser. I don’t know if it is one or several manufacturers, but the design seems to have …
UK’s NowSignage Releases New Tools For Retail’s New COVID-19 Norms April 27, 2020 by Dave Haynes It’s only logical when reality drops a bucket of lemons on your business, you make lemonade. I’m starting to see numerous digital signage solutions and software companies coming up with products, features and functionality tied to the new norms of public activity. We’ve seen dispensers, line management and thermal sensors to read temperatures. UK-based NowSignage has …
Keeping Hospitals Organized With The Help Of Digital Signage Technology April 27, 2020 by Dave Haynes Guest Post: Baran Türko?lu, Admuuv Hospitals are complicated structures consisting of multi-area departments. It is important to keep areas such as examination rooms, doctors’ floors, operating theaters and 24/7 emergency rooms all organized, and digital signage is a key to that effort. It is essential to observe efficiency in all areas from the corridors of …
