10K+ Smart Digital Signage Screens Installed Across 50+ Topgolf Venues November 20, 2019 by Dave Haynes Digital signage projects have grown a LOT in scale in recent years, but the numbers of projects that involve 10,000-plus screens are still pretty limited. So it’s interesting to see news that Topgolf Entertainment Group has kitted out each of more than 50 venues with 200 or more displays. Topgolf, if you are not familiar, is …
The Mapist Debuts As New Interactive Wayfinding Option November 18, 2019 by Dave Haynes Another wayfinding/mapping option has emerged in the marketplace – this one a collaboration between software developers in Spain and Pakistan. I had a note from Nabeel Salem, a Pakistani developer who has been doing software and game development for the last 10 years. Earlier in the year, a developer gig came up for building an …
More Trouble With Timmie’s Menu Boards November 13, 2019 by Dave Haynes A reader sent along this photo shot this morning while on the way to work in the pedestrian walkway system that runs below street level in Toronto’s business district. The Tim Hortons screens at 55 University aren’t dead, though one is in a bad way. The software appears hung up, so instead of mission-critical menus, …
Five Ways Digital Signage Elevates Employee Experience November 13, 2019 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Curtis Campbell, HughesON As margins in retail continue to be a challenge, and retailers also wrestle with the pressure from Amazon and other eCommerce competitors, as well as the Buy Online, Pickup In Store movement, traditional retailers are looking to focus on the shopper/customer experience to deliver additional value to draw customers into …
McDonald’s To Have AI-Driven Drive-Thrus In Almost All Stores Before Year’s End November 8, 2019 by Dave Haynes There’s an interesting piece up in the New York Times about how McDonald’s is investing heavily in technology to adopt to a fast-changing consumer and competitive landscape. The story goes into how the 2nd biggest fast food company in the world – Subway is #1 – has acquired AI companies this year and set up …
Broadsign Adds Clear Channel’s Digital Inventory To Its Reach OOH Platform November 5, 2019 by Dave Haynes DOOH-focused software firm Broadsign has done a nice partnership deal that has Clear Channel Outdoor making its USA digital OOH inventory available via the Montreal company’s programmatic supply-side platform Reach. The integration means Reach’s inventory now exceeds 35,000 screens across the U.S. Clear Channel’s installed base includes 1,600 digital bulletins, posters, spectaculars and transit shelters …
Giant Information Towers Target Trade Show Attendees In Dortmund November 5, 2019 by Dave Haynes Navigation help and current information are very important in big footprint facilities like convention centers and exhibition halls, so it’s interesting to see the solution that went in this fall at the Messe Dortmund in Germany. Working with the German digital signage software and solutions company dimedis, the Messe put in 18 multi-function information columns – …
Sharp’s UK Wing Bucks SoC Trend; Reselling BitVu’s CMS And Teeny Standalone Player October 28, 2019 by Dave Haynes In the last two or three years there has been a pretty big shift by the main display manufacturers to bring CMS software companies on to their “smart” signage screens, so it’s interesting to see Sharp’s UK Business wing announcing it is partnering to re-sell a platform that has a separate, proprietary standalone player. Sharp …
The Evolution Of Human-Computer Interaction And Digital Signage October 25, 2019 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Derek DeWitt, Visix If you want to use a computer or other digital device, you have to interact with it in some way. There’s a whole discipline devoted to this, called Human-Computer Interaction, or HCI (though sometimes it’s called CHI, putting the computer first). HCI is really the place where communication between person …
The Self-Described #1 Company In Digital Signage Uses HDMI TV Sticks October 24, 2019 by Dave Haynes It’s a bit mind-wobbling to still see start-ups and early stage companies entering the hyper-crowded digital signage CMS software market, even more so when the company gets a healthy $7 million investment from a group of venture capitalists. Raydiant is a two-year-old cloud-based signage CMS that was at first marketed as Mira Technologies. Based in …
