7 Big Benefits Of Digital Signage In Healthcare April 27, 2016 by Cornelia Henkel Guest Post: Till Carlos, OnSignTV The quality and flow of information in a hospital setting is important for patients and the people working in those busy environments. Let’s look at some of the key benefits digital signage brings to manage patient and hospital communications. 1. Employee coordination and communication In a world where time often speeds …
Screenfeed’s Gavin Mourns Loss Of Friend And Mentor Prince April 21, 2016 by Dave Haynes The sudden passing today of rock and pop icon Prince is particularly upsetting to Screenfeed founder Jeremy Gavin. While there will be countless people in this industry who were big fans, and will mourn Prince’s unexpected death, Gavin was a friend and Prince a mentor to him. Gavin was the art director at Prince’s Paisley Park …
6 Strategies to Keep Brand Consistency With Your Digital Signage Work April 18, 2016 by Sean Levy Guest Post: Irfan Khan, Skykit Brands, as most of us already understand, reach far beyond the company’s logo. While the logo might be the entry point, the most successful brands promote a narrative. Everything from the look to the core values to the marketing efforts work together to make a coherent whole. Eateries like Taco …
Are Your 4K Players Really True 4K? April 7, 2016 by Jami McGraw Guest Post: John C. Wang, IAdea At every recent digital signage trade show, 4K or UHD (ultra-high resolution) has been a heavily promoted feature for next-gen displays. Research firm IHS recorded 95% year-over-year growth in 4K screen shipment in 2015. This may be the result of a strong push from display makers to generate market demand for showing …
Forget The Rules, Subway Going Ahead With Calorie Counts On Menuboards April 5, 2016 by Dave Haynes It’s starting to look like the whole thing about the QSR business going to digital menu boards, because of FDA regulations, is going away. The QSR industry isn’t waiting on rules requiring that its menu-boards show calorie counts. Major operators are just going ahead and doing it. Why that matters is the digital signage business has …
TransitScreen Raises $800K To Chase Real Estate Tech, Smart Cities Business April 5, 2016 by Dave Haynes Washington, DC-based startup TransitScreen – which mashes up open source data like transit and traffic conditions as feeds and finished screens – has completed an $800,000 seed capital raise. The money will be used, says the company, to expand sales and product growth in the real estate tech and smart cities verticals. The investors include DC-based …
Check Out These Cool Data Visualizations From Mike Pell April 1, 2016 by Dave Haynes Mike Pell of Microsoft was one of the speakers last fall at the DSrupted conference. I was really happy he agreed to speak because he had a lot to say about visualized data needing to be insightful first, and then, possibly, pretty. He’s released a set of visualizations he calls “Datascrapers” that has been inspired by …
DSF Mixer Set For April 6th At Charlotte-area Bass Pro March 30, 2016 by Dave Haynes I’d got to this just for the food, and craft beer, but it’s a bit of a drive (like 14 hours) … plus I couldn’t drive home after the craft beer. Oh well. The Digital Signage Federation is running a mixer April 6th at the Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World store in Concord, NC, which …
US FDA Again Delays Calorie Count Rules For Restaurant Menu Boards March 30, 2016 by Dave Haynes The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has again delayed enforcement of menu labeling rules, pushing the need for restaurant chains to show calorie counts on menus and menu displays into 2017. Associated Press reports that the final rules released in 2014 were first stipulating that restaurants and other establishments that sell prepared foods and have 20 …
Projects: Queensland Private School Lights Up Its Wonder Room March 29, 2016 by Dave Haynes A private co-ed school in the Brisbane/Gold Coast part of Australia has turned on what it calls the Wonder Room – a specially-kitted classroom that features a five-panel multi-touch video used by both students and teachers. Put together by the Australian firm Prendi, the Wonder Room at All Saints Anglican School has a seamless Multitaction video wall that …
