NYC Startup Roadify Makes Subscription Mass Transit Data Available For Digital Signage Networks April 19, 2017 by Super User It appears the TransitScreen guys have some indirect competition – in the form of a NYC startup Roadify Transit – when it comes to providing local mass transport data to screen networks. Roadify aggregates transit data from more than 400 agencies, bike share programs, and car ride services in the U.S., Canada, Western Europe, and Australia …
Data Integration Is What It’s All About These Days April 18, 2017 by DanielWaldron Guest Post: Loren Bucklin, ConnectedSign Data integration is really what sophisticated digital signage is all about these days – using real-time information to generate relevant, easily consumed visuals for screens. Done well for businesses, it can do things like help staff to keep the mission, vision and values of their company top of mind. For …
Uber Open Sources Its Data Visualization Framework April 7, 2017 by Super User Via TechCrunch If your company is looking into data visualization, and has developers eager to have a run at it, here’s a pretty sophisticated open source development framework that Uber – yeah, that Uber – has made available. The data visualization framework used internally by the ride-share company to do things like visualize customer experiences was made …
Projects: Going From Chalkboards To Digital Saves Bar 180-Plus Labor Hours A Year April 7, 2017 by Super User A little bar and restaurant down the highway from me in Stratford, Ontario has worked out that putting in digital signage displays has saved them 182 hours in labor costs annually. Until a big reno in 2013, Bentley’s Bar, Inn & Restaurant did their daily menu specials, beer boards and martini boards all by hand …
16:9 Projects Podcast: 2 Queen East, Toronto April 7, 2017 by Super User If you like ambient content that is generated by data, then the lobby of 2 Queen St. East in Toronto is your kind of place. The original 1910 bank branch facade is backed with the conveniences of a modern office and unique lobby content that builds on the notion of past and present. Forge Media …
Projects: Swedish Payments Company Visualizes Business In Real Time April 6, 2017 by Super User I’m not seeing as much data visualization as I might have expected by now on large video walls – given how great dataviz creative can solve the dual problems of keeping content fresh while also controlling content budgets. But here’s a great example of dataviz in action in the lobby of Stockholm-based online payment company …
Projects: Louisiana Wellness Center Spans 12K Video Across Three Walls April 5, 2017 by Super User The new Education Center at the Wellness Center of Thibodaux Regional, in Thibodaux, Louisiana, greets visitors with a 17-minute video that showcases the native beauty of Louisiana across three 4K video walls. The multi-screen video experience developed by VisionQuest Design & Production of Atlanta features nature scenes, landmarks, plantations, and the Bayou, among other local …
BeeBoard Introduces Publisher And Viewer For “Social” Digital Signage April 4, 2017 by Super User A Boston start-up has quietly launched BeeBoard, what it describes as a social digital signage application that makes iOS tablets into a contemporary version of corkboards in homes and offices. The BeeBoard Publisher (iPhone) and BeeBoard Viewer (iPad) are free from the Apple app store. BeeBoard is aimed at both the residential and commercial markets. …
Here Are The DSE 2017 APEX Award Winners April 3, 2017 by Super User Here are the winners of the APEX Awards for digital signage content and projects, announced last week at DSE. Razorfish and Dreambox Visual Communications took home the top honors of the night, winning the APEX Installation of the Year and APEX Content of the Year awards, respectively. The two overall winners were selected from the nine …
Did You Know Adobe Has A Digital Signage Product? Me Neither. March 27, 2017 by Super User Did you know Adobe has a digital signage product? Me neither. But it does. Called Screens. And it has been around as a component of Adobe Experience Manager for the last couple of years. I mention this because, as ex-Scala CEO Tom Nix noted in a tweet last week, news about Coca-Cola rolling out a …
