Timing Is Everything: Digital Signage Paired With Hand Sanitizer No Longer Novelty Product March 23, 2020 by Dave Haynes Timing is sometimes everything when it comes to marketing a product, and it can take a compelling event to shift a product from being regarded as “interesting” to one that is right for the moment. In my dark period when I did business development for a software company, more than a decade ago, I had …
Samsung Starts Marketing All-In-One Digital Signage Bundle Aimed At SMB Market March 19, 2020 by Dave Haynes Samsung has started marketing what it calls its Business TV, or Pro TV. It’s a “prosumer” display – a TV with some commercial display features – bundled with a light CMS application that small business operators can control and manage off a smartphone. The series features 4K HDR displays rated for 16/7 use, with the …
Stef Thorarinson Of Pristine-Screen On Using Touchscreens In The Age Of COVID-19 March 18, 2020 by Dave Haynes At the best of times, using an interactive screen can be a slightly dodgy experience because of the presence of dirt, grime, bacterial build-up and other stuff you really don’t even want to think about. But in this new age we’re living in – hopefully temporary, but who knows – touching an interactive surface that’s …
Video: The Rationale And Benefits Of Digital Signage In Cannabis Retailing March 17, 2020 by Dave Haynes Few retail verticals need digital signage the way cannabis retailing needs it. You have a wide range of products emerging from a black market into licensed main street, mainstream retailing and a whole bunch of new customers whose collective understanding doesn’t extend much beyond knowing they won’t get arrested for buying it. As a boomer, …
LCD Manufacturing Getting Back To Normal In China; But Demand May Not Be There March 17, 2020 by Dave Haynes Here is some mildly encouraging news – while North America and Europe are turning into big quarantine zones, China is coming out of that phase and technology manufacturing is getting back to normal. Taiwan-based Digitimes reports: Capacity utilization rates at most LCD fabs in China, excluding those in Hubei province – the epicenter of the …
Global Shipments Of Narrow-Bezel LCDs Growing Despite Rise Of LED Video Wall Alternatives March 17, 2020 by Dave Haynes UK-based research firm Informa is suggesting narrow-bezel LCD video wall displays are still relevant and attractive despite many to most display manufacturers starting to heavily promote direct view LED as a new alternative. Based on the latest release of our Public Display Market Tracker with Q4 2019 results, says the company in a market insights …
Swiss Coffee Machine Firm Adds Digital Signage To Its Latte-Makers March 16, 2020 by Dave Haynes Putting displays on vending machines and appliances for digital signage purposes is not new, but I don’t THINK I have seen an application that sees the fancy coffee machine in workplaces doubling up as a messaging screen. The Swiss firm Franke Coffee Systems – or the more interesting handle Franke Kaffeemaschinen AG – has coffee …
A V-Shaped LED Door Sign Meant For Streetfronts March 12, 2020 by Dave Haynes The miniaturization of components is allowing LED to steadily be used in interesting new ways – from the base material like transparent films and super-thin foils to things like shape. This is a V-shaped LED display intended to be used as a hybrid architectural and branding device, that would be fixed above the entry to …
Cannabis Dispensaries Using Digital Signage Network To Explain And Sell March 6, 2020 by Dave Haynes At a lunch with some industry folks earlier this week, we were talking about emerging vertical markets, and I said cannabis retailing was among the most opportune, because it is still early days … and because the product and dynamics beg for screens that promote and explain things. While there are lots of customers who …
NYC Running Out Of Patience With LinkNYC, Citing Lack Of Payments, Stalled Rollout March 6, 2020 by Dave Haynes Via Politico New York … New York City’s IT and telecoms department is reported to be growing frustrated with the consortium that won a deal to install “smart city” kiosks around the five boroughs, saying the rollout has stalled and the promised ad revenue share hasn’t materialized. Politico reports that just 1,800 of the planned …
