Lots Of Kiosk Screens, No Digital Menu Displays, In New All-Digital Times Square Taco Bell April 15, 2021 by Super User Taco Bell opened its first digital-only restaurant in the U.S. yesterday, a New York’s Times Square “Cantina” store that has no order counter or menu boards. The only way to order is ahead of time online or by mobile, or in-store using one of 10 self-order kiosks. Order-ahead customers can use a separate entrance and …
The Interactive Display Ecosystem Sorted And Laid Out In A Single Poster April 13, 2021 by Super User Every so often there are graphics that come out from technology sectors that try to identify and sort a particular ecosystem, grouping sets of company logos by capability or focus. I can’t recall seeing one focused on digital signage, and that may be in part because of the 100s of CMS software companies out there …
Vitec Acquires IPTV Signage Rival Exterity; Plans To Converge Platforms April 6, 2021 by Super User A pair of IP streaming firms with substantial offers for digital signage have merged, broadening their collective reach and portfolion. The French firm VITEC acquired the Scottish company Exterity, with a plan to converge platforms and leverage a blended engineering team of some 200 around the globe. “Exterity is a respected IPTV and Digital Signage leader around …
April 21st Telelogos Webinar Looks At Secure Digital Signage Management In Banking April 1, 2021 by Super User I’m moderating what should be an interesting online roundtable in roughly three weeks, focused on the use and particularly management of a digital signage across a major South African bank. Nedbank is something of a pioneer, doing early, in-branch digital signage more than 20 years ago, when it was probably referred to as something like …
Adobe Gets Its Screens CMS Running On BrightSign Boxes March 31, 2021 by Super User The team behind creative software giant Adobe’s Experience Manager Screens digital signage CMS has completed an integration that makes the platform work natively with the little purple play-out boxes from Silicon Valley neighbor BrightSign. “BrightSign’s hardware is widely used throughout the industry to power digital signage experiences in a wide range of use cases,” says …
OnLogic Announces First Raspberry Pi-Based Industrial-Grade PC March 15, 2021 by Super User The Vermont industrial computer maker OnLogic has taken the interesting step of announcing its first Raspberry Pi-based industrial-grade PC, timing it in celebration of Pi Day. The little unit uses the latest CM4 Compute Module and is aimed at applications like factories, warehouses, and a range of IoT applications. The Pi 4 is also being …
Pro Tip: Secure LED Video Wall To Wall, Floor … Or, Ummm, Something. Or This Happens … March 10, 2021 by Super User This is the broadcast set for ESPN’s football coverage in Colombia, and part of the visual sizzle is an LED video wall. As the brief video in the tweet embedded below shows, it is probably a good idea to affix DV LED walls to the back wall, or if that is not feasible, at least …
Skykit Partners With Verizon Reseller On LTE-Based Digital Signage Solution March 1, 2021 by Super User The Minneapolis digital signage solutions provider Skykit has partnered with the wireless connectivity integrator Source Inc. on a service built around LTE cellular broadband. Source is a big Verizon Business reseller and this solution plays to the idea of making signage workable in locations where terrestrial broadband is hard to find or, well, crappy. Under …
Premier Mounts Acquired By Industrial Manufacturer Gamber-Johnson February 16, 2021 by Super User The AV mounting solutions firm Premier Mounts has been acquired by Gamber-Johnson, described as a leading supplier of rugged mounting systems for fleet vehicles, public safety vehicles, forklifts, semi-trucks, and other mobility applications. “We are looking forward to joining forces with Premier Mounts,” says Brian Wagner, President, and CEO of Gamber-Johnson. “Gamber is a market …
RP Visual Comes Up With Universal Mount For In-Wall Displays February 10, 2021 by Super User The LA-area AV mounting gear company rp Visual Solutions has done a lot of trade in recent years coming up with custom architectural structures for visual displays, producing brackets and other metalwork that allows video walls to have the location, shape and scale envisioned by architects and their clients. They do big stuff, but the …
