EU Bank Reduces Digital Display Energy Costs By 40% Using Device Management: signageOS Study March 11, 2024 by Super User I suspect lots of people take on the mindsets of bored, eye-rolling teens when a digital signage planning or technology review meeting turns to the scintillating topic of remote device management and monitoring, but here’s a compelling reason why that seemingly dull discussion is actually interesting and important: it can save a pile of money. …
Specialty Computing Maker MediaVue Acquired By UK Business Partner Assured Systems March 8, 2024 by Super User New England-based specialty computing and software firm MediaVue Systems has been acquired by a UK-based business partner Assured Systems, just a few weeks after the two companies launched a single SKU digital signage bundle called ABEL. The deal involves the core intellectual property rights and includes the SureVue digital signage hardware suite, proprietary operating system, and …
Specialty PC Maker Seneca Shutting Down As Owner Arrow “Exits The Sale” Of Product Line February 27, 2024 by Super User The specialty computing firm Seneca is being shut down, almost 10 years after it was acquired by the huge Denver-area distributor and VAR Arrow Electronics. An Arrow VP sent around an email to customers Tuesday making them aware of the corporate decision to “exit the sale of Seneca-branded products.” Product will be available to buy …
LiFi Technology Mashed Up With Wireless Power For New Connectivity Option February 26, 2024 by Super User Connectivity is fundamental to almost every digital signage network out there, but the industry is seemingly well past the days when just establishing a stable and suitably speedy internet connection was a big chore. Even with a lot of options now available, new ones continue to emerge, like something called LiFi – which uses light …
Good Video Explores “Single Pane Of Glass” Approach To Airport Digital Signage February 23, 2024 by Super User This is quite a good, not at all sales-y video case study about what was done to upgrade and harmonize the 900 or so screen network at the main airport in Minneapolis-St. Paul. The video was developed by Toronto-based MS software company Omnivex, who provided the platform, working with integrator Radiant Technology Group, out of …
Another Company Takes Stab At Getting Shopping Screens On Shopping Carts Beyond Pilots February 23, 2024 by Super User The idea of attaching a small flat screen to shopping carts used in big box groceries and mass merchandisers has been around and tried for 15-plus years, and it has never really gone anywhere. But much has happened through those years, and there are companies continuing to take shots at getting widespread adoption in retail. …
Smart Airport Trolleys Put Wayfinding Screens On Wheels February 20, 2024 by Super User Big digital display totems with wayfinding are good starts in the effort to help airport passengers find their departure gates and services, but available space and significant capital costs for each unit mean there are only so many of them on concourses. A Danish company called Intelligent Track Systems is trying to address the need …
Wi-Charge’s Cord-Cutting Gen 3 Wireless Shelf-Edge Retail Screens Are Sleeker, Offer More Features February 20, 2024 by Super User The Israeli firm Wi-Charge has launched a third-generation of its retail-focused wireless video displays – small 5 and 7-inch units meant mount at the front of in-aisle shelves and with end-caps. The display units are skinny LCDs that can easily be mounted and moved around as needed, since they don’t rely on wiring – regular …
Jacksonville’s Airport Managing TSA Screening Communications Via 100-Foot Wide LED Ribbon February 15, 2024 by Super User This is interesting in at least a couple of ways … It’s about 100 feet of Nanolumens LED ribbon on a bulkhead wall over the entries to TSA security screening at Jacksonville, Florida’s airport, assigning and locating different lines – like TSA Pre Check – and running background content specific to that day. It’s interesting …
New JFK T6 Taking Digital-First, Screen-Led Approach To Passenger Experience February 14, 2024 by Super User The travel retail trade publication TRBusiness has an interesting post up about the digital-first plan for the new Terminal 6 at JFK airport in the New York area – noting how information screens are fundamental to the travel experience in the new design. The $5B terminal will open its first phase in two years and …
