Nudge: Looking For More Responses To Workplace Digital Signage Survey (Takes Minutes!) April 16, 2021 by Dave Haynes I am looking for more responses to the workplace digital signage survey I pushed out earlier in the week, which is gathering insights about how the tech fits in workplaces that are, or will soon be, repopulating. The survey is just a Google form and you should be able to bomb through it in a …
The Interactive Display Ecosystem Sorted And Laid Out In A Single Poster April 13, 2021 by Dave Haynes 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 …
Wallboard Shows Why On-Demand Video Product Demos Make Sense April 8, 2021 by Dave Haynes I pretty much write for a living, but in the context of the industry I cover, I’m usually much happier when a vendor shows me what a product or services does, as opposed to making me read about it. So I think a new YouTube demo series put out by the Hungarian/American CMS company Wallboard …
Ladorian, inReality Partner On Data-Driven Personalized Messaging For In-Store Screens April 8, 2021 by Dave Haynes That feeling you sometimes get online – with served ads that seem to know your recent, personalized shopping interests – is now finding its way into physical stores through tie-ups like a new one between a pair of digital signage-focused tech firms. Madrid-based Ladorian, which has a software solution specializing in personalized data-driven messaging in …
Rangers Ballpark Concessions Cut Over To Self-Service Ordering April 7, 2021 by Dave Haynes Stadium Tech Report has a post up on its excellent site about how food concessions are being handled at the home stadium of baseball’s Texas Rangers, which is a little terrifyingly open to full capacity despite the ongoing pandemic. The stadium – Globe Life Field – is using a pile of interactive self-service ordering screens, …
Vitec Acquires IPTV Signage Rival Exterity; Plans To Converge Platforms April 6, 2021 by Dave Haynes 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 …
Tooshlights Makes Real-Time Toilet Occupancy Data Available For Digital Signs April 5, 2021 by Dave Haynes RH Image: TRAX Analytics Some of the best data integrations that can be done between sensors and systems, and digital signage networks, is tapping into real time data that can visually indicate what’s going on. You’ve likely seen digital signs that show the availability of stalls, overall and floor by floor, in large parkades. Now …
Brilliant Example Of Digital Merged With Mechanical For Engaging Interactive Work March 29, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is brilliant stuff … famous works of art digitized and playfully integrated with old-school mechanical devices to make them interactive. The exhibit is called Mechanical Masterpieces – a collection of paintings reimagined by artist Neil Mendoza for the 21st century. Optimized for short attention spans, it allows viewers to poke, switch, disco, inflate and …
Start Up Road Runner Plans 1,000 Ad Screens On The Backs Of Commercial Panel Vans March 25, 2021 by Dave Haynes The digital OOH startup that sees a business model in putting high bright LCDs on the backs of commercial vehicles has done a substantial deal to put screens on panel vans owned by the smart infrastructure firm Siemens. Road Runner Media had run a trial with Siemens on 16 vehicles in 3 markets during 2019 …
OnLogic Announces First Raspberry Pi-Based Industrial-Grade PC March 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes 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 …
