Planar Meets Tight Cybersecurity Standards For Pair Of “Smart” Connected Display Families May 8, 2024 by Super User Security questions are now pretty central to planning and sourcing technologies for display networks, however the focus would quite logically be on the most obvious points of vulnerability – the software, servers and play-out hardware. But what about the displays, if they’re connected and termed as smart? Specialty display manufacturer Planar has announced a couple …
This Company Has A Meeting Room Sign Solution, That Doesn’t Need The Signs May 7, 2024 by Super User Atlanta CMS software firm Visix was an early adopter of meeting room sign technology, using tablets and then adding e-paper displays. Now the education and workplace-focused company has a no-hardware option that does pretty much everything an organization might need to book meeting and work spaces, but built around QR codes and web apps. The …
Lowes Strips Down To One Security Camera Platform; Multi-tasks It To Also Do In-Store Audience Analytics May 7, 2024 by Super User Security camera deployments in retail don’t get a lot of attention here, but a post in the publication Chain Store Age got my interest because of the way DIY giant Lowes is multi-tasking its newly upgraded and harmonized network of in-store cameras – including using them for in-store analytics. Lowes already had security cameras all …
School Pairs Digital Signage Platform With Emergency Alerts App To Speed Lockdowns When There’s Risk Of Active Shooter On Campus May 6, 2024 by Super User It’s unfortunate that speed is a mission-critical need, but that is indeed the case with schools in the United States these days because of too-frequent incidents of active shooters on the campuses of K-12 schools and colleges. There is a critical 30-second window from identifying an active shooter on the grounds to when the incident …
IGEL, LG Announce “Digital Signage Revolution” … But The Solution Doesn’t Appear To Apply To Digital Signage. Huh??? May 2, 2024 by Super User The headline: IGEL and LG Spearhead a Dynamic Digital Signage Revolution with New LG CreateBoard Display Solutions, Powered by IGEL OS This announcement got my attention because it involves LG, one of the larger tech companies in this sector, and the suggestion that some new product partnership is going to spearhead a Dynamic Digital Signage …
Real-Time Transit Info Screens In Nottingham, England So Bad City Council Sends “We Share Your Frustrations” Email To Riders May 1, 2024 by Super User It’s never a good thing when a city’s mass transport authority sends a note to passengers to concede the real-time information screens at stops along its routes tend to either be blank, or showing inaccurate information. Nottingham City Transport is the UK sent an email saying it shared their frustrations about displays that appear to …
Airport Trade Show Demo Has Fine Pitch LED Wrapping Jetway Entry As Departure Gate Portal April 29, 2024 by Super User Anyone who does a lot of commercial flying for business travel knows the quality of information on the screens at depature gates is all over the map – from rich and detailed to minimal and not all that useful, beyond confirming the gate number and destination. So it is interesting to see a departure gate …
Adtech Firm Ivee Partners With Taxi Tech Firm CMT For New Approach To DOOH Screens In Back Seats Of Rideshares And Taxis April 26, 2024 by Super User Another adtech/media company is taking a run at turning the back seats of hired ride vehicles into a media environment with the Chicago-based “software mobility company” Ivee launching what it calls Smart Taxi, in a partnership with NYC-based taxi technology company Creative Mobile Technologies (CMT). The core concept is tablet-sized screens in the back seats …
Clever Adidas Campaign Turns Stockholm DOOH Totems Into Competitive Running Checkpoints April 26, 2024 by Super User This is a clever campaign done to market Adidas in Stockholm, Sweden – a digital OOH campaign tied to an app that lets runners compete for times between ad totems that double up for this as race start and finish checkpoints. The Billboard Run asks avid runners to scan a QR code on a DOOH …
Ross Video Boosts Real-Time Graphics Capabilities Via Bannister Lake Acquisition April 23, 2024 by Super User The live video production technology company Ross Video has an agreement to acquire another Canadian company, Bannister Lake Software (BL Soft). Ottawa-based Ross Video is a major player in solutions and services for live broadcasts and events, and Bannister Lake’s data-driven graphics capabilities fit nicely within broad list of products. The flagship BL Soft product Chameleon …
