Digital Signage & QR Code Linkage Patented August 28, 2013 by Super User The Marlin Company is a workplace communications company that has been around for decades and has recently made the transition to analog and digital, picking up patents along the way that relate to methods of digital messaging in workplace environments. The company already has two patents, and has now been granted a third – this …
Survey: What Content Matters August 26, 2013 by Super User My friends at the Belgian content startup Seenspire do automated content feeds for networks (as well as custom content), and are working with a university in their country to do some market research. They have collaborated on a short survey that pokes at end-users about what content matters to them, how they use it …
Patent Trolling In US Sees Big Uptick, Most Of It Involving Software August 25, 2013 by Super User The US government’s accountability office is reporting a big uptick in patent troll activity, and suggests one in five lawsuits are now brought on by “non-practicing entities” that are pretty much in the business of buying patents and suing other companies. The Government Accountability Office issued a report last week that suggests software-related patents accounted …
TargetR Now Has Both Android & Raspberry Pi Digital Signage Options August 22, 2013 by Super User The UK digital signage software firm TargetR now has platforms support both Android and Raspberry Pi, as well as standard PCs. TargetR’s new Raspberry Pi player uses the same underlying core player components from the Android Player software and in hooked into the company’s cloud-based platform. They’ve done that by adapting the player core and …
Your Headlines Are Too Damn Small August 21, 2013 by Super User Roughly a million years ago I came up with the notion of office tower retail concourses as a digital media environment, and started a company that put up screens and sold media avails. It was many, many years too early, something I learned while absorbing the confused or indifferent looks of agency media planners, and …
Vital Media, 11Giraffes Hitch Up On Auto Job August 20, 2013 by Super User A couple of Charlotte, NC companies have hooked up on the solution targeting independent auto service centers and other retailers around North America. The existing Vital Media digital signage network – including several hundred locations affiliated with a “big international tire retailer” (based on the vids, it is BF Goodrich) – has been cut over to …
Projects: Gesture-Driven Lobby Welcome Table August 20, 2013 by Super User A retail design firm, interactive agency and CalPoly students have collaborated on and lit up a very nice, innovative corporate lobby project that combines projection, gesture sensors, digital signage software and HD visuals. The project is located in the downtown LA lobby of Gensler and reflects the thinking and output of a Seattle-area agency called The Hive. …
HTML5 & Digital Signage Explored In Upcoming Webinar August 19, 2013 by Super User I don’t publicize webinars often because: 1 – The topics often get my eyes rolling like a 13-year-old being admonished (and bored) by a parent; 2 – There’s so many of them, attending webinars could be a full-time occupation. But one coming up next week looks worth a listen, primarily because of the topic and …
RevelDigital Releases 2nd-Gen Android Digital Signage Offer August 17, 2013 by Super User Android digital signage products have now been on the scene long enough that we’re staring to see 2nd generation products hit the market. Capital Networks released theirs recently, and now Fargo, ND-based RevelDigital has announced a new version of its hardware/software offer. RevelDigital says the new version is the result of customer feedback and working …
Projects: Press Coffee At PHX August 16, 2013 by Super User Here’s a new project involving QSR menu displays at Press Coffee Food & Wine, terminal 4 at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Five 55-inch Samsung displays are being used to display menu items and promote various feature items and daily specials. Advision Media and KarePKG Solutions did the deal and work, and the system is using …
