LG Pranks Men At Urinals April 19, 2013 by Super User This is a new spin on an old trick – visuals of supermodels looking down at men doing their business at urinals – done by LG as a viral video to promote the life-like quality of its display products. The company did a similar thing last year involving an elevator floor that supposedly fell away, …
Digital Billboards Used In Boston Bombing Investigation April 18, 2013 by Super User Here’s a ClearChannel Outdoor sign on the 1-93.
Android For Digital Signage: A Closer Look At Navori’s QL Solution April 18, 2013 by Super User This is the fifth in a running series of closer looks at digital signage solution providers who have started working with the Android operating system and low-cost, ultra-small ARM processors. At least 20 companies have introduced products based on the open-source Android operating system that is very widely used for smart devices like handsets and …
Saddle Ranch Starts Marketing Content Library As A Service April 17, 2013 by Super User Content shop Saddle Ranch Digital has started up a new $99/month subscription service aimed at re-marketing the big library of editorial content it has built up in recent years, “The solution came about as a way to bridge the gap and update venues from static advertisements into the endless possibilities of digital signage,” says Kim …
Android For Digital Signage: A Closer Look At Nanonation’s Showcase April 17, 2013 by Super User This is the fourth in a running series of closer looks at digital signage solution providers who have started working with the Android operating system and low-cost, ultra-small ARM processors. At least 20 companies have introduced products based on the open-source Android operating system that is very widely used for smart devices like handsets and …
Twister Warnings Integrated With LED Ad Boards in Twin Cities April 17, 2013 by Super User County authorities in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area have introduced a new service that drives tornado alerts onto digital billboards around the twin cities. The roadside alert system is a collaboration between Hennepin and Ramsey counties’ emergency management divisions, ClearChannel Outdoor and the U.S. National Weather Service. The new system was tested in downtown Minneapolis Tuesday (with …
New Aerva-Powered LED Board In Cincy Drives More Than Just Ads April 17, 2013 by Super User News that a software company has renewed a license to drive a big LED board is hardly a big moment, but how the board is being used makes a new press release from Boston-based Aerva interesting. It’s a lot more than a digital billboard. Fifth Third Bank and the Cincinnati Center City Development Corporation (3CDC) …
Projects: Digital Fixtures In Strasbourg’s Galeries Lafayette April 16, 2013 by Super User The press release is in French, which I am proficient at when it comes to ordering beer, but not much else. But what I could tell is that French integrator Eikeo is working with the Galeries Lafayette store in Strasbourg, France to get large vertical displays around the place. Two things: 1 – The sleek black …
New Seenspire Service Changes Up Content Feeds For Digital Signage April 16, 2013 by Super User A new company called Seenspire has changed up the approach to syndicated content feeds for digital signage networks in ways that are both similar and very different to another company that turned the whole RSS to screen thing on its ear 3-4 years ago. Based in Antwerp, Belgium, but serving multiple languages and countries, Seenspire …
Projects: SMU’s Biz School Emulates Trading Floor Environment April 15, 2013 by Super User [youtube id=”6Ve_TDx9WP8″ width=”600″ height=”350″] This is pretty cool, though I doubt the students at Southern Methodist University’s Finance Lab yell all day and then head home in their BMW the way the guys do on Wall Street. SMU’s Cox School of Business has simulated a real-world trading environment in a lab that emulates a trading …
