Over 90% Of Employees Are Frustrated With Fragmented Workplace Tech. Will You Flip The Narrative? April 4, 2023 by Dave Haynes Guest Post: Tomer Mann, 22Miles The pandemic inspired a renaissance for the modern workplace, and team distribution looks much different than it did five years ago. Many employees globally have opted to work fully remotely, while others eagerly returned to the office as soon as it was safe to do so. However, much of the …
Melbourne Rules Football Grounds First Un Southern Hemisphere To Use Frictionless Purchase Tech And Explainer Screens April 4, 2023 by Dave Haynes Screens that explain what to do are a central part of the plans for what would be the first use of Amazon’s checkout-free purchasing tech in the southern hemisphere, at a stadium in Melbourne that’s home to an AFL “Australian Rules” football club. Marvel Stadium will use Amazon’s Just Walk Out technology at a concession …
Registration Now Open For Digital Signage Summit Europe – Munich In Early July April 4, 2023 by Dave Haynes Registration is now open for the Digital Signage Summit Europe (DSS Europe), a two-day conference in Munich organized by the publishing and consulting firm invidis and Integrated Systems Events, the company that puts on Integrated Systems Europe for the show’s two trade association owners. The event is at the Hilton Munich Airport on July 5th …
Germany’s Largest Digital Billboard Operator Making Its Own LED Screens April 3, 2023 by Dave Haynes The biggest player in Germany’s out of home advertising sector is taking the intriguing step of developing its own LED billboard products to address energy saving needs and lengthen operating lifespans. Ströer operates about 1,800 roadside LEDs and expects to almost double that within three years. With energy costs and green initiatives now a major …
SignageOS Expands Hardware-Software Handshakes To Include VCRs April 1, 2023 by Dave Haynes SignageOS has done a pile of integrations that bridge commercial CMS software to different operating systems and devices, and having done the heavy-lifting to create handshakes to devices like smart displays, it has turned attention to more traditional hardware – like VCRs. Despite VHS tapes being considered a technology from the 1980s, says the company …
Ocean Outdoor Bulks Up Deep Screen 3D Visual Illusions Offer With Complementary Tech March 31, 2023 by Dave Haynes UK-based OOH media company Ocean Outdoor evidently sees the use in the last three or so years of 3D illusions on big LED ad displays as much more than a flash in the pan, announcing a suite of complementary services intended to amplify creative spots in a curated set of locations. Back in August 2021, …
Workplace Occupancy Intelligence Platform Releases API That Helps Make Case For Office Screens March 31, 2023 by Dave Haynes Digital signage technology solved a persistent problem in a lot of workplaces by putting bookings and availability on screens right at the doors of office meeting spaces, and now related software and hardware is minimizing conflicts and chaos in offices that have dropped workstation assignments and shifted to hot-desking. Resolving disputes and confusion over who …
Chasing A Niche: French Firm Dematerializes Local Gov’t Legal Notices Using Screens March 30, 2023 by Dave Haynes I always advise smaller companies looking to get a foothold in the digital signage industry to be “the people” who do something in particular – finding a niche and offering a solution that solves a problem for that very particular activity. So I was intrigued to come across a French company that is marketing what …
Freshwater Digital Testing Content Automation Using Templates And ChatGPT AI Tools March 30, 2023 by Dave Haynes Michigan-based digital signage solutions firm Freshwater Digital has started using artificial intelligence to blend updated content feeds with pre-designed templates. Pre-designed, subject-specific templates for producing content have been around for years, as have data integration tools that pull information from sources like spreadsheet cells or networked folders, but Freshwater is testing a method that uses …
LG Launches “First” Digital Signage-Specific Projector, With Built-in SoC Smarts And webOS Support March 29, 2023 by Dave Haynes LG Electronics has taken the interesting step of developing and marketing a new 4K laser, 7,000 lumens projector it says is specifically tuned to the needs of digital signage applications. LG has been manufacturing and marketing projectors for years, but the main use-cases have been applications like corporate boardrooms and lecture theaters. What’s perhaps interesting …
