Chinese Hackers Suspected Of Compromising Digital Signs In Taiwan; Messages Slam Pelosi’s Visit August 8, 2022 by Super User If you follow world news, at all, you will have been aware of the uproar surrounding the short visit to Taiwan last week by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Among the many things that happened around the visit – one that deeply upset the Chinese government – was the apparent hacking of some …
German Railway’s Passenger Info Screen Hacked; Porn Shown Instead Of Rider Information August 2, 2022 by Super User German content partner Invidis has a post up about yet another example of what can happen when a digital signage network has security gaps. In this case, a screen at the Oberbarmen stop of the Wuppertal suspension railway was showing naughty content instead of information intended to inform and guide passengers. Wuppertal is up near …
Vegas Resort’s Giant Sportsbook Screen Taken Out By Heavy Rain, Even Though It’s Inside! August 2, 2022 by Super User Keeping spare components is rarely a bad idea when it comes to mission-critical technology, and I suspect either the supplier, integrator or operator was happy that was evidently done for the giant screen in the sportsbook of the Circa Resort in downtown Las Vegas. The city doesn’t get a lot of rain, but when it …
Raydiant Launches New Curated Streaming TV Content Via VideoElephant Partnership August 1, 2022 by Super User San Francisco CMS software firm Raydiant has taken the interesting step of introducing its own streaming TV app for third-party content, working with a video aggregator to make curated broadcast and web content available to supplement the programming schedules of end-user customers. Called RaydiantTV, the app that allows businesses to broadcast semi-live content to multiple …
Video Call Giant Zoom Broadens Digital Signage Capabilities With New Workplace Reservation Functions July 29, 2022 by Super User It tends to be complicated, time-consuming and expensive for pure-play digital signage software companies to add functionality outside the norms of digital signage, like a CMS adding point of sale software to its overall offer. But it is relatively easy for companies that do other kinds of software to get into basic digital signage, and …
Global Pro AV Revenues Forecast To Reach $263B For 2022: AVIXA July 28, 2022 by Super User With all the tumult out there – from contagions to inflation to war – it’s encouraging to read that the pro AV sector is actually rolling along nicely, with the global revenue total expected to reach $263 Billion for 2022. That’s the read from AVIXA’s 2022 Industry Outlook and Trends Analysis (also known as IOTA). …
Washington School District Tiles Large E-Paper Units To Create Digital Display Wall July 28, 2022 by Super User The e-paper display firm Visionect, from Slovenia, has an interesting round-up post on its company blog noting a wide variety of ways the displays are being used in business and public spaces. It’s useful just to see things like battery-driven, solar-recharged bus stop schedule displays, but what caught my eye was a display wall at …
Calendars, Countdowns Top End-User Choices For Dynamic Messaging July 28, 2022 by Super User I wouldn’t normally write about what’s selling for a company, but a blog post from the subscription content company Screenfeed is interesting because it gives a glimpse into what type of content end-users are pushing to screens. The company did a Top Five post about what end-users are using out of the no-code dynamic messaging …
Japan’s AEON Delight Marketing Sensor-Driven Data Dashboards For Facility Users And Operators July 28, 2022 by Super User A Japanese facilities management firm has started marketing a system that uses sensors to monitor the state of restrooms and trash cans, with the operating goal of reducing cleaning costs and building user stress. AEON DELIGHT CO., LTD. will start offering its “Restroom and Trash Can IoT System” in August – targeting commercial facilities, offices, …
Mvix Stepping Up Focus, Depth Of Business Intelligence Software Integrations July 27, 2022 by Super User The DC-area digital signage CMS software and services provider Mvix sees a big future in data-driven content in corporate environments, and has announced moves to increase its investment and focus on tools that integrate enterprise-level business intelligence information. Mvix says it has allocated special and dedicated development resources to gets it platform deeply integrated with …
