Sodaclick Adds AI-Driven Voice Interaction Platform To Its Content Solutions May 13, 2022 by Super User The London-area content creation start-up Sodaclick has expanded from providing SaaS-based HTML5 tools for on-screen creative into AI-driven voice interaction for screens. The particularly interesting wrinkle here is that the two technologies are somewhat intertwined – so that voice interaction at screens can be supported by custom creative generated within Sodaclick’s platform. Sodaclick Voice uses …
Only Connect: The Digital Signage Industry (And I) Return To ISE May 12, 2022 by James Matthews-Paul Guest Post: James Matthews-Paul, Silver Curve Is there anything new under the sun? For ISE, there’s a new location, certainly, in Barcelona, but whether or not this is reflected at the show in technology terms is a point of debate. Worth is not always priced in novelty or youth, however, a fact that is certainly …
Longtime Intel Digital Signage Lead Jose Avalos Launches IT Service Spin-Out May 12, 2022 by Super User It’s not really digital signage, but long-timers in this industry might be curious about what Jose Avalos is up to, now that he has left his long-running gig as the main guy at Intel on the digital signage file. Avalos is now Co-Founder, CEO & Chief Revenue Officer of an Intel spinoff called AustinGIS – …
SiliconCore Launches New LED Driver Tech It Suggests Will Help Shape Future Of Premium Video Walls May 11, 2022 by Super User While much of the AV world is focused on what’s on show at Integrated Systems Europe, there’s another display industry show on in Silicon Valley that caters to the crowd that thinks up, designs, tests and sometimes releases new display technologies. Display Week 2022 – run annually by the Society for Information Display – is …
Barco’s ClickShare Tech Gets Digital Signage-Enabled Via Signagelive Partnership May 11, 2022 by Super User As consumer and workplace devices have grown increasingly smart and reliably connected, it’s been natural for people on the technology side of digital signage to wonder if they could also function as media players. Barco’s ClickShare product line was introduced a few years ago as a means of enabling easy, almost seamless sharing from laptops …
Peerless-AV Broadens Custom LED Mounting Capabilities Via Acquisition Of ADF Visual Display Products May 11, 2022 by Super User Chicago-based display technology manufacturer Peerless-AV has broadened its display mounting capabilities into custom LED work, through the acquisition of the southern California firm ADF Visual Display Products. ADF has specialized in engineering and then building some of the more high profile and challenging direct view LED deployment jobs out there. The company has been acting …
Reflective LCD Start-Up Azumo Gets $30M In New Backing For Expansion, R&D May 10, 2022 by Super User The Chicago display start-up Azumo just got a vote of confidence from investors, securing $30 million in new financing to drive international expansion, increase manufacturing capabilities and launch new products that use its low-power reflective LCD technology. Azumo’s core product is sunlight-readable, reflective “LCD 2.0” technology that it says can reduce LCD power consumption by as much …
Wow Factor May Get The Attention, But Give A Little Love To Boring Digital Signage May 9, 2022 by Jeff Juszczak GUEST POST: JEFF JUSZCZAK, SPECTRIO Big budget, grand-scale projects understandably get a lot of the attention when it comes to digital signage deployments, but leave some love in your hearts and busy minds for all the screens out there that are boring, and perfect for their tasks. Most of us get excited walking into a …
PPDS (Philips) Makes Senior Management Changes; Defines Three Global Heads Of “Strategic Pillars” May 9, 2022 by Super User PPDS – the company that markets Philips digital signage, interactive displays, direct view LED and pro TV products and solutions – has announced a major management re-org just ahead of ISE, the big pro AV trade show this week in Barcelona. General Manager Chris Colpaert has left PPDS after about four years, and three PPDS …
Broadsign Ends Long Holdout, Joins Crowd Of CMS Software Firms Supporting Smart Displays May 9, 2022 by Super User System On Chip “smart” commercial displays have been around for almost 10 years now, but Broadsign – one of the bigger players in digital signage content management software has steered clear of the technology … until now. The Montreal-based software firm, which is heavily focused on the digital out of home advertising sector, has announced …
