Hong Kong Startup Displayforce Launches Digital Signage CMS And AI-Based, Ad-Focused Platform In $299 “Box” October 5, 2021 by Super User A Hong Kong start-up called Displayforce has launched an interesting new product and service that pairs a digital signage play-out device with a camera used to do audience measurement and trigger content. The Displayforce Box is an L-shaped unit that can be parked on the top or bottom of a flat panel display and powered via …
Hypersign, Workplace Audio Giant Jabra Partner On Virtual Meeting/Presentations Solution October 4, 2021 by Super User Digital signage software shops have increasingly been going after the workplace communications market through partnerships and mergers, but the South Carolina digital signage CMS firm Hypersign has gone down the unusual path of integrating its platform with Jabra, one of largest suppliers of workplace audio technology. The partnership sees Hypersign’s parallel products for live video …
ScreenCloud Announces New Purpose-Built Operating System And Sub-$200 Digital Signage Playout Device October 4, 2021 by Super User The UK-based digital signage CMS firm ScreenCloud has taken the interesting step of putting two years of R&D time and money into developing a purpose-built operating system for its playout software and a new, low-cost device. The company has launched ScreenCloud OS – a custom linux distribution it says is designed for high performance, simple …
Eyedog Uses Annotated Photos Instead Of Maps As Wayfinding Guides September 29, 2021 by Super User A company in the Philly area does an intriguingly different take on indoor wayfinding and navigation – using photos instead of maps to help people find their way around large, complicated footprint facilities like office and health care campuses. With roots in the Netherlands, Eyedog says its technology “uses a scientific approach that combines “landmark” …
Singing Soup Pot At Grocery End Cap Drives Whopping 240% Sales Lift September 28, 2021 by Super User This is another project that is not digital signage but speaks to the idea of having fun with in-store displays and content, and not just telling shoppers about promotions and offers. It comes out of Bolivia (this may be the first Sixteen:Nine post, period, involving Bolivia) and is for the Nestle brand Maggi, a soup …
Start-up Smartify Switches Up Place-Based Ad Model With Two-Sided Displays In Windows September 27, 2021 by Super User A start-up called Smartify Media is taking an age-old, largely unproven place-based ad formula for retail and trying it out in what may be a more opportune location – store and services businesses windows. Smartify says it works directly with retailers, commercial landlords, and manufacturers “to assess the media value of physical space and implement …
Samsung’s Full Meal Digital Signage Deal Going Into Freedom Mobile Stores In Canada September 24, 2021 by Super User The retail locations for the Canadian wireless retailer Freedom Mobile have started a technology upgrade in some 80 stores in B.C., Alberta and Ontario to a digital signage feature set heavily driven by Samsung’s solutions – LED and LCD, but also its CMS software. The retailer, part of the Shaw Communications group, has a new …
Intuiface Launches Rebuilt, Redesigned No-Code Interactive (And Headless) Toolset September 24, 2021 by Super User The French firm Intuiface has announced Version 7 of its same-named software – a complete rebuild and redesign of its code-base and UX that lowers resource demands and plays to the rapidly emerging ideas of no or low code, and headless CMS. Intuiface Version 7 makes heavy use of progressive web app technology that makes …
Uniguest Acquires LA-based Digital Signage CMS Software Shop UCView September 23, 2021 by Super User Nashville-based Uniguest continues to acquire companies in the digital signage and digital engagement technology space, with news this morning that it has acquired longtime LA-based CMS UCView. This is the third acquisition announcement made by Uniguest in 2021, and one of several in the last 2-3 years involving companies with digital signage capabilities. The company, …
When Your Pro AV Company Is Named Covid, All You Can Do Is Laugh, Shrug And Carry On September 23, 2021 by Super User The organizers of the InfoComm trade show coming up in a few weeks are doing everything possible to keep COVID out of the convention center venue, but in an exceptionally weird twist, Covid has booth 3354 on the exhibit hall floor. A Tempe, AZ company called Covid has been manufacturing audio-visual connectivity solutions for nearly …
