Watch: New MSC Cruise Ship Has 480 Sq. Meter LED Canopy February 27, 2020 by Dave Haynes This is the LED canopy ceiling on a new cruise ship. The entire ceiling of the 96 meter shopping promenade on the new MSC Bellissima is covered by a giant 480 sq. meter curved LED screen. It functions as a digital ceiling that creates an artificial atrium, but also runs a series of animations, including …
Not Every Street Furniture Display Is A Big Slab February 27, 2020 by Dave Haynes One among many impressions I had walking around ISE a couple of weeks ago was that there were an awful lot of companies all marketing outdoor-rated displays, with me wondering if there was enough potential business out there to support them all. The other impression I had was how similar they all looked – big …
DSE 2020 Booth Preview: Ditto Offers All-In-One Digital Signage And Screen Mirroring February 26, 2020 by Dave Haynes DSE Booth Preview: Squirrels, Booth # 2422 Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? We’ll show you how to love your screens. You think anybody else is offering that? Squirrels has a long history of excellence in wireless screen mirroring technology, and we’re here …
DSE 2020 Booth Preview: Telelogos Offers Unique, Powerful Digital Signage Platform February 26, 2020 by Dave Haynes DSE Booth Preview: Telelogos, Booth # 1207 Why do people going to DSE need to put your company on their Must See list of booths? We bring our expertise in data synchronization, security and device management to the digital signage world. As an ISV with over 37 years of experience, we provide a single platform that …
DSE 2020 Booth Preview: WTIwireless Offers Low-Cost Primary, Failover Connectivity February 26, 2020 by Dave Haynes DSE Booth Preview: WTIwireless, Booth # 230 Why do show attendees need to put your booth on their Must See list? WTIwireless is a leader in reliable 4G LTE wireless solutions and a low-cost provider of Verizon and AT&T data plans. At WTIwireless, we adapt with our clients’ changing business needs and pride ourselves in …
Bob O’Brien Of DSCC On the State And Future Of Digital Displays In The Time Of COVID-19 February 26, 2020 by Dave Haynes There is very little that’s simple about the display industry – whether it’s on the consumer or commercial side. At first glance, it would seem to be all about the electronics, but a flat panel display, in particular, involves a lot of specialty glass and chemical compounds. What gets pulled together for a digital signage …
Amazon Opens First Full-Sized Go “Just walk Out” Grocery, And There Are Few Screens February 25, 2020 by Dave Haynes Amazon has opened its first full-sized Amazon Go grocery store, and just like the smaller versions it has opened to date, this store is pretty short on screens. Two years after launching a set of c-stores that didn’t have cashiers or checkout lines, using sensors and a lot of AI to allow shoppers to “just …
Samsung Partners With HAVRION On IOT/Sensor Platform For Campus Safety February 25, 2020 by Dave Haynes Samsung and one of its education-centric integrators have announced a partnership that pairs an IOT/sensor platform with the display giant’s CMS software application, MagicINFO. HAVRION, which given a shared business address must be a spinout of a Miami-based UDT, says it is “dedicated to protecting life during emergency situations through the innovative use of technology …
Japanese Cash Handling Giant Makes $223M Investment In French QSR Self-Service Firm February 25, 2020 by Dave Haynes A Japanese firm that specializes in currency and coin processing evidently sees a QSR future that is increasingly cashless, responding by investing in a French company that is seeing a lot of success in self-ordering, cashless kiosks. Glory Global Solutions (International) Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GLORY Ltd., has invested $223 million USD into Acrelec, …
SignageOS Adds NEC’s Open Modular Devices Supported Solutions For “Smart” Displays February 25, 2020 by Dave Haynes The Prague-based startup SignageOS made a name for itself by developing, marketing and supporting a middleware platform that makes it easy for CMS software companies to integrate with the variety of “smart” commercial display panels on the market. A CMS can invest 3-6 months of resource to “integrate” with, let’s say Samsung Tizen or LG …
