inLighten Release CMS-Neutral StudioPro Content Creation Tool For Digital Signage May 31, 2018 by Dave Haynes Buffalo, NY-based digital signage software shop inLighten has started marketing an interesting new content creation tool for digital signage networks that’s aimed for users of any skill level and NOT tied to a particular content management system. So an end-user can produce material using StudioPro, but output it to use on whatever CMS software and …
City Agrees To Allow LinkNYC Rollout To Slow Down; Provides More Time To Pay May 30, 2018 by Dave Haynes Few observers will be surprised to learn the much-touted NYC smart city rollout of screens replacing payphone boxes is not going as well as envisioned. I don’t get to New York that often, but when I do, I see lotsa black and blue screens dotting the sidewalks. I hear the same from people who live …
License Plate Turned Digital Sign Now Testing On Sacramento Roadways May 30, 2018 by Dave Haynes The California start-up that turns motor vehicle license plates into part-time digital signs is now testing in Sacramento, using monochromatic electronic ink screens to show everything from the plate number and registration status to ads for car manufcaturers and stolen vehicle notices for police. The Sacramento Bee reports that the test has the plates looking like regular …
16:9 Podcasts – Mitch Goss On Building NYC’s Zero-In As A Genuine Turnkey Digital Signage Business May 30, 2018 by Dave Haynes There are lots of companies out there that call themselves turnkey digital signage solutions providers, but far fewer who can do so with straight faces. A company called Zero-In has been doing just that for the last decade, and has developed a nice book of business doing the whole nine yards of signage work – …
Transparent Shop Window LEDs Drive Brand, Foot Traffic At San Francisco Levi’s Flagship May 29, 2018 by Dave Haynes The flagship Levi Strauss & Co. store at Market and 4th Street in San Francisco is using a nice pair of transparent LED screens in the big shop windows to drive the brand and pull people inside. The shop windows are running video pieces using Reflect’s CMS and two FLEXClear transparent LED video displays from …
Three Ways Digital Signage Software Can Add Value To Digital Out Of Home May 28, 2018 by sixteenninewpadmin Guest Post: Balaji Kamineni, Zeetaminds An ideal Digital Out Of Home Network irrespective of the size should be managed without any manual human intervention. Once the signage network is set and running, there should be few or no reasons for an operator to go on site. As important as the entire hardware setup, equally important it is …
ZetaDisplay Acquires Norway Digital Signage Solutions Provider Webpro In Ongoing Scandinavian Roll-Up Campaign May 28, 2018 by Dave Haynes Consolidation continues in the Scandinavian digital signage ecosystem, with news overnight that ZetaDisplay has acquired Norwegian solutions provider Webpro in a cash deal worth NOK 21 million, which is about $2.5 million USD. The deal also has performance-based supplemental payments. Webpro would have been attractive to the Swedish firm ZetaDisplay, in part, because clients include IKEA …
New Sphere Touted For Vegas Would Have 170,000 Sq. Ft. High-Rez LED Display May 25, 2018 by Dave Haynes Las Vegas is up there with Dubai and China for over-the-top buildings and attractions, but a new entertainment complex touted to be open in 2-3 years may top them all. The MSG Sphere is giant see-through ball that will house an 18,000 seat concert and events venue. The Sphere would be 360-feet-tall and 500-feet-wide, and …
New Boston QSR Mashes Up Robot Cooks, Touchscreens And Digital Order Signs May 25, 2018 by Dave Haynes A new quick restaurant has opened up in Boston that mashes up touchscreen order tablets and digital order status displays with a largely robotic food prep line. Cooked up by a set of MIT grads, Spyce opened at the start of the month in one location – using robotic dispensers and wok-like heating pans on …
Crap Research: You Probably Didn’t Know NEC, Advantech Are Market Leaders In Signage Software (Spoiler: They’re Not) May 25, 2018 by Dave Haynes I have seen tweets, Linkedin posts and even news coverage from people who need to invest a little more time thinking (than they do copying and pasting) about a report out in the last few days about top-rated digital signage software platforms. Some rated companies are even congratulating themselves on being selected, etc etc. But …
