Research Commissioned By Diversified Suggests Disconnect Between Workplace Tech Investments And Staffer Needs February 20, 2025 by Dave Haynes There have been countless reports during and post-pandemic that have gone into the current and future state of workplaces, but I’ve not seen much that zeroes in on the use of AV technologies like digital signage put in to boost productivity and the quality of communications. So while this new research commissioned by the big …
First Robotics-Driven Airport Restaurant Uses Nsign.tv To Drive Customer Messaging February 19, 2025 by Dave Haynes The Barcelona-based CMS software and solutions firm nsign.tv now has a flashy reference case for existing and prospective customers – a food stall at the city’s main airport that has a robot working behind the counter. The robotic-driven restaurant chain Self now has a mostly unmanned operation in Terminal 1, next to Gate B24. It …
MOTV Experiential Launches Library Of “Code-Painted” Floral Landscapes For Big Digital Displays February 19, 2025 by Dave Haynes Industry veteran Jim Nista has been playing for the last few years with the idea of painting with code, using computer scripting to develop set it and forget it digital artwork for large canvases like big LCD, OLED or LED video wall displays. He and another industry vet, Mike Arnett, last year set up a …
Kiosk Tech Firm Grubbrr Offers Up Money-Back Guarantee Based On ROI February 19, 2025 by Dave Haynes Money-back guarantees will be familiar to most consumers, but they’re not something applied all that often to technology solutions. So it is interesting to read that the Florida-based self-ordering technology and automation company GRUBBRR has announced an offer that essentially says its SaaS fee for a kiosk will be waived if an return on the …
Future Displays Now Has Some 1,400 Downloads & Views. It’s Still Available, Still Free! February 18, 2025 by Dave Haynes It has been a couple of weeks since I made any big reference to the Future Displays report, so I wanted to re-up word that it is still out there and still a free download. I met some folks at ISE who REALLY know their display tech, and was both gratified and relieved that they …
Portugal’s Nonius Has Very Quietly Built Up A Huge Footprint In Hospitality Sector February 18, 2025 by Dave Haynes On the last day of ISE in Barcelona, I went early and walked waaaaay, waaaaay, waaaaaaay the hell back through the Fira Gran Via to Hall 8, which I think is actually on the outskirts of Valencia. It is a serious WALK from the main entry. I’d not been there yet, and I wanted to …
2025 Global Digital Signage Awards List – AI’d Version February 18, 2025 by Dave Haynes As a bit of an experiment, I tweaked and cleaned up the spreadsheet I was provided for the 2025 Global Digital Signage Awards, threw this into Claude, monkeyed a little with the prompts, and ended up very quickly with a serviceable story that runs through the winners handed out a couple of weeks ago. I …
Watch: I Talk Video Wall Infrastructure With Peerless-AV. You’ll Learn Stuff! February 18, 2025 by Dave Haynes I sat in on a half-hour “AV ON AIR” video podcast panel during ISE, hosted and moderated by well-known AV guy Chris Neto, and joined by Brian McClimans and Nick Belcore, equally well-known execs with Chicago-based Peerless-AV. The premise was about the Sixteen:Nine Future Displays report, which was sponsored in part by Peerless-AV. The video …
STRATACACHE Makes Another EU Acquisition – Building Out Pharmacy Retail Media Tech Side With SNED February 18, 2025 by Dave Haynes STRATACACHE, arguably the biggest company in digital signage if you set aside display manufacturers and AV/IT integrators, continues to build its footprint and solution stack in Europe – with the latest move the acquisition of a French company that does screens in pharmacies. Founded in 2012, SNED is described as an LED solutions specialist in …
Here’s The Winner List For 2025 Global Digital Signage Awards February 18, 2025 by Dave Haynes I don’t have an overly useful file that lists all the winners from the global Digital Signage Awards from, wow, a couple of weeks back in Barcelona, so I will point you instead at a set of slides from the awards site that shows the various winners with images of the projects. Sixteen:Nine helps guide …