BroadSign Goes Public With Patent Battle Plans July 26, 2016 by Super User The Montreal-based digital signage software firm BroadSign has taken the somewhat unusual approach of announcing to its industry brethren that it’s going after a company it regards as a patent troll. In a note from CEO and principal shareholder Burr Smith, the company says T-Rex Property AB has, since 2012, filed 59 cases (and counting) against digital …
Has Samsung End Of Life’d Its Short-Lived Transparent OLEDs? July 26, 2016 by Super User If you were at InfoComm last month, one thing you may have noticed oddly AWOL was the transparent OLED technology the company showed earlier in the year at ISE in Amsterdam, and also at Digital Signage Expo. I heard quietly at InfoComm from a Samsung contact that OLED, in Samsung’s view, wasn’t ready for the …
Raffi Vartian Leaving Signagelive July 25, 2016 by Super User I rarely write about staff changes in organizations, particularly hires, since I don’t really care, and my web stats confirm few others do. But … once in a while I get word on a change that’s notable, and today I learned Raffi Vartian is leaving Signagelive after roughly five years with the company. HQ is …
The Future Of Digital Signage Is Built-In July 25, 2016 by Mike Kilian Guest Post: Sean Levy, MediaSignage In some ways, digital signage grew up without going through puberty. This space has certainly experienced the growing pains of a nascent industry, but many of the predicted growth spikes to the industry failed to play out the way some big observers suggested it would. Instead, we have seen a market …
US Political Conventions Go Big On Digital And Social July 25, 2016 by Super User The lights go up on the US Democratic National Convention in Philly today, a few days after the rival Republicans wrapped up their own national convention. I’ll reserve comment on the politics, because as a Canadian I get to watch the very curious goings-on from the bleachers. I said to my wife one night that …
Projects: Virtual X-Ray Scans Mazda 3 At Trade Show July 22, 2016 by Super User A Colombian company came up with a very clever idea for showing what’s under the hood, and more, of a new Mazda 3, for a marketing show in Bogota. Vinilo Lab put a 65-inch display panel on a track that slid along the front of the car display, creating the effect that the monitor was scanning …
Digital Signage Federation Hangout Update – July 2016 July 22, 2016 by Super User Guest Post: Ryan Cahoy, Rise Vision, on behalf of the DSF Education Committee Want to hear from your peers in digital signage and keep up with the latest trends without the sales job? Check out the Digital Signage Federation (DSF) free Google Hangout series, featuring DSF member experts sharing their thoughts and views on a variety of …
Mvix Ends Up In Court, But That’s OK July 22, 2016 by Super User The Washington, DC-area digital signage firm Mvix has found itself in court, but in an entirely good way. The company, which does cloud-based software, has developed a dynamic Digital Docket Display widget aimed at courthouses – showing real-time case information, including case numbers, parties involved, courtroom and time. Docket Display Systems, says the company in …
Industry Weapon Picks Up Firesign Platform And Users July 22, 2016 by Super User Pittsburgh-based solutions company Industry Weapon has acquired a long-running software platform called FireSign, as well as its user base, from Nashville creative agency Anode. Anode first developed FireSign back in 1991, but says at the end of 2015 decided to get out that business – empty when they started, hyper-crowded now – and focus on the …
Digital Signage Solutions Firm KIO: Use Our Tech And Service, And We’ll Throw In Creative July 21, 2016 by Super User Google Alerts’ digital signage search term digest for this morning popped up yet another software company going after the small business market with a cloud-based solution, but I was please to see this one had an interesting twist. You pay for a media player with software, and the deal includes custom creative and content management …
