TelemetryTV Debits Own Digital Signage Operating System, Optimized Hardware Player July 17, 2024 by Super User Vancouver, BC-based TelemetryTV is the latest digital signage solutions firm to develop its own operating system and play-out hardware tuned to it, with the intent of maxing out reliability, simplifying management and reducing costs. The company now has an online store featuring what it calls the TelemetryOS Box. “Designed for 24/7 commercial use in sectors such …
Video Shows Shopping Experiences And Tech Being Tested For Ikea Stores in Madrid Experience Lab July 16, 2024 by Super User Here’s an interesting little quick-cutting video that shows what’s going on in a Madrid lab that’s testing technologies and store design ideas for global retailing giant Ikea. The Global eXperience Lab (xLab) has now been in operation for a year, testing concepts for the Ingka Group, by far the largest Ikea franchisee on the planet. …
Two-Thirds Of Big EU Businesses Still Not Set Up With Right Tech For Hybrid Work: Survey July 11, 2024 by Super User Hat tip to AV Interactive for first posting on this … The Dutch workplace-centric AV and IT consulting and services firm Kinly has released research that suggests two thirds (65%) of larger companies in Europe don’t yet have office spaces that are optimized for hybrid working, even though pretty much that same number (66%) want …
Conflicting Reports: Korean Display Giants Either Dialing Back Or Trying New Ways To Make Large MicroLED Displays July 11, 2024 by Super User There are a couple of interesting and conflicting reports about the interests and efforts of two giant electronics brands in the still-emerging microLED display sector. One report says Samsung and LG are dialing back their activity and investments, while a separate report suggests Samsung and tech partners are going after a new way to produce …
Proto, Amazon Web Services Collaborate On Text To Hologram(ish) Displays For Retail July 11, 2024 by Super User Are there many retailers who will spend $50K+ USD for a giant LCD that shows products floating around on a transparent screen? I don’t think so, but some people in the cloud computing side of online retailing behemoth Amazon see something I just maybe don’t. Amazon Web Services and LA-based Proto have collaborated on what …
OptConnect Debuts Teeny Smart USB Modem For Devices On Network Edges July 10, 2024 by Super User This seems smart and attractive, but I will state upfront I don’t pay much attention to connectivity options for digital signage and DOOH jobs, so I am absolutely not an expert. Utah-based OptConnect, which is in the managed wireless business and has been nibbling around digital signage as an opportune market because of scale, has debuted …
M&A: EU Touchscreen Tech Firms i3-Technologies And CTOUCH Join Forces July 9, 2024 by Super User A pair of interactive tech companies in the Benelux region have joined forces, with Belgium’s i3-Technologies acquiring the Dutch firm CTOUCH. From PR: The acquisition of CTOUCH aligns with i3-Technologies’ mission to provide interactive, inspiring and integrated solutions that foster collaboration and engagement in educational, corporate, and public sector environments. CTOUCH’s expertise in sustainable touchscreen …
Calgary Uses Electronic Signs To Validate Its Bike Lane Network July 9, 2024 by Super User I’m not sure I’d call this digital signage, but I guess like electronic shelf labels it kinda sorta is. Whatever the proper distinction, it’s interesting. This is a semi-digital totem on a sidewalk along a roadway in downtown Calgary, in western Canada. Like a lot of cities, Calgary has a growing network of dedicated bike …
There’s Digital Signage From Bow To Stern On This New German River Boat July 9, 2024 by Florian Rotberg Guest Post: Florian Rotberg, invidis A media ship is an unusual idea. But the concept of a floating newsroom, a stage for live journalism and a digital signage location for events has become established. The Pioneer One has been sailing on the Spree in Berlin for two years now. Now a sister ship, the Pioneer …
Nice Product, Baffling Name July 9, 2024 by Super User Perhaps it is a function of me being an age-certified old fart, but I think if you are going to call something a table, it should at least bear some resemblance to what we all know to be a table. Here we have what I think is a nice product with an utterly weird product …
