TransitScreen Raises $800K To Chase Real Estate Tech, Smart Cities Business April 5, 2016 by Dave Haynes Washington, DC-based startup TransitScreen – which mashes up open source data like transit and traffic conditions as feeds and finished screens – has completed an $800,000 seed capital raise. The money will be used, says the company, to expand sales and product growth in the real estate tech and smart cities verticals. The investors include DC-based …
Seneca Hosting Webinar On New Commercial-Grade Digital Signage Stick PC April 5, 2016 by Dave Haynes Custom computer manufacturer Seneca is doing a webinar next week – Thursday, April 14 at 2 – on the little commercial-grade PC on a stick it recently announced. The Syracuse-based company describes the HDS as the first media stick form factor purpose-engineered for professional digital signage. There are lots of Android sticks on the market, …
116,200 Reasons To Not Dismiss Raspberry Pi As A Digital Signage Option April 5, 2016 by Dave Haynes Anyone in the digital signage business who shrugs off the interest in low-cost micro PCs and free/freemium software as hobbyists and church IT volunteers, equipped with almost no budget and stubborn natures, should keep these 116,200 things in mind. 116,200 page views, that is. That’s the number of page views on this site, so far, …
UC View Debuts Raspberry Pi 3-Powered Digital Signage Player April 4, 2016 by Dave Haynes I’ve heard widely varied opinions about the ability to run a digital signage application on a Raspberry Pi – the super-cheap UK micro PCs that emerged a few years ago. My general sense is that its applicability owes a lot to what you want to achieve on a screen, in terms of programming. Like most things in …
DSE Reports Slight Upticks In 2016 Attendee, Exhibit Space Numbers April 4, 2016 by Dave Haynes The company behind the recent Digital Signage Expo says DSE set new records for attendees and floor space, and also saw a critical bump in the number of end-users walking the aisles. Atlanta-based Exponation says more than 4,100 people attended, from 69 countries, and 45% of them were end-users, up 7% from 2015. The exhibit hall set a …
Clear Is The New Black: Design Considerations for Transparent OLEDs April 4, 2016 by Linda Hofflander Guest Post: Jennifer Davis, Planar Systems Getting the most out of technology often requires learning some new techniques and ideas. When photography was first invented, people would need to stand still for minutes to capture a portrait, instead of the hours it took for a painter. When moving pictures were new, actors had to learn how to …
Cloudy With A 100% Chance Of BS April 1, 2016 by Dave Haynes You’d almost wonder if a case study by Fujifilm Australia posted to an online trade publication was an April Fool’s prank, but it went up March 30. So they must have been serious. Under the headline Cloudy With A Chance Of Signage, Fujifilm has let the world know it has, exclusively for wireless carrier Vodafone, …
The Gateway Drug Of Digital Signage April 1, 2016 by Dave Haynes Anyone who sells digital signage solutions, or is charged with putting together a digital signage plan for their organization, knows it is not always the easiest sell. The benefits are definitely there, but they’re often a little soft and elusive. Benefits like raising awareness and enhancing experiences. So the solution is seen, often, as a …
Digital Podium Centre-Stage At Canada’s Music Awards This Weekend April 1, 2016 by Dave Haynes The Canadian version of the Grammys – called the JUNOS – goes this weekend in Calgary, and one of the features at the 2016 JUNO Gala Dinner & Awards will be a special podium fronted by a digital screen. Dubbed George – The Digital Podium, the set-up will be used to relay social media updates to the crowd as …
Four Winds Sues 22 Miles For Patent Infringement; Alleges Reverse-Engineering Of FWI Platform March 31, 2016 by Dave Haynes Denver-based digital signage CMS company Four Winds Interactive has filed a lawsuit in Colorado to go after Silicon Valley-based 22 Miles over patent infringement, copyright infringement and something called Patent False Marking, in addition to other related claims. FWI is claiming 22 Miles – which markets itself as an “innovative interactive digital signage solution vendor” – is marketing a …
