Are Shopping Mall Wayfinding Directories Still Relevant? December 14, 2015 by Super User I find myself in a lot of shopping malls during my travels, but not because I’m a voracious consumer. It’s rare when I even walk in stores. I’m there out of curiosity – looking at what the landlords and tenants are doing with the physical design and the digital experience. A couple of weeks ago …
My Chromebit Is Truly In Hand December 11, 2015 by Super User When Asus finally put Chromebits on the marketplace last month, I decided to order one online. No could do. At least not in Canada. I tried a week later and no luck. No one had them, though there was a place in the US that had them on back-order and they maybe, just maybe, shipped …
Can The Crowd Review Digital Signage Software? December 9, 2015 by Super User A New Mexico company called CrowdReviews.com has announced its online platform for reviews and rankings of software solutions has started ranking digital signage software companies. “The platform,” says a news release, “has been launched in a limited beta stage and is currently inviting digital signage software developers to have their customers leave reviews and feedback on …
Projects: Vodafone Goes Big On Digital Signage Down Under December 9, 2015 by Super User Mobile network operator Vodafone’s Australian wing has gone big on digital signage in its retail stores, switching on a national network that will exceed more than 1,200 screens before the year is out. Vodafone Hutchison Australia’s business case for integrating digital into the store design was a reduction of its dependencies on printed in-store material, and …
Projects: Lululemon Puts Different Twist On Interactive Retail Mirrors December 8, 2015 by Super User We’ve seen, for at least the last couple of years, startups and retailers taking different, often interesting stabs at interactive mirrors in retail environments. They’ve tended to be about the dressing room experience, but the athletic wear retailer Lululemon went in a decidedly different direction with a test installation at its New York flagship store. Instead …
Five Digital Signage Options For Tabletop Interactive Displays December 8, 2015 by Curtis Tilly Touchscreen tables are powerful tools for collaboration, interactivity and engagement. Customers in a retail store can use them to learn more about a product or service. An enterprise can use one to allow multiple users to collaborate on the same projects in one physical space – anything from architectural drawings to seismic imaging. Higher educational institutions …
Six Main Arguments For Digital Signage In Public Transportation December 8, 2015 by Cornelia Henkel Guest Post: Till Carlos, OnSign.TV I have a terrible sense of orientation. Perhaps skipping geography class to grab coffee might have contributed to that but in my defense the coffee was very good! Why am I telling you this? You see, people like me have a tendency to get lost easily. Directions are a lifesaver for …
Projects: 60 Small Panels Make One Big Wall December 3, 2015 by Super User On my way back from Dubai this past weekend I had a layover in Frankfurt, VERY early in the morning. It was enough time to take a 20-minute train into the city and have a look around. I discovered a few things: 1 – If you don’t know the city, you can walk straight out …
Want To Know How Android Fits In Digital Signage? Download This Free Report … December 3, 2015 by Super User So far, there have been in excess of 350 downloads of the Special Report on the state of Android in digital signage. It’s a free download, with no registration strings attached. Click through and the 23-page PDF download is yours. I”m reposting because these things tend to get lost as time wears on, when a site has more …
VIA, Capital Networks Certify Rare Beast: One Commercial Android Digital Signage Player With 2 Distinct Outputs December 3, 2015 by Super User The DEEP look I took recently into Android digital signage revealed a few things – among them how most of the players were adapted consumer set-top boxes and sticks, and how few were commercial-grade (aka reliable and predictable) devices. One of the few commercial manufacturers was VIA Technologies, a Taiwan company that has a big office …
