Uniguest’s Ad Feature On BBC Video Series Gives Interesting Look At Tuning Tech To Senior Living Communities June 28, 2024 by Super User Nashville-based Uniguest has for several years now been growing its solutions footprint in a vertical market I see few other companies interested in, despite the demographic information and opportunity staring them in the face. The company expanded its focus from hotels and resorts to also incorporate senior living communities, offering a range of solutions …
Walmart Canada Testing LCD Ribbon SmartShelves That Show Pricing AND Consumer Reviews June 27, 2024 by Super User Walmart’s Canadian operation is running an interesting trial program at its biggest store in the country – using LCD ribbon displays in the crackers section of the grocery department as digital price tags, but also as product reviews. The crackers section has 28 feet of ribbon displays, and pulls consumer product reviews – let’s assume …
Velasea Partners With Industrial PC Maker Cincoze On PCs Built To Handle Weather Extremes June 26, 2024 by Super User I don’t write much about technology and distribution partnerships because those announcements are endless and are usually interesting only to the companies making the arrangements, but a tie-up between a couple of specialty computer manufacturers is notable because of a curious factor – the weather. The Las Vegas-area OEM systems builder Velasea, which started moving …
Uniguest Expands EPOS Support As Its Tripleplay CMS Gets Headless June 26, 2024 by Super User Nashville-based Uniguest is going down the platform/headless path with its venue-focused CMS software Tripleplay, tying it directly in with a variety of Electronic Point of Sale (EPOS) systems to streamline menu updates for food services. The company has announced integrations for its IPTV and digital signage CMS for users of Venue Next, Shift 4, Kappture, …
Windows 10 Support Ends Next Year, Providing Big Switch Opportunity For Google’s ChromesOS Flex June 25, 2024 by Super User The publication TechNewsWorld, whose coverage focus is pretty evident in the name, has a good reminder up about the looming end of Microsoft’s formal support for devices running its Windows 10 operating system. Many millions of PCs, including some used as media players for digital signage networks, see support ended for their OS in October …
PRN Plans 100+ New Retail Media Networks Jobs In Owner STRATACACHE’s HQ City June 25, 2024 by Super User Premier Retail Networks (PRN) says it will be creating more than 100 jobs by opening a new “Sales Center of Excellence” that will be geared to rolling out and supporting in-store retail media networks in the U.S. and globally. The PRN Sales Center will be located in downtown Dayton, OH, which also happens to be …
PepsiCo Creates What Amounts To “Smart Can” Digital Signage Network Geared To Creatives And Influencers June 25, 2024 by Super User Beverage giant PepsiCo has debuted something it calls a Pepsi Smart Can – a version of its soda can that has a wraparound screen and electronics instead of liquid inside. The intent of the smart cans is to ship them out to influencers and the creative community, like those at agencies, as something of a …
Saudi’s Qiddiya Giga-Project Adds Plans For Sci Fi-Looking Performing Arts Center June 24, 2024 by Super User The Saudi giga-project outside of Riyadh – called Qiddiya City – has now added a digital-heavy performing arts center to the list of ambitious and expensive projects at various stages of development. Announced today, new of the center comes on the heels of several other entertainment, sporting and cultural attractions for the area – including …
Zoom-Zoom: InfoComm Videos Demo Curved Touch LEDs And Infinite Zoom Software June 21, 2024 by Super User Here’s a few videos from InfoComm last week that demo a curved, touched LED video wall, and interactive software that continues to genuinely blow my mind. This first one is a real world demo of curved yet multi-touch capable fine pitch display that is a collaboration between Planar and TSI Touch. For context, touch on …
New Streaming Curated Curated Digital Art Service Vieunite Pro Also Enables Workplace Messaging June 21, 2024 by Super User There have been several companies that have popped up offering subscription content services focused on digital artworks to be used on commercial displays – as one-offs or part of the mix in digital signage networks – but a newly launched service out of the UK blends curated artwork, screens optimized for display art, and a …