Robots and holograms? Are US retailers losing focus? June 26, 2015 by Brandon Harp Guest Post – Emily Carroll, Prendi With the evolution of technological innovations, consumers are becoming increasingly connected and informed, with high expectations of the retail experience. As this continues to evolve, retailers must recognize the shifting role of the brick-and-mortar store. No longer is the brick-and-mortar store enough on it’s own, nor is online. Retailers need to …
Are You Experienced?: Android And Digital Signage, Three Years On June 24, 2015 by Super User It has been three-plus years since the first Android-driven digital signage players and supporting software platforms came on the marketplace. Pretty quickly, there were more than 70 options out there. Some companies like BroadSign have seen some big success in going down the Android road, whereas not much has happened for some other companies that …
Live Posters Sense How Busy London Pubs Are; Nudges People In For A Pimm’s June 24, 2015 by Super User Here’s another very clever idea enabled by the guys at LivePoster in the UK – a digital poster tied-in to smartphone-sensing data that tells passers-by whether a pub is busy and suggests dropping in for a drink. The Spirits Business trade publication reports how booze giant Diageo is behind a digital poster trial tied to a …
Lenovo Releases $129 Wintel PC On A Stick June 24, 2015 by Super User Lenovo will start selling a $129 Windows PC on a stick next month – a rival to Intel’s ComputeStick that could be used as a low-end digital signage player and compete with Android, Chromebox and raspberry Pi-driven players in the tiny, cheap class. The ideacentre Stick 300 has an Intel Atom CPU inside and comes with Windows …
Monster, Aerva Patent Dispute Settlement Could Have Broad Implications For Running Social Media On Screens June 24, 2015 by Super User A pair of companies long active in digital signage and digital out of home have reached an out of court patent dispute settlement that could have broader implications for the use of social media feeds on networked digital screens. Boston-based software and solutions firm Aerva has reached a settlement in a patent infringement action filed by …
How to Save Lives With Digital Signage June 24, 2015 by Brandon Harp GUEST POST – Emily Carroll, Prendi Driving behind big semi-trailers can be intimidating or, for the impatient drivers like myself, frustratingly slow. So when driving down an open two-lane road, what appears to be an empty lane quickly turns into a tempting chance to overtake. It is in these situations that we unfortunately see a …
Titan, Control Group Pair Up At Intersection! June 24, 2015 by Super User The outdoor ad firm Titan and interactive/technology agency Control Group have been merged into a new urban experience company called Intersection! – the deal bankrolled by a consortium that’s led by Sidewalk Labs, a newly-minted partnership between Google and former Bloomberg CEO Dan Doctoroff. Titan and Control are two of the key companies behind LinkNYC, the big project aimed at …
YCD Beefs Up HTML5 Support On C-nario Suite June 23, 2015 by Super User I don’t tend to write about minor version releases for software, as only existing clients and almost-there prospects really care. But news from the Israeli firm YCD Multimedia caught my eye. Version 3.7.1 of its C-nario Digital Signage Suite (you may remember YCD bought C-nario) adds some important features for supporting HTML5 content – which is …
IntuiLab, Signagelive Team On Interactive Content-Builder For ChromeOS Digital Signage June 23, 2015 by Super User The French company IntuiLab has long had great software that enables users to develop interactive touch experiences without knowing much of anything about coding, but the technology has always been on the fringes of digital signage. That’s changed with a partnership that builds IntuiLab into UK-based Signagelive’s content management platform, and has it optimized for …
QSRs, Digital Signage And The Internet Of Everything June 22, 2015 by ElenaLathrop Guest Post: Ron Gazzola, Samsung Putting the quick in Quick Service Restaurants, or QSRs, has owed a lot to the sensors and systems that are now the basis of what’s being called the Internet of Things. To get an order to a customer, without customer lines backing up, takes automation and smart devices that are driving …
