Armodilo Rethinks Retail Tablet Enclosures March 26, 2015 by Super User Tablet stand and enclosure manufacturer Armodilo Display Solutions will be rolling a slick new wall-mounted enclosure for tablets this spring that pretty dramatically rethinks the idea of sticking an iPad or other tab in a protective frame. The new set-up, called LITE, is based on Armodilo’s AURA kiosk design. It shifts the set-up to a …
Behold The $39 Digital Signage Player March 23, 2015 by Super User A Texas start-up called Signagely has started marketing its digital signage offer, which ranges from a $159 Chromebox at the top end to a $39 Kindle Fire TV HDMI stick they’ve got working as a basic player. The start-up’s website doesn’t have a lot of detail in it on the company background, or what’s different …
Aussie Newcomer StratosMedia’s Chrome Signage Product Targets Enterprise Business March 23, 2015 by Super User When I walk the DSE show floor I tend to wander up to booths for companies I knew little or nothing about, particularly if they’re doing something that gets my eyebrows up a bit. One of those companies a couple of weeks ago was StratosMedia – which intrigued me for two reasons: they were among the eight companies …
Raspberry Pi 2 Gets Free Windows 10 Licensing – What That Means In Digital Signage March 19, 2015 by Super User Microsoft has confirmed its new Windows 10 operating system will be made available free to developers working on the low-cost Raspberry Pi micro PC board. The Pi 2 is among a series of small footprint Internet of Things, or IoT, devices that will be offered a version of the new OS. In a company blog post Wednesday, Microsoft said …
Projects: LA LA LAND in LA LA Land March 17, 2015 by Super User Me and the boss took a side trip to Los Angeles several days ahead of DSE, for a few reasons: Get the f#ck out of the cold and snow; Take some meetings; Let her see LA for the 1st time. We did some obligatory sightseeing, including the freak show sidewalk scene in Hollywood, where we …
23 Digital Signage Software Options For Chromebox & Google March 17, 2015 by Super User Updated: March 2019 Tech giant Google has been active in the digital signage space for the last two years, with dedicated business development, product management and channel management resources, and the company has had a substantial presence at the last two Digital Signage Expo trade shows in Las Vegas, most recently in March 2016. This …
Call For Speakers: Taiwan, June 2015 March 17, 2015 by Super User The Digital Signage Multimedia Alliance in Taiwan has put out its 2015 call for speakers to its annual Digital Signage Forum in Taipei, which runs during the giant Computex tech show. The DSMA involves nearly 200 member companies in Asia, including technology and media companies. The annual forum takes place this year on Friday June 5 at the …
DSE 2015 Day Two Impressions March 14, 2015 by Super User Back at home and already missing the big blue skies and shirt sleeves weather of LA and Las Vegas. Sigh. Day 2 at Digital Signage Expo was still bat outta hell mode for me, running around looking at stuff and steering clients here and there to see things and meet people. So as usual, I got …
DSE2015: Sharp’s Wraparound LCD Display March 12, 2015 by Super User This is just a concept, and may or may not ever be a full product from Sharp, but it IS very nice. It’s a convex LCD with interior direct light inside a column to illuminate the LCD. The application would be columns in retail or public spaces, replacing printed graphics or flexible LED displays that …
DSE: Day I – General Impressions March 12, 2015 by Super User Daylight is breaking here and it’s Day 2 of the trade show hall at Digital Signage Expo. This is the day I run around and really see stuff,I hope. Day 1 was meetings and catching up with people. The place looked busy – certainly not jammed, but busy. Exhibitors I asked said they thought traffic …
