Macy’s Testing Digital Fitting Room Service As Foil To Online Shopping August 19, 2015 by Dave Haynes Via Bloomberg A former Amazon exec’s startup is running a test in a Manhattan Beach, CA Macy’s that mashes up digital screens, mobile and some old-school warehouse ideas to rethink the shopping experience. In a nutshell, Hointer’s Whoosh program allows a retailer to focus on front of house being a real, tactile version on an …
Get The Picture About Effective Wayfinding August 18, 2015 by Tim Straehle Guest Post: Tom Graczkowski, Saturn Digital Media The old saying about a picture being worth 1,000 words rings especially true when it comes to producing effective wayfinding. From a very young age, we learn to identify colourful shapes and symbols for things like bathrooms and safety signs. It’s an approach that’s essential to good wayfinding work. …
RMG’s Q2 Financials Suggest Turnaround Efforts Starting To Work August 17, 2015 by Dave Haynes Dallas-based RMG Networks has released its latest quarterly financials, which suggest the company’s turnaround efforts are starting to make a difference and getting the corporate-focused signage software and solutions company closer to running in the black. For Q2, total reported revenue from continuing operations for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 was $9.3 million, compared …
Buh-Bye Flash – IAB Says HTML5 Is The Way Forward August 17, 2015 by Dave Haynes Via AD Age Those software and creative guys doggedly hanging on to Adobe Flash as its main motion graphics playback tool might want to pay attention to the point of view of the Interactive Advertising Bureau, which is making HTML5 the new standard for digital creative. The IAB is the organization that tries to enforce …
Did Indoor Wayfinding Just Get Easier For Android Signage Platforms? August 14, 2015 by Dave Haynes This is one of those devil in the details things, but it would at least appear there is a slick new way for software companies offering Android digital signage software platforms to add indoor mapping for malls, campuses and other busy, confusing places. A company called Here is offering up indoor mapping capability to Android …
Marketing: AOPEN Launches Product With Great Explainer Video August 13, 2015 by Dave Haynes I think AOPEN may have some challenges with the price-points for its new commercial Chromebox and Chromebase – they’re priced accordingly, but the market mostly equates Chromebox to sub-$200 devices. However, the Taiwan company does a very nice job with this explainer video showing the products, features and benefits and applicability. People who do mass deployments …
Ontario Lottery Uses Live Digital Signs For $1M Casino Draw August 13, 2015 by Dave Haynes Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation has for many years had a dedicated digital signage team – both tech and creative – running its screen networks across 19 slots and casino sites across the province. The team work with its longtime software vendor Capital Networks on a very different, very clever twist to casino messaging – …
Planar Acquired By Chinese LED Firm Leyard August 13, 2015 by Dave Haynes The blending of LED and display technologies and companies continues. Specialty, high-end display panel maker Planar Systems has been acquired by the Chinese high-end indoor LED firm Leyard Optoelectronic Co., Ltd. The companies have entered into a definitive merger agreement, that would see a U.S. affiliate of Leyard acquire all of the common stock of Planar …
Turn TVs Into Interactive Signs For $200 With New Gadget August 12, 2015 by Dave Haynes The same crowd that is endlessly looking to cut display hardware, playback hardware and software costs out of digital signage projects will likely be intrigued as heck by a new IndieGogo project that turns any TV with an HDMI connector into a touch and stylus controlled display. Called Touchjet Wave, it’s a device that clamps on …
Scala Boosts Speed, Performance In New Release August 12, 2015 by Dave Haynes Scala has issued a major version release of its Scala Enterprise digital signage platform, saying Release 11 adds a pile of speed and performance enhancements. In all, the company based outside Philadelphia says the new release has 25 new features and 265 enhancements. Nerd alert: the rest of this from the release will make all but propeller-heads …
