UCView Adds Raspberry Pi Option To Digital Signage Player Lineup September 11, 2014 by Super User Most of the companies that have introduced digital signage solutions for Raspberry Pi have been start-ups or little teeny existing companies with no marketplace presence. But now we have UCView, a long-running signage software company operating in greater LA, launching what’s called ARM Caster HD, which is powered by Raspberry Pi. Says the company: Known …
Swedish Firm Puts Messaging At The Point Of Pay September 11, 2014 by Super User A Swedish company has launched a quasi-digital sign product that puts an e-ink screen into the top of one of those divider bars people use to separate purchases in checkout lanes at groceries. Motion Display’s “Motion e-bar” will be used initially in selected Swedish ICA stores. “Customers we discussed with spontaneously say they can’t imagine …
Hybrid-Cloud: Squashing the Debate on Cloud vs. On-Premise September 11, 2014 by Tony Downey Guest Post: David Wible, Industry Weapon There is a lot of debate on whether digital signage should be housed on-premises or in the cloud. Of course, both cloud based and on-premises digital media management solutions have pros and cons. An ‘on-prem’ solution allows clients to have complete control of the system, so that data security …
Looks A Lot Like Digital Signage: Opera Browser Adds Smart TV Ads Capabilities September 10, 2014 by Super User The majority of the chatter about using HTML5 and web browsers as digital signage playout tools has been about using Google’s Chrome browser and/or OS, or the open source webskit browser. But there is news that Norway’s Opera Software has released a smart TV solution, coupled with advertising, that would do the business, as well, …
Dell Latest To Add Chromebox To Product Line September 9, 2014 by Super User US PC maker Dell has added a little Chrome OS-driven Chromebox to its product lineup, with units shipping later this month. The Austin-based company is the 4th, by my count, with a $179 USD Chromebox – a device I know is already in the field as a digital signage player with Rise Vision and being actively …
Fabulous Parting Gifts From Our DSrupted Sponsors September 7, 2014 by Super User We’ll have some genuinely “fabulous parting gifts” for the folks who register and attend DSrupted next week in Toronto. Google and Rise Vision – Google’s Vidya Nagarajan is our lead-off speaker and Rise is an event sponsor – have very kindly offered up 10 Asus Chromeboxes, teeny put powerful little devices that Rise already has in …
Clarity Gap Closing As Super-Tight LED Walls Light Up September 5, 2014 by Super User About a year and a half ago I was walking around the National Association of Broadcasters show in Las Vegas and got stopped dead in my tracks by a giant LED video wall that even up close looked terrific. It was a 1.9 mm pixel pitch wall, with the little LED modules positioned so tightly …
DSrupted Will Offer Instant Pheedback For Speakers September 4, 2014 by Super User DSrupted already has a very nice, dedicated app that enables attendees to network, message and set-up chats with other attendees. It’s called Bizzabo and I’m liking what it does. The event will also have a mobile tool that will allow attendees to not only rate speakers, but provide direct feedback and message the speakers. Instead …
MIT Testing New Breed Of Transparent Displays September 4, 2014 by Super User Via Trefor Brock’s blog, here’s some intriguing tech coming out of the MIT labs. This is a polymer film injected with nanoparticles that create single-color visuals on glass, with the longer view to support the primary colors and therefore do proper images. I almost sound smart there. The people in the video explain it all. [embedplusvideo …
RDM Formally Adds NFC-Enabled Content To Neocast Platflorm September 4, 2014 by Super User Real Digital Media has formally announced NFC-enabled content capabilities for its NEOCAST digital signage, a few months after showing the concept at the Digital Signage Expo trade show. Working with iZipline and its MediaTags Platform, RDM’s digital signage network clients can now synchronize on-screen content with brand marketing content to drive instant, dynamic interactions with …
