Noxel Embeds Digital Signage Player In LED Projector August 27, 2014 by Dave Haynes The Malaysian digital signage company Noxel has embedded an ARM-based media player, running Noxel’s software, in the body of a small LED-lit projector. The 1,200 lumens projector, which would need to run in a darkened environment to drive a decent image, has an operating life of 20,000 hours minimum, which is a big jump up …
New Samsung Signage In A Box On Retail Shelves This Month August 21, 2014 by Dave Haynes Samsung got me on a conference call Thursday to provide a thorough rundown on what its new Smart Signage TV is all about, and to clearly make a distinction with the Smart Sign and Smart TV programs already in the marketplace. I spoke with Kevin Schroll and Michael O’Halloran, guys I’ve known for a few years …
Shuttle Europe Launches $175 Android Digital Signage Players August 21, 2014 by Dave Haynes Shuttle Computer Group announced a set of ARM-based players at DSE earlier this year, and now the European wing has gone the next logical step and said they are marketing Android-specific media players. Shuttle Computer Handels GmbH, the European subsidiary of Shuttle Inc., one of the leading developers and manufacturers of compact PC solutions such …
Golf Cart Digital OOH Network Plans IPO August 20, 2014 by Dave Haynes A Scottsdale, AZ company that puts tablets in golf carts and sells the 4.5 hours of quality time with golfers to brands has filed papers for an IPO, with intentions of listing as an Over-The-Counter stock on the US market. Digital Caddies says it has over 10,000 interactive screens installed on more than 142 golf courses in all major …
Beacons: A Better Idea For Indoor Wayfinding August 19, 2014 by Dave Haynes Interactive wayfinding directories absolutely have a role in helping people find their way around sprawling retail, health care, higher education and corporate campuses. But emerging technology is going to erode some of their core reasons for existing. The directories are very good at telling people what’s there – through lookups and category sorting. But they’re …
Samsung Launches New Smart Digital Signage TV Product Aimed At Small Biz Market August 18, 2014 by Dave Haynes Samsung has just announced a new variant on its Smart Signage program – this one seemingly aimed squarely at the SMB space and built around its own MagicInfo software, and not that of any partners. Under the rather overstated headline “Samsung Revolutionizes Digital Signage with Introduction of Samsung Smart Signage TV for Small Shop and Business …
Projects: Tim Hortons Concept Store Includes Tabletop Interactive August 15, 2014 by Dave Haynes Here’s a video from a trade show last month in which the iconic Canadian coffee chain – which sells 8 of every 10 cups of coffee up here – showed what a store “could” look like one day. Too much white plastic for me, but I did like the stab at tabletop interactive ordering stations. …
With Moves By Intel And Microsoft, Maybe Digital Signage’s Future Isn’t All About ARM August 2, 2014 by Dave Haynes Maybe ARM isn’t entirely going to take over from old school x86 PCs for digital signage … When I was in Taipei at Computex a couple of months ago I saw a lot of computing devices and talked to a lot of people who were showing off low cost boxes that could ostensibly play back …
HTML5 Playback Gaining More Traction in Digital Signage Via IAdea July 31, 2014 by Dave Haynes Smaller screens in retail settings and outside meeting rooms seems to be an increasingly hot little focus area in digital signage, and Taiwan’s IAdea appears to seeing the benefits. IAdea and Scala did as 7,500 unit deal earlier this year involving small 10-inch signboards, and Taipei-based IAdea is now approaching 20 partners marketing a range …
Linutop Adds Kiosk Software For Raspberry Pi Digital Signage July 29, 2014 by Dave Haynes Add Linutop to the list of options for running digital signs using the teeny $45 Raspberry Pi micro-PC. The French software company has made its Linutop Kiosk available for Raspberry Pi devices. The software can handle secure Internet access Kiosks running HTML5 and digital signage systems using still images and MP4 video. The new version of …
