Capital Networks Release V2 Of Android Platform July 9, 2013 by Super User Capital Networks is now on to V2 of its Android digital signage solution, aka Audience for Android v2. The company (loyal Sixteen:Nine advertiser) launched V1 formally a year ago, one of the first on what is an increasingly crowded market. Version two brings more horsepower to the hardware and software, as well as a broader …
Dynamax Adds Android Hardware-Software Solution July 8, 2013 by Super User [vimeo id=”69879094″ width=”600″ height=”350″] UK software firm Dynamax has joined the ranks of established software houses that have added Android solutions to their product offer. Dynamax Technologies says its new Android-based digital signage solution is the company’s first hardware solution since the launch of its SaaS product digitalsignage.NET, in 2010. The company already had Windows …
UK’s Silver Curve Launches Raspberry Pi-based Commercial-Grade Digital Signage Platform July 5, 2013 by Super User UK-based Silver Curve has started raising money, using a sophisticated crowd-funding platform, to build out the team for a software platform that enables “top-end signage software packages” to run on low-cost Raspberry Pi-based computers. The $300,000 US equivalent raise just started days ago and the company was already at roughly 26% subscribed when I checked …
Chipmaker Via Debuts ARM-based Android Hardware And Software Platform July 2, 2013 by Super User Taiwanese chipmaker Via has sent a note over to say it is now marketing a digital signage platform and solutions based both on the ARM and more conventional x86 PC processors. The company has also developed a VIA Embedded Digital Signage ISV Program (ISV = Independent Software Vendor) that encourages software companies to develop to its devices, …
BroadSign Reports 1,000-unit Android Player Order June 28, 2013 by Super User There are still lots of people out there I have chatted with who are dismissive of the whole Android media player thing – most of them suggesting an evolving open source operating system and teeny, too cheap media playback devices from Shenzhen are way too dodgy a choice for all but the entry-level ma and …
Android For Digital Signage: A Closer Look At AdServe June 25, 2013 by Super User It has been a little bit since we had a close look at a new Android-based digital signage platform, but rest assured they just keep coming. The latest in our running series of closer looks at Android-driven digital signage solution providers is AdServe, which is an Aussie company with some development ties to South Korea. …
Sweden’s DISE The Latest SW Firm To Go Android June 19, 2013 by Super User [youtube id=”800n0enDE5c” width=”600″ height=”350″] The Swedish digital signage software company DISE has joined the Android club, though the actual release date of the player software is unspecified. DISE says the new player supports multi-screen synchronization – which the company touts as a core strength of its platform – as well as a NoBorders feature that …
IAdea Releases New Scala-Certified Enterprise Devices June 18, 2013 by Super User Longtime 16:9 advertisers IAdea has announced a series of devices today that are certified to support software company Scala’s enterprise software. The new devices, says IAdea, incorporate core enhancement technologies from IAdea to offer superior system stability and display quality compared to commodity playback devices available in the market. In its news release, IAdea says: …
Projects: Smart Signage End Caps In Loop C-Stores June 16, 2013 by Super User Here’s a small pilot in Silicon Valley that’s interesting for several reasons. It’s using HTML5 as the content platform. It’s a digital signage deal coming out of the print sector. It integrates mobile interaction. And it is using Samsung’s system on chip Smart Signage displays. (Disclosure: I work with or am tight with some of …
InfoComm Impressions: Day 1 June 13, 2013 by Super User It’s a little hot here, as in Oh My God How Do People Live Here? hot. But that’s typical in the years the pro-AV trade show comes here. Crowds look pretty good to my untrained eyes, though there are always guys at the backs of halls idly chatting and reading emails. I ended up in …
