M&A: EU Touchscreen Tech Firms i3-Technologies And CTOUCH Join Forces July 9, 2024 by Dave Haynes A pair of interactive tech companies in the Benelux region have joined forces, with Belgium’s i3-Technologies acquiring the Dutch firm CTOUCH. From PR: The acquisition of CTOUCH aligns with i3-Technologies’ mission to provide interactive, inspiring and integrated solutions that foster collaboration and engagement in educational, corporate, and public sector environments. CTOUCH’s expertise in sustainable touchscreen …
Calgary Uses Electronic Signs To Validate Its Bike Lane Network July 9, 2024 by Dave Haynes I’m not sure I’d call this digital signage, but I guess like electronic shelf labels it kinda sorta is. Whatever the proper distinction, it’s interesting. This is a semi-digital totem on a sidewalk along a roadway in downtown Calgary, in western Canada. Like a lot of cities, Calgary has a growing network of dedicated bike …
There’s Digital Signage From Bow To Stern On This New German River Boat July 9, 2024 by Florian Rotberg Guest Post: Florian Rotberg, invidis A media ship is an unusual idea. But the concept of a floating newsroom, a stage for live journalism and a digital signage location for events has become established. The Pioneer One has been sailing on the Spree in Berlin for two years now. Now a sister ship, the Pioneer …
Nice Product, Baffling Name July 9, 2024 by Dave Haynes Perhaps it is a function of me being an age-certified old fart, but I think if you are going to call something a table, it should at least bear some resemblance to what we all know to be a table. Here we have what I think is a nice product with an utterly weird product …
Video: Watch How Dutch Start-Up’s Smart Glass Doubles Up To Produce Dynamic Visuals July 8, 2024 by Dave Haynes The Dutch start-up VideowindoW is going at the idea of turning windows into displays in a very different way from other manufacturers who have screens that attach LED arrays to glass or even embed the LEDs between laminated layers of glass. VideowindoW is instead mostly about a smart version of glare control, for big swaths …
Wallboard Acquires Keywest Technology And Unified Brand July 8, 2024 by Dave Haynes The CMS software and solutions firm Wallboard, which has offices in both Dallas and outside Budapest Hungary, has announced a pair of acquisitions aimed at growing its deployed base, but also bolstering staff and skillsets. Wallboard has acquired the Kansas City-area company Keywest Technology and Unified Brand, which operates out of Phoenix. “These acquisitions represent a major …
LG Follows Samsung’s Move Into Pro Versions Of IoT Sensors, Via Majority Buy Of Homey July 5, 2024 by Dave Haynes LG has a funny way of mirroring developments by its Korean electronics rival Samsung, and that appears to be happening again as LG has acquired 80% of a Dutch IoT platform that offers the same kind of sensors ecosystem as Samsung’s Smartthings. Samsung has recently added a pro version of its consumer-centric, and now LG …
Nordics CMS Software M&A: Sweden’s PLAYipp Acquires Norway’s Databeat July 5, 2024 by Dave Haynes A pair of small to mid-sized digital signage software providers in the Nordics region have consolidated, with Sweden’s PLAYipp acquiring Databeat, a software provider based in Norway. The M&A activity is backed by PLAYipp’s “software growth investor” Monterro. From PR: This strategic partnership marks a milestone in PLAYipp’s growth mission, enhancing our capacity to deliver …
Ancient Roman City In Turkiye Revived In Projection-Mapped Immersive Museum July 5, 2024 by Dave Haynes An ancient Roman trading city is revived and explored using more than 120 projectors at an immersive museum in Selçuk, Türkiye that opened in mid 2023. The Ephesus Experience Museum looks at what life was like in Ephesus before it was largely destroyed in an earthquake in 262. From PR about the immersive experience: Ancient …
Lift And Learn Retail Application Cleverly Doubles Up As Stock Level Counter July 4, 2024 by Dave Haynes People who have been in this industry for many years are likely amused, as I have been, when software and solutions companies demonstrate what they call new and innovative “lift and learn” applications for retail with the same kind of enthusiasm they’d have if they’d invented fire or figured out cold fusion. On-screen content triggered …
