Dutch Start-Up Mashes Up Large Format E-Paper Displays And Newspaper Front Pages As Functional Art July 13, 2023 by Super User As spotted in TechCrunch … E Ink displays have been touted as replacements for a lot of different monochrome and basic color print products, like transit schedules and posters. But now there’s a company selling a 32-inch e-paper display that shows the front pages of newspapers. My first 20 years of working were at daily …
No NUCs: Intel Getting Out Of Direct Manufacturing Of Mini PCs July 12, 2023 by Super User Intel has been notifying its ecosystem partners that it is backing out of direct investment its small form factor Next Unit of Computing (NUC) business, sunset-ing its own product line but encouraging partners to keep working with the reference designs. So specialty computing vendors in the digital signage and pro AV sectors that have their …
Here’s A Chiller Fridge Media Solution That Does The Job But Doesn’t Bust Budgets July 12, 2023 by Super User Here’s a very different, and probably way less costly and involved demo of going at the idea of adding digital signage to chiller fridges. While companies like Cooler Screens have gone down the path of retrofitting the heavy, expensive and custom-sized chiller doors in high foot traffic retail (and run into a big problem), Fargo, …
Philly’s Airport Rolling Out TSA Wait Time Screens Across Terminals July 12, 2023 by Super User Flashy, big dollar video walls and experiential installations at renovated airports tend to get the attention of industry writers and observers, and that makes sense, but there is a whole subset of very pedestrian – even boring – deployments that are just as important to making passenger experiences enjoyable. Like TSA screening status boards at …
Hastings Stepping Back From CEO Role At BrightSign; But Only To Work Instead As Its CTO July 11, 2023 by Super User Jeff Hastings is stepping back from his longtime role as CEO of the media player firm BrightSign, but sticking with the company as co-CEO through 2023 and then CTO in the new year. His co-pilot will be Steve Durkee, who if I have the right guy from LinkedIn has been with manufacturer Legrand I AV …
Bahrain Star-Up Touts Autonomous Wandering Ad Screen Robots July 11, 2023 by Super User I was amazed at a couple of recent trade shows to still see companies marketing an ad solution that involves screens that are attached to backpacks and harnesses worn by people, the displays looming over the heads of the humans, or running on the backpacks. It’s an idea and effort that’s been around for maybe …
Canadian Elevator Screen Network Expanding Into 10X-Sized US Market July 11, 2023 by Super User The Canadian media firm Vertical City is expanding its core product – screens in elevators – into the much larger US market. The Edmonton company says its Vertical Impression screen network hopes to reach into more than 130 ad markets in the two countries. “Our goal is to become the largest elevator screen network in …
Spectrio Acquires inReality, Adding AI-Driven Venue Analytics To Solution Stack July 11, 2023 by Super User The Tampa-based digital signage software and solutions firm Spectrio has added to its solution stack with the acquisition of inReality, an Atlanta-area company that does audience engagement and analytics. Disclaimer – Spectrio acquired and now publishes Sixteen:Nine. From the announcement: Spectrio, one of the nation’s leading providers of comprehensive digital signage systems, has broadened an …
Store In QSR Giant Chain Uses Printed Labels To Hide Out Of Stock Items On Digital Menu Screens July 11, 2023 by Super User This is just sad – a major QSR chain using printed labels that staff evidently use to indicate out-of-stock menu items on the digital menu display boards behind the order counter. We have all seen this sort of thing in places like food court malls – but the operators of those tend to be one-offs …
Tim Horton’s Adds Order Status Displays, LED Halo To Stores July 10, 2023 by Super User The Canadian coffee chain Tim Horton’s was an early adopter of digital menu displays, rolling them out across Canada and elsewhere long before many of its competitors. And it now appears to be making the welcomed addition of order status screens in busy stores. An industry friend sent me a photo of Timmy’s in Bancroft, …
