ZetaDisplay Reaches Framework Deal To Update Screen Network On Stockholm’s Airport Express Train System July 2, 2024 by Dave Haynes The Swedish digital signage solutions provider ZetaDisplay has announced a “multi-year exclusive framework agreement” that would see its software driving the screens on the rail cars and platforms of the express rail service that runs between central Stockholm and the city’s Arlanda international airport. This partnership, says PR, will see Arlanda express switching to ZetaDisplay’s …
Dallas-area Hospital Using One Of Those Giant Hologram-ish Displays For Telemedicine July 2, 2024 by Dave Haynes A small 84-bed acute care general hospital in the suburbs of Dallas, Texas is using one of those transparent LCD shower stall-like enclosures as a way to run real-time doctor-patient consultations, even though the patients are at a clinic 30 miles away. It is a VERY expensive variation on telemedicine – the big difference being …
Outcome Health Co-Founder Rishi Shah Sentenced To 7.5 Years Jail Time For Fraud July 1, 2024 by Dave Haynes The sad downfall of a once rising star in the digital out of home sector hit a big milestone last week, with Rishi Shah, the co-founder and once CEO of Outcome Health, being sentenced to 7.5 years in jail for fraud. Rishi Shah had founded what was at first known at ContextMedia as a condition-specific …
Projection In SOHO NYC Building’s Windows Celebrate And Market NBA Finals June 28, 2024 by Dave Haynes Here’s a nice example of how the windows of vacant storefronts are once again being used as short-term digital out of home ad tools, projecting on specialized film to fill the windows with video and motion graphics. This is an interactive campaign that ran on the street-level windows of a building in New York’s SOHO …
Uniguest’s Ad Feature On BBC Video Series Gives Interesting Look At Tuning Tech To Senior Living Communities June 28, 2024 by Dave Haynes Nashville-based Uniguest has for several years now been growing its solutions footprint in a vertical market I see few other companies interested in, despite the demographic information and opportunity staring them in the face. The company expanded its focus from hotels and resorts to also incorporate senior living communities, offering a range of solutions …
Build Your Digital Signage Messaging With Microsoft Word??? June 27, 2024 by Dave Haynes Just about anyone who advises, guides or executes on content and creative strategy for a digital signage network has talked customers off the ledge from using common office productivity tools to make their own content, so it was a bit weird to come across news that Minneapolis-based CMS software firm Carousel Digital Signage has developed …
Walmart Canada Testing LCD Ribbon SmartShelves That Show Pricing AND Consumer Reviews June 27, 2024 by Dave Haynes Walmart’s Canadian operation is running an interesting trial program at its biggest store in the country – using LCD ribbon displays in the crackers section of the grocery department as digital price tags, but also as product reviews. The crackers section has 28 feet of ribbon displays, and pulls consumer product reviews – let’s assume …
Dubai Retailer Lines Store’s Upper-Level With Semi-Transparent LED Display Tech June 27, 2024 by Dave Haynes A home furnishings retailer in Dubai is using those semi-transparent, wafer-thin LED displays on the upper levels of its store. What’s interesting here is how the set-up enables the retailer to create something of digital billboard, without impairing the view in or out of the main level of the store. The LED wafers are attached …
Velasea Partners With Industrial PC Maker Cincoze On PCs Built To Handle Weather Extremes June 26, 2024 by Dave Haynes I don’t write much about technology and distribution partnerships because those announcements are endless and are usually interesting only to the companies making the arrangements, but a tie-up between a couple of specialty computer manufacturers is notable because of a curious factor – the weather. The Las Vegas-area OEM systems builder Velasea, which started moving …
Uniguest Expands EPOS Support As Its Tripleplay CMS Gets Headless June 26, 2024 by Dave Haynes Nashville-based Uniguest is going down the platform/headless path with its venue-focused CMS software Tripleplay, tying it directly in with a variety of Electronic Point of Sale (EPOS) systems to streamline menu updates for food services. The company has announced integrations for its IPTV and digital signage CMS for users of Venue Next, Shift 4, Kappture, …
