Southwest Airlines Kept Flying Through Global IT Outage Because It Still Uses Windows 3.1, Circa 1992 July 22, 2024 by Super User Through Friday’s global IT outage, it started to become clear that the enterprise-level digital signage networks most affected by the CrowdStrike security update boo-boo seemed to be airports and airlines, but U.S. carrier Southwest Airlines screens were minimally affected because the carrier, somewhat astonishingly, is using versions of Windows coded in the 1990s. Numerous IT-focused …
invidis confidential 20/24: Digital Signage Trends in Asia July 22, 2024July 22, 2024 by Florian Rotberg This week the invidis tour stopped at Bangkok’s Infocomm Asia 2024 for great sessions around retail digital signage and QSR. I spent 10 days in Asia to discover latest trends in digital signage and DooH.
Infocomm Asia: AI with a human touch July 21, 2024 by Florian Rotberg Bangkok | The interaction between customers and digital signage screens is not only becoming more personal but also more human. While personalization has long been standard in mobile apps, the one2many medium of digital signage is quickly catching up. In addition, AI-based digital humans provide digital signage touchpoints a more personal touch, more hospitality and …
Carve Out: Panasonic sells projector business July 31, 2024July 21, 2024 by Florian Rotberg According to NHK, Panasonic found a buyer for its professional projector business. The investor Orix is said to be paying the equivalent of around 580 million euros.
Ikea: Six times more customer engagements July 21, 2024 by Florian Rotberg Ikea has been using self-service kiosks in its home improvement stores for many years – for wayguiding in the self-service hall as well as in the exhibition area for orders. Ikea is now taking stock after the rollout of the latest Upptäcka digital signage kiosk terminal generation.
Recommendation Engine: Samsung acquires AI startup July 21, 2024 by Florian Rotberg Samsung Electronics takes over the AI startup Oxford Semantic Technologies. The university spinoff Oxford Semantic specializes in knowledge graph solutions enabling recommendation engines and product configurators – applications that are also very interesting for digital signage.
Omnivex Does A Lot of Windows-based Digital Signage Networks, And CTO Says They’re On Top Of It July 19, 2024 by Super User When I first learned this morning of the CrowdStrike update that was causing Blue Screens Of Death on computers running Windows (and CrowdStrike security software), I started thinking about the implications for digital signage software vendors that have scores, hundreds or even thousands of endpoints running Microsoft’s operating system. The company that most comes to …
Newark Airport BSODs July 19, 2024 by Super User From a reader trying to get home this morning from Newark’s international airport … These DOOH screens appear to be at least sold by the media company Clear Channel Outdoor. What a mess. Here’s an earlier post showing passenger information screens blue-screened, at multiple airports. More pix …
Photos And Videos: How Windows/Crowdstrike Issues Affecting Airlines And Airports July 19, 2024 by Super User It is VERY difficult these days to discern what is real and what is the cheeky fakery of someone who knows their way around image and video editing tools. But poking around online for a while reveals some real examples of problems brought on by the Windows/CrowdStrike issues that developed overnight. Most notably, in the …
Panasonic Sells It B2B Projector Business July 19, 2024 by Florian Rotberg This post first appeared on the site of content partner invidis … According to NHK, Panasonic has finally found a buyer for its professional projector business in Orix. The Japanese financial investor Orix is said to be paying the equivalent of around 580 million euros for the ProAV business. In May it was announced that …
