Japan’s AEON Delight Marketing Sensor-Driven Data Dashboards For Facility Users And Operators July 28, 2022 by Dave Haynes A Japanese facilities management firm has started marketing a system that uses sensors to monitor the state of restrooms and trash cans, with the operating goal of reducing cleaning costs and building user stress. AEON DELIGHT CO., LTD. will start offering its “Restroom and Trash Can IoT System” in August – targeting commercial facilities, offices, …
AUO Display Plus Acquires Digital Signage Software Platform Rise Vision in $29M Deal July 27, 2022 by Dave Haynes The long-running digital signage CMS software firm Rise Vision has been acquired by AUO Display Plus, a business unit of Taiwanese manufacturer AU Optronics. Rise Vision in a prepared statement says: Rise Vision will continue to operate as you’ve come to expect, easy to use software, new templates added each week to save you hours …
Mvix Stepping Up Focus, Depth Of Business Intelligence Software Integrations July 27, 2022 by Dave Haynes The DC-area digital signage CMS software and services provider Mvix sees a big future in data-driven content in corporate environments, and has announced moves to increase its investment and focus on tools that integrate enterprise-level business intelligence information. Mvix says it has allocated special and dedicated development resources to gets it platform deeply integrated with …
Robotic Food Prep Kiosks Might Be New Market For Menu Displays, Order Screens July 27, 2022 by Dave Haynes QSR and fast casual restaurants have been early and very active adopters of digital signage technologies because of their ability to display and update pricing and menu options quickly and easily. Now there’s an interesting new dynamic developing in the food services industry – autonomous food prep and serving kiosks. I wrote the other day …
Are High-Bright LCD Window Displays The Next Product To Be Supplanted By LED? July 27, 2022 by Dave Haynes The commercial LCD display business has gradually been shrinking as solutions providers and their end-user customers opt, instead, for LED versions, and now LED manufacturers are after high-brightness window display deals. First, LED replaced LCD for video walls, because LED eliminated seams that were negligible but still visible with narrow-bezel LCD walls. Now pixel pitches …
Spectrio, Exertis Almo Develop Content Creation Partnership For Digital Signage Networks July 27, 2022 by Dave Haynes I was chatting recently with some senior folks with Spectrio about the level of awareness within the digital signage ecosystem of what all is on offer from the Florida-based digital signage solutions company. The firm – which I’m noting for disclosure purpose acquired Sixteen:Nine last fall – is certainly known for having a range of …
YCD Multimedia Expands Beyond Pure Software To Offer Range of End-User Services July 27, 2022 by Dave Haynes NYC-based YCD Multimedia has broadened its offer beyond just software to now include a range of managed and specialized services for customers. The company, known particularly for its video wall software Cnario, now has opt-in solutions for monitoring, managing, hosting, automating, and creating content for digital signage applications, in a wide range of verticals. These …
Private Plane Flying A Deep-Faked And Young Again Interactive Diego Maradona Display July 27, 2022 by Dave Haynes I am guessing people who are mad about Argentinian footballing will be thrilled with the notion of a private plane bringing fans a deep fake’d visual of legendary player Diego Maradona, but there may be as many or more people who find the whole thing odd. A fintech company, Give and Get, has equipped a …
PJ Thelen On Why RoveIQ Sees A Need And Opportunity In Digital Wayfinding For Healthcare July 27, 2022 by Dave Haynes When PJ Thelen talks about his company’s software and hardware, he focuses almost entirely on the experiences they enable and deliver, as opposed to the features and specs of the technology. It’s refreshing, because a lot of the conversation and marketing around outdoor displays for directories, wayfinding and advertising has been – at least in …
Best Buy Shrinks Big Box To 15% In New Digital-First Concept Store July 26, 2022 by Dave Haynes A new reduced-size Best Buy store concept opens its doors today on the outskirts of Charlotte, NC that uses a lot of digital to counteract how the footprint is just 15% of a regular Best Buy electronics location. The store in Monroe, NC is about 5,000 sq. ft., smaller even than a lot of Apple …
