Three Hard-Won Lessons For Rolling Out Large QSR Digital Signage Projects September 12, 2016 by PhyliisM Guest Post: Gord Phillips I remember thinking when I first started putting together what turned into Canada’s biggest digital menu board network: “This will be easy. I’m a professional engineer and pretty good at DIY.” That was 2007, and turns out, it wasn’t that easy. I joined a very large QSR firm that year to …
E-Paper Hits The Road On German 18-Wheeler Billboards September 12, 2016 by Super User If you drive busy highways, you’ve no doubt seen your share of the back doors of 18-wheel transport trucks. So what if that space was used for location-specific advertising and traffic tips? That’s the idea behind RoadAds interactive, a German company that is, in effect, putting eight giant Kindles on the back doors of a …
Connected Screen Demo Shows How Interactive Digital Signs Can Be Contactless Payment Terminals September 10, 2016 by Super User The transaction processing company Ingenico is demonstrating a slick “connected screen” concept at the Toronto International Film Festival that allows people to just wave their Visa credit card at an LCD screen to make a donation. This is the first North American demonstration of a concept that’s been shown in Europe – enabling people who …
Stars Are In Toronto For TIFF, While Commuters Take Subway And Watch Tuff September 8, 2016 by Super User For the 10th year running, digital signage screens in Toronto’s subway system are being used as the medium for a film festival that pretty much coincides with the glitzy, celebrity-riddled Toronto International Film Festival. The Toronto Urban Film Festival (or TUFF) is running 72 films from 36 countries on screens owned and operated on commuter …
BrightSign Does Total Player And Product Refresh September 7, 2016 by Super User BrightSign has announced a complete overhaul of its digital signage player portfolio, and also unveiled a nice new feature that takes the time and hassle out of prepping and activating big lots of players. The Silicon Valley company’s distinct purple boxes (they’re first cousins of Roku set-top boxes) have been completely redesigned, and the supporting software has also had …
LG Creates Massive, Genuinely Immersive OLED Display Tunnel September 7, 2016 by Super User The IFA consumer electronics show that’s been running the last few days in Berlin includes a mind-wobbling welcome tunnel to the LG booth, made up of 216 55-inch curved OLED panels. The OLED tunnel is five metres tall, 7.4 metres wide and 15 metres long, and the pixel count goes past half a billion. The content varies …
Sixteen:Nine Podcasts: Wayne Rasor, FASTSIGNS September 7, 2016 by Super User This week, I’m talking to a digital signage evangelist – Wayne Rasor, who runs the digital signage side of the business for FASTSIGNS, a traditional printing company that’s helping its 600-plus franchisees around the world stay competitive by going digital. Based in Dallas, Wayne has a busy gig educating his own company and its franchisees on …
Projects: Canada’s Busiest Highways Get Interactive At Travel Centre Stops September 6, 2016 by Super User If you’ve even driven the 401 highway that runs up from Detroit through Toronto and almost to Montreal, you’ll have been thankful there’s a set of travel centres that provide the essentials to motoring: gas, coffee and clean restrooms. About 500,000 people a day pull in to these centres across the province. There are 23 …
STRATACACHE Summer Buying Binge Continues; Firm Picks Up Giant Mothballed Datacenter September 6, 2016 by Super User The CMS software and solutions firm STRATACACHE is continuing its summertime buying binge, announcing today that it has bought an old EDS building in Dayton, OH to use as its primary datacenter and network operations hub. The building has 113,000 square feet space, with raised floors, multiple back-up generators and enough space to host a …
Why And How To Engage The Bosses With Digital Signage September 2, 2016 by Stu Armstrong Guest Post: Sean Matthews, Visix You’ve hired some of the best and brightest people around to help you run your company. Use your corporate digital signage solution to support, encourage and inspire them as they steer your organization to success. Seven Traits to Thrive Harvard Business Review identified seven traits that companies most need in …
