Rollout Starts For LinkNYC Info-stations & Hotspots December 30, 2015 by Super User So how many techs does it take to plant a ruggedized touchscreen on a New York sidewalk? Many many, by the looks of it. The group behind those LinkNYC information stations/free WiFi hotspots/ad totems slated for NYC’s boroughs started installing the first ones this week, and photos have been posted by Civiq Smartscapes, and also …
Here Are The Top Five 16:9 Digital Signage Stories Of 2015 December 29, 2015 by Super User This has been a record year for site traffic, and not all that surprisingly the biggest month for visits and page views coincided with Digital Signage Expo – a period when there are a lot of of announcements and things to cover. Looking at site stats, it’s clear that many people find their way to …
South Korean Government Pumping $67 Million USD Into Country’s Digital Signage Industry: Report December 28, 2015 by Super User South Korea’s ICT ministry said Monday it will spend 78.9 billion won (or $ 67.3 million USD) to nurture the digital signage industry in that country, apparently seeing the sector as a growth engine. The report, in the Korea Herald, says that the ministry will, through 2018, plans to expand support for start-ups involved in …
Projects: Digital Drives Happier Holiday Travel At Toronto’s Pearson Airport December 28, 2015 by Super User Traveling through airports during the Christmas holiday period can suck the joy out of just about anyone – between line-ups, delays, many more rookie travellers than normal and general mayhem. So the people at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport put together an on-premise Happier Holidays campaign that uses temporary digital displays, among several tools, to inject some fun. …
London’s Transport Authority Testing Interactive E Ink Bus Stop Schedules December 24, 2015 by Super User London’s transport authority has started testing real-time electronic paper bus stops – solar-powered displays that can connect in to data that reflects cloud-predicted arrival times. The first unit is at a stop at Waterloo Bridge, and three more e-paper bus stops are due to be installed in January at Parliament Square, Piccadilly Circus and Sloane Square. …
A Time For Thanks December 22, 2015 by Super User Unless something pretty big happens, this will be it for posts for a few days. The kids are coming home, and it’s time to slow down and enjoy all the trappings and indulgences of Christmas. It’s also a good time to say some Thank Yous as the year winds down. Thank You to all the …
Projects: GE Aviation Opens Tech Experience Center In Dubai December 22, 2015 by Super User Here’s a look inside GE Aviation’s new Middle East Aviation Technology Center, which opened last month in the Dubai Airport Free Zone area. The facility – in one of those parts of Dubai where foreign companies are encouraged to set up shop – is there to support customers and help them optimize aviation operations in the region, …
Looking Ahead TO DSE 2016 December 21, 2015 by Super User The annual Digital Signage Expo is less than three months out now, so it’s time for me to have a look at what’s up with the event this year, as well as start planning the annual Preset Group Mixer. The latter is already somewhat in hand – the venue secure and several sponsors lined …
Projects: East-Central China Mall Gets Massive Flying LED Ribbon December 20, 2015 by Super User A new retail project in Zhengzhou, in the east-central part of China, ups the game on the idea of filling the ceiling of a large area with an LED display. Called the Flying Ribbon, and located in the city’s HuiYi Times Square commercial complex, the project is 1,100 square metres of LED curtain that floats over …
Media Companies Investing In An Increasingly 9:16 World December 17, 2015 by Super User If you have been around digital signage for a few years, you know about the struggles sign networks that were based around portrait mode had in finding and using content. Just about everything out there was landscape, and precious little was made in their chosen 9:16 format. So these networks would either do serious edits on …
