BroadSign Gets Out Of Digital OOH Box March 27, 2015 by Super User BroadSign has for many years mined the digital OOH side of this business, to the point that you don’t really think of the signage software being used outside of advertising. But it is. Case in point: The Montreal company has announced a partnership it has worked with Scandinavian solutions provider LCD Media, which is operating primarily in …
Projects: Giant Convex Wall In UK Corporate Lobby March 26, 2015 by Super User This is what German display manufacturer Eyevis is touting as the largest convex curved video wall in Europe, set up at the new mass spectrometry headquarters of the analytical instruments company Waters Corporation in Wilmslow, Cheshire, UK. The 3.8 metres x 2.2 metres display wall welcomes Waters visitors in the reception area, and features 48 eyevis omniSHAPES rear …
Armodilo Rethinks Retail Tablet Enclosures March 26, 2015 by Super User Tablet stand and enclosure manufacturer Armodilo Display Solutions will be rolling a slick new wall-mounted enclosure for tablets this spring that pretty dramatically rethinks the idea of sticking an iPad or other tab in a protective frame. The new set-up, called LITE, is based on Armodilo’s AURA kiosk design. It shifts the set-up to a …
Projects: Mall Displays Of The Future, Or Gimmick? March 25, 2015 by Super User US shopping mall operator Westfield put a back to back bank of big-ass LCD touch displays in one of its big malls, Garden State Plaza in Paramus, New Jersey, about a year ago. I missed the press and only stumbled across the set-up when it was written up as part of a piece in Ad …
Five Reasons To Integrate Social Media & Digital Signage March 25, 2015 by Tim Griffin Guest Post: Ryan Gushue, ENPLUG How perfect of a match are digital signage and social media? Moving on from the outdated SMS text message integration, social media provides for a more personal, customizable way to get viewers involved through your display. Restaurants, hotels, and even office spaces are incorporating live social media into their content …
DSrupted 2015 Taking Shape For Sept. 2015 March 24, 2015 by Super User I don’t think the mikes had even gone on for the first DSrupted last fall and a main sponsor was already talking about doing it again. Roughly six months out, I can say we are indeed planning to do it again. The one-day conference that looks at disruptive and emerging technologies is being shaped again …
Projects: Video Walls As Retail Store Banners For Gap March 23, 2015 by Super User Yorkdale is by most measures the top shopping mall in Canada. There are larger footprint ones, and ones that get more people through the doors. But the mall along Toronto’s teeming 401 highway is where most or all of the big retail brands put in a splashy flagship store. You see a lot of digital, …
Behold The $39 Digital Signage Player March 23, 2015 by Super User A Texas start-up called Signagely has started marketing its digital signage offer, which ranges from a $159 Chromebox at the top end to a $39 Kindle Fire TV HDMI stick they’ve got working as a basic player. The start-up’s website doesn’t have a lot of detail in it on the company background, or what’s different …
Aussie Newcomer StratosMedia’s Chrome Signage Product Targets Enterprise Business March 23, 2015 by Super User When I walk the DSE show floor I tend to wander up to booths for companies I knew little or nothing about, particularly if they’re doing something that gets my eyebrows up a bit. One of those companies a couple of weeks ago was StratosMedia – which intrigued me for two reasons: they were among the eight companies …
DSE Hits New Attendee, Footprint Highs March 23, 2015 by Super User Show organizer Exponation has released the wrap-up numbers for Digital Signage Expo earlier this month, saying the trade show hit a new record for headcount and footprint. DSE says it had almost 4,100 attendees, with 42% being end-users (who were the rest???), and more than 1,900 booth bunnies. The 6,000 or so people with badges of some sort …
