Acer Joins The Google Chromebox Party September 1, 2014 by Super User Acer has joined Asus and HP in releasing low cost, teeny Chromebox cloud PCs that run Google’s Chrome operating system. They’re boxes the tech giant is touting for any number of uses, including digital signage. The new Acer Chromebox CXI runs an Intel Haswell processor and is aimed at education, small to medium businesses and budget-minded users who …
LED Tiles You Can Snap Together, With No Wires, Like Kids’ Builder Sets August 29, 2014 by Super User Hat tip to InAVate in the UK for turning me on to a new Finnish start-up that has a different take on LED display blocks. Stramos does 10 cm by 10 cm (4″X4″) blcoks that are almost like ceramic tiles in terms of form. The Stramos Tiles are modular and just snap together, a bit like a …
Moved Again, Hopefully For Last Time August 29, 2014 by Super User When I started this blog back in early 2006 I was hosted by WordPress, for nothing. But that didn’t even allow my own URL, so I eventually found some Russian guy in Queens who did hosting for $3/month, and my own domain was born. That actually worked pretty well, but if the servers went …
Projects: Aopen’s Gen2 Retail Evolution Lab In Melbourne August 28, 2014 by Super User The down-under wing of AOPEN has opened the latest in a string of showcase labs, this new one a multi-million dollar job in Melbourne. Built to demonstrate future applications for shopping and retail technology, the lab shows everything from transparent displays and digital labels to virtual touchscreens and waiter-less restaurants. This is the first Retail …
Letting Go of Control: Social Media Signage and User Generated Content August 28, 2014 by Tim Griffin Guest Post: Ryan Gushue, Enplug One of the oft repeated axioms in the industry is “Content is King.” You may have a flawless hardware implementation and a perfect software configuration — but without a comprehensive content strategy, your project is destined for mediocrity. Traditional solutions to this issue range from paying a content provider, to …
Goldberg Heaves The Ice Bucket August 28, 2014 by Super User Embed code wasn’t allowed, so you need to click here to see Real Digital Media CEO Ken Goldberg outside the RDM offices in Sarasota, FL taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge.
Why A Giant Bunny Is All Over Digital Signage Demo Screens August 28, 2014 by Super User Ever wonder why you see this animated character on so many demos for digital signage displays and software” Two words: Open Source. The 10-minute animated short Big Buck Bunny is a 2007-8 production underwritten by a foundation that also has free, open animation software. This was a way to push the capabilities of the software. The …
In Digital Signage, Everyone’s A Content Producer August 27, 2014 by Super User In the talks I have been doing lately, one of the points I’ve been raising consistently is that everyone is now a potential content producer for digital signs. We’re all walking around with smartphones that are as good or better than many point and shoots. Most phones and tablets also tend to have pretty good …
DSE’s Gibbs, Colleagues Go Ice Bucket August 27, 2014 by Super User Andrea Varrone almost missed herself. Needs a round 2.
Projects: Back To School LED Towers At NYC UNIQLO August 27, 2014 by Super User UNIQLO’s NYC 34th St. flagship store is a place I often reference as a great example of retail digital signage – not because of big Wow, money didn’t matter. screens everywhere stuff. I like it because the signage is built-in and ever-present, but understated. The Japanese apparel retailer added some additional screens for the big money …
