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Digital signs in the hybrid retail world

Digital Signage is clearly one of the key elements in the ongoing digitization of the retail environment and experience, but this process is long and it will take a decade, or more.

In the meantime, like anything else in life, the solutions are hybrid, combining online and offline solutions across the board. The digital solutions for payment, pricing, visibility, customer management and other retail oriented areas are mostly ready to be deployed, but not matured to massive implementation – not only due to technological obstetrical (which still exist to some level), but largely because of the huge cost of full digital […]

Digital signage for amusements parks

It is clear to everyone in the Digital Signage business that hospitality is one of the largest markets, and indeed the number of large scale projects in hotels, resorts and food chains is growing.

A niche area that falls under the hospitality domain is the amusement parks. While in the past, this specific domain was not properly targeted by digital signage solution integrator, it is becoming clearer that screen messaging for amusement parks is highly effective and the number of successful signage implementations is rapidly growing.

From the parking lot and through the entrance, the digital signs are the best way to […]

Digital signage in public libraries

The world is changing rapidly in the last few decades, this is clear to all. Important establishments, behaviors and business lines are long gone… (Remember the Automatic Video Machine? Asking people in the street for directions?). Surprisingly enough, the public libraries are not dead, and even flourishing! How can it be? I believe the reason is the social impact. People still need and want to interact and the public libraries is a great place to do so, if you need to study.

Digital Signage for public libraries is also becoming a great way to communicate with the visitors of the public […]

What is trigger API for digital signage?

We got used to see digital signage, almost everywhere… The cost of screens of LTE/WiFi and the cost of digital signage software (using high end SaaS based solutions) had dropped, making it almost impossible to avoid implementing digital signage. We got used to the screens in businesses and venues of all kind, directing, telling, selling, and entertaining us. We used to see the content, but never thought our action can actually trigger an event that will change the content of the digital sign, making it relevant for us at the real time.

The new existing options that have revealed in signage […]

Did you see Facebook on a big screen?

Did you ever enter a company lobby or a small business and see a big screen? Sure you had, most of the SMBs (Small and Medium Businesses) are using digital Signage nowadays and certainly big corporations are using signage on screens to welcome visitors, customers and partners and to offer an interesting, relevant and fresh information about the business and other news.

In many places that use digital signage we can see a feed from social networks. Facebook is obviously one of the most popular feeds. But is Facebook presented properly on your big screen?

Well, if you are simply shooting the […]

Everything you need to run a digital sign at your school

A decade ago, the amount of effort, expense and expertise required to successfully operate a digital signage screen at school was beyond the scope of small educational facilities. Digital signage for education is now one of the most growing markets in the signage world.

So, what would one need to successfully install, manage and broadcast to a Digital Sign in a small educational institute?

I will divide the needs into phases. First would be the hardware setup. Second would be the software and content management setup, last would be the ongoing content building and digital signage management.

Hardware and prerequisites:

A screen. It […]