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Why Android is Not Digital Signage's Best FriendSubmitted by IAdea on Mon, 04/23/2012Several digital signage software companies have "announced" their Android player software since the beginning of this year (none that we know are shipping with production quality yet, by the way). IAdea recently spoke to several of them, and a few have told us that they have serious concerns that Android may not be the best platform to invest in. Embracing SMIL and HTML5 seems to be a better choice. |
IAdea Donates HTML5 Code for Digital Signage in CasinosSubmitted by IAdea on Tue, 04/03/2012IAdea has provided its HTML5 Tech Note which illustrates the use of dynamic HTML5 content in a casino environment. The documentation contains HTML5 source code and related server-side PHP code which simulates updating digital signage at the Blackjack table for the purpose of displaying minimum/maximum bets. The same principle can be applied to dynamically updated price signs in retail scenarios. |
Smartsign 7.4 Adds Great Support for IAdea HTML5+SMIL PlayersSubmitted by IAdea on Tue, 04/03/2012The new Smartsign 7.4 added even better support for IAdea SMIL players. Real-time business analytics display KPIs via HTML5. New user interface Quick Publish and SMIL support for remote upgrades and configuration. |
Timberland Tells a Great Story of Why HTML5 WorksSubmitted by IAdea on Thu, 02/23/2012HTML5 is definitely gaining momentum in the digital signage industry. A recent video (shown below and on Vimeo) on the Timberland store concept tells an exciting tale, featuring an "open source, cloud-based, HTML5-based information system." |
Dynamax Moves Customer to the Cloud with IAdea PlayersSubmitted by IAdea on Fri, 02/17/2012U.K.-based Dynamax Technologies announces that it has successfully helped its client Review Systems to replace SD card players with XMP-130 Wireless Media Appliances running the digitalsignage.NET cloud service.  |
“Guess the Cup” and Win US$100 from IAdea at #ISE2012Submitted by IAdea on Wed, 01/18/2012IAdea is giving away US$100 to each winner of the “Guess Which Cup” game played at the ISE booth locations of select IAdea partners including Scala, Advantech and Stinova. |
Geckoboard and IAdea to Enable Business Analytics on the Large ScreenSubmitted by IAdea on Mon, 01/16/2012Finally, a fresh and innovative service enters the world of digital signage: real-time business status dashboard service Geckoboard now running on IAdea’s HTML5-enabled Digital Signage Web Appliances. (London, United Kingdom and Taipei, Taiwan) January 16, 2012 – Geckoboard, an innovator in the quickly emerging real-time status board services, and IAdea, a pioneer and leader in digital signage media appliances, joined forces and announced the availability of the Geckboard service on IAdea’s digital signage web appliances. |
Stinova bolster IAdea’s new HTML-5 Web Appliances for Digital SignageSubmitted by IAdea on Thu, 01/12/2012Stinova, a leading innovator of visual communications software for Digital Signage solutions and content production services, provides support for HTML-5 open standards built-in the new Digital Signage appliances announced by IAdea. With a multitude of new widgets dynamic information can now be exchanged and displayed in an open and interoperable format. Driven by an intuitive and user-friendly browser interface, users have now an even more simple way to centrally manage and easily deploy content to IAdea's HTML-5 and SMIL-enabled players thru the cloud or in their local managed network. |
What more than "Cut the Rope" to show HTML5 is readySubmitted by IAdea on Tue, 01/10/2012Microsoft, playing catch-up in the HTML5 browser war, just launched the HTML5 version of the Cut the Rope game for the Internet Explorer (it actually runs on Chrome, Safari, and Firefox too) at CES 2012 today. With its reported 1.6 million of daily online users, Cut the Rope is easily one of the most popular games on mobile devices. |
Scala and IAdea to Release HTML5-enabled Digital Signage SolutionSubmitted by IAdea on Tue, 01/10/2012Exton, Pa. and Irvine, Calif. (January 9, 2012) – Scala Inc., the industry’s leader in end-to-end digital signage solutions, and IAdea, pioneer and leader in the open platform for digital signage media appliances, today jointly announced a new generation of HTML5-capable digital signage devices from IAdea designed to work with Scala’s Enterprise Content Manager software and SignChannel, Scala’s low-cost cloud-based service. |
