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Case Study: Norwalk Parking Authority Kiosks

Continue Reading Posted on May 14th, 2013
by Mike Tinnes  |  First article
RevelDigital in partnership with MDI Worldwide have developed interactive kiosks for the Norwalk Parking Authority in Norwalk CT. The kiosks, which were installed at the Maritime Garage and the South Norwalk  Train Station, allow visitors to discover local dining, shopping, and entertainment as well as to print coupons. This project utilizes the RevelDigital platform in some unique ways so we ... Read more »

DSE 2013

Continue Reading Posted on May 14th, 2013
by Mike Tinnes  |  First article
Again this year RevelDigital will be attending the Digital Signage Expo in Las Vegas Feb 26-28 in partnership with Philips Commercial Signage and GVision USA. DSE is a trade show much like CES but specific to the digital signage industry. We are very thankful to our partners Philips and GVision USA for including us in their exhibits. This year our Android hardware will be powering a number of ... Read more »

Announcing the RevelDigital Android Player for $145

Continue Reading Posted on May 14th, 2013
by Mike Tinnes  |  First article
RevelDigital Android Player $145 with 2 year warranty We at RevelDigital are proud to announce our very own custom hardware solution for Android. We've taken the rock solid Android 4.1 platform and coupled it with performance proven hardware to guarantee flawless playback of your digital signage. Not only is this device tiny but it's also capable of playing anything you can throw at it ... Read more »

Android Hardware Support

Continue Reading Posted on May 14th, 2013
by Mike Tinnes  |  First article
We are excited to announce support for Android based hardware including tablets, smartphones, PCs, and Google TV. Our Android player software includes many of the same great features found in our Windows player including multi-zone layering and transparency, real-time player status, and reporting. The biggest advantage of the Android hardware is it's low cost. A credit card sized Android PC ... Read more »

Google Spreadsheet Integration

Continue Reading Posted on May 14th, 2013
by Mike Tinnes  |  First article
There's a new addition to the RevelDigital gadget collection for embedding Google Spreadsheet data into your templates. Those not familiar with our Google Gadget support may want to check out our knowledge base article here: http://support.reveldigital.com/kb/advanced-topics/google-gadgets-howto. Gadgets are essentially mini web pages that can be used to enhance your signage with things like ... Read more »

Improved Touch Support

Continue Reading Posted on May 14th, 2013
by Mike Tinnes  |  First article
Those of you utilizing touch enabled screens will appreciate our new support for gesture recognition. It's become second nature to swipe and pinch at everything so we felt it couldn't hurt to incorporate the same functionality into our interactive signage. To preview the new feature just add a slideshow zone to your template and select the 'Touch Scroll' transition option. This will allow ... Read more »

Intel AIM Integration

Continue Reading Posted on May 14th, 2013
by Mike Tinnes  |  First article
Intel's AIM or Audience Impression Metrics suite offers a complete set of tools for determining audience characteristics such as impressions, length of impressions, potential audience size, and gender and age range demographics. Not only does this provide a more accurate picture of your overall viewership, but it also allows you to tailor signage content in real-time based on the individual or ... Read more »

Automated EAS and NWS emergency alerts

Continue Reading Posted on May 14th, 2013
by Mike Tinnes  |  First article
In the wake of all the extreme weather events recently we thought it would be a good idea to make our alert system a little more robust. We have always had support for manually triggered alerts, but the likelihood of anybody taking the time to initiate an alert when a tornado is bearing down on them is next to nil. For this reason we've done some work to integrate seamlessly with the national EAS ... Read more »

Creating a mobile app with our REST API

Continue Reading Posted on May 14th, 2013
by Mike Tinnes  |  First article
For you technical folk out there we've put together an example of using our REST API to create a mobile app. The purpose of the app is to compliment your signage by providing viewers the ability to view a playlist in slideshow format on their mobile device. The playlist could be one currently playing on your sign or a completely different playlist from your library. To access the app viewers ... Read more »

Even More Sample Templates

Continue Reading Posted on May 14th, 2013
by Mike Tinnes  |  First article
Finance Template A few more sample templates have been added to the gallery, this time with financial and conference themes. The financial template utilizes Google Gadgets for both real time stock quotes and also for a financial news feed. Customize the stock quote gadget to display any number of your own symbols. The news feed gadget allows for any RSS/ATOM feed and supports rich HTML content ... Read more »