Google Geo Developers Blog: Smarter Cities with City 24/7 and Google Places API
googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com
on 01/24/2013
Excerpt: Editor's note: Our guest blogger this week is from City 24/7, a non-traditional media company with a mission of providing “what you need to know, when and where it helps you most. ” See how the company uses Google Places APIs as a way to give the public access to vital local information. Imagine you are visiting New York City for the very first time. The lights, sounds and endless city blocks are all pretty amazing – yet a little confusing. That’s where City 24/7 comes in. To give you an easy (and free) way of learning about your surroundings, we’re installing 250 Smart Screens in retrofitted telephone booths across NYC.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Blog, Developers, Geo, Google, Googlereader, Ifttt, Kiosk, Nyc
Scaling tablet kiosk deployments – What does it really take?
blog.mokimobility.com
on 01/07/2013
Excerpt: We want to understand how much time people are spending configuring and setting up tablets for kiosk, digital signage, POS and other single-purpose deployments. We’re giving away $50 Amazon gift cards randomly to people who share their deployment experiences by answering a few questions for us. We have said for a long time that using the iPad as a kiosk is intuitive and obvious. Using tablets in retail, restaurants, hotels and more is a really great end user experience. However, it’s easy to underestimate the amount of time it really takes to transform these consumer tablets and use them in commercial settings. We talk to customers every day who are surprised by the amount of work that it takes to configure and deploy tablets.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Kiosk, Mobile, Tablet
Excerpt: We want to understand how much time people are spending configuring and setting up tablets for kiosk, digital signage, POS and other single-purpose deployments. We’re giving away $50 Amazon gift cards randomly to people who share their deployment experiences by answering a few questions for us. We have said for a long time that using the iPad as a kiosk is intuitive and obvious. Using tablets in retail, restaurants, hotels and more is a really great end user experience. However, it’s easy to underestimate the amount of time it really takes to transform these consumer tablets and use them in commercial settings. We talk to customers every day who are surprised by the amount of work that it takes to configure and deploy tablets.... read the full post.
Tags: API-Evangelist, API-Stack, Kiosk, Mobile, Tablet
