IAdea’s New HTML5 Web Appliances Unify Digital Signage Content Formats (Irvine, CA, USA and Taipei, Taiwan) January 3, 2012 – IAdea, the leading maker of media appliances and digital signboards for digital signage, introduces the industry’s first Web Appliances supporting SMIL and the HTML5 open standards. IAdea first introduced the SMIL platform to digital signage in 2009 and gathered support from leading software providers, effectively changing the landscape of the industry. By supporting HTML5 as a content type in SMIL, IAdea expects the new technology to fundamentally change the industry again in how future digital content will be made and deployed. The benefit of HTML5 as a content format is summed up concisely by the late Steve Jobs in his open letter titled Thoughts on Flash: HTML5, the new web standard that has been adopted by Apple, Google and many others, lets web developers create advanced graphics, typography, animations and transitions without relying on third party browser plug-ins (like Flash). For digital signage, HTML5 provides a unified platform that connects all cloud-enabled devices: the computer, the mobile phone, the … Continue reading →