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We just refreshed the What is RedPost and Signs pages. Check them out — I think it’s a lot clearer than it used to be (but correct me if I’m wrong). A home page refresh is coming up next.

We just updated our website and online store with the following: Sign/Kit: now in more sizes, from 22″ – 47″, using LG’s new Commercial LCD line which have built-in TV tuners and built-in speakers, also lower prices (bonus!) RedPost/Sign: now with a touchscreen option RedPost/Touch: when you need a simple, web-connected kiosk, this guy’s for [...]

Just deployed and now live: Organize: playlist sharing is now enabled — click on the “Share” tab when editing a playlist to share that playlist with another neighborhood; this enables users to set up different neighborhoods but share playlists between them (this feature is in beta, let us know how it works for you) Promote: [...]

We just deployed a bunch of changes and fixes to the app, including: New top bar — no more big grey sliding down thingy, includes an updated my account area and pop-up menus for Advertise and My Neighborhoods. Overall, it takes up less space, works better, and looks nicer. Design tweaks: fixed some minor issues [...]

Today (er, late last night) we publicly released the latest version of Wicker, our Ubuntu-based operating system that runs on every RedPost/Sign. This version is now compatible with the fit-PC2 and includes the following updates: 8.04 security updates (we’re still on 8.04 as that’s what the fit-PC2 supports) re-worked kernel for compatability with fit-PC2, including SMP [...]

Finally, after a slight delay brought about by a global financial crisis, RedPost today is announcing our new commercial leasing program. We’ve found a great partner in TriLease Corp, a Raleigh, NC-based company with over 10 years experience with a wide variety of assets (from software to recycling systems) and companies, from corporations to non-profits. [...]

We just deployed a bunch of website updates, including: a redesigned home page: we’re trying to keep it simple and yet add some fresh elements (News & Updates and the photos) and keep some motion (the photos) Advertise: this page shows off our three ad networks, two here in Goshen and one in Chicago — [...]

We’ve been working on our Support section, adding downloadable PDFs and more info, and also added a new FAQ to our What is RedPost page. Here are our current F.A.Q…whate are we missing? Frequently Asked Questions How much does it cost? Your costs are: hardware, installation, maintenance and software. The first three vary quite a [...]

If you have your own RedPost neighborhood, when you log into your neighborhood you’ll now see an Apps tab: A lot of our users don’t know about our apps, of which we currently have 3, Alert, Campus and Promote, we haven’t done a good job of promoting them. This is our first attempt at better [...]

We just sent out this message to our RedPost/ServiceUpdates email list: New Billing System Coming Online Next Wednesday, May 13, 2009, we will be deploying our new billing system. You will most likely see few changes — most of the improvements are on the backend and prepare us for handling a higher volume of accounts [...]