CloudShow

With CloudShow you can turn any monitor into a digital sign, which can be used at an event or a particular location to offer relevant information to visitors or participants. Whether you want to play slideshows or videos, display a social site page or a webpage, reveal a schedule, show news or weather forecasts, or even let the world preview your own HTML or JavaScript app, you can do it all with CloudShow.

To use CloudShow, you must first create an account on the official website, which will be used to access the web-based dashboard from any device, using any web browser. The next step is to install the client on the device you want to turn into a sign and pair it with the CloudShow account by using the unique pairing code shown on the device screen.

Once a device is paired with your account, it should be shown on the web-based dashboard of CloudShow, which enables you to configure all the devices from a single place.

You can then proceed to configure the apps for each of the devices. CloudShow provides support for a myriad of apps, and its store is going to be enriched with more titles.

The list of apps is neatly organized in different categories, starting with the multimedia ones. You can use CloudShow to play songs on the target screen, display a photo slideshow or a video. CloudShow provides support for reputable third-party apps, such as Spotify, Vimeo, or YouTube.

Another category allows you to display social sharing pages, news or financial webpages, or custom URLs. There are also clock and calendar apps at your disposal, which enable you to display a schedule, for instance. Support for Google Docs, Google Sheets, and Google Slides is also provided.

Last but not least, CloudShow can play screensavers on the digita sign screen, or load a custom HTML or JavaScript page.

Once you decided which apps to display on the screen, all that's left for you to do is choose a proper layout. For instance, the screen can be split into two or four separate panels, each showing a different app.

CloudShow is an interesting piece of software that can be used in a variety of practical situations. It is fit for conferences, business or informal presentations, product release meetings, restaurants, hotels and other hospitality-related venues, and the list of examples can go on. It is easy to configure and, conveniently enough, allows the remote control of all the devices from a single, centralized dashboard. Overall, it is an application worth trying out.