NRF: Microsoft Surface integrates online and in-store shopping

Video: A Microsoft spokesman talks about combining the online and in-store retail experiences via touch display.

NRF: IBM launches self-checkout system

IBM execs expect the company's new self-checkout system to change the way shoppers view self-checkout.

NRF: New technology speeds up grocery store’s checkout process

Video: Kroger and Fujitsu have teamed up for a new, faster checkout solution that was on display at the NRF Big Show.

Video: Royal Caribbean innovates with kiosks, digital signage

by Christopher Hall

The Allure of the Seas offers voyagers high-tech amenities like self-service kiosks and digital signage wayfinding.

NRF: Convergent technologies on the retail horizon

Shoppers want a seamless cross-channel experience; retailers who miss on convergence could fall behind.

NRF: Executive schools retailers on mobile payment

Retailers could reap a plethora of benefits by implementing mobile-payment systems

Kiosks, digital signage help history go hi-tech

Kiosk and screen media are invading museums around the world, and this museum near Cincinnati is no exception.

CES 2011: Aimed at consumers, digital signage & kiosks sneak in

While the show's focus is on consumer electronics, digital signage and kiosk tech will also be on display.

A vending machine that sells gold is installed in a Florida mall

A Florida-based incubator company has deployed the first vending machine in the United States that sells gold coins and gold bars to consumers.

Coca-Cola dispenses recycling center that rewards consumers

Coca-Cola Recycling partnered with Environmental Products Corp. to deploy the self-contained unit that accepts and processes aluminum cans and #1 PET plastic…

Jailhouse kiosks rock, steal business from bondsmen

Jails in more than 30 states use kiosks and other self-service to process bail payments. Will Dog the Bounty Hunter be out of a job?

DVD kiosks multiply despite Netflix growth

NCR and redbox: Streaming no threat to DVD kiosks. Yet.

Why hasn't RFID adoption taken off in retail?

New technologies, trends point to RFID making a big impact on retail in the coming months.

28 days earlier: NCR's DVD kiosks work around new release delays

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NCR is testing premium pricing for premium new releases in its Blockbuster-brand kiosks.

Museum uses interactive digital signs to revive medieval Cracow

An ultramodern, underground museum uses interactive signage to show visitors the past of the historic Polish city.

ATM, or lottery kiosk?

Triton Systems of Delaware hopes its new ATM will help deployers and lotteries by dispensing both cash and dreams.

At first blush, Isis looks appealing to retailers

A National Retail Federation exec sees competition, tech changes arising from the new mobile payments network.

Telcos launch 'Isis' mobile payments system

Telecom companies serving 200 million mobile phone customers take on the established payments system in the United States by offering payments via smart phone.

CETW: Voices from the Customer Engagement Technology World show floor

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The inaugural Customer Engagement Technology World show is in the books, and the reviews from the show floor are in.

U.S. Bank, Visa to begin mobile-payment pilot

U.S. Bank and Visa Inc. soon will begin testing mobile payments in more than a dozen states.