Kiosks aid not-so-human resources

Employee self-service via kiosks is a great way for companies to ensure that all employees have access to important human-resources information.

Kiosk/ATM helps customers pay bills with 'Ease'

After installing a dozen bill payment kiosks in Chicago, an Illinois company called Pay-Ease wants to take its service nationwide by recruiting distributors…

ROI or die: KioskCom 2004 focuses on the bottom line, April 26-28

More than 2,500 vendors, exhibitors and participants will attend KioskCom 2004. The conference, "Achieving ROI in the World of Self-Service", meets at the…

Kiosk vendor on verge of breaking out

Carten Technologies Corp. has several deals on paper, and notable partnerships in the works. This could be a kiosk vendor to watch.

DVD-rental kiosks get ready for their close-up

Is it 'Blockbuster beware' as new machines start to fling flicks at the masses?

Multichannel software is the medium for a clearer message in retail, other sectors

Approach allows consistent voice to reach customers throughout their experience.

Planar Systems acquisition of AllBrite Tech complete

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With its acquisition of AllBrite Technologies Inc. complete, Planar Systems Inc. is expanding its reach in the international kiosk and ATM markets. The $24.…

Getting in good with government

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Cutting through bureaucracy can be rewarding for kiosk companies, provided they're not in a hurry.

Marconi, Apunix, KIS win big at awards show

Year Two of KioskCom's awards ceremony showed that competition is good -- and winning is worth celebrating.

One for the Road

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

A kiosk rollout has brought together 300,000 truckers earning loyalty rewards at truck stops.

Look out, folks: A big fish might get you

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Our industry continues to swim on the backs of ever more small, independent companies, and they are a potentially tasty morsel for some big fish yet to thrust…

Kiosk uses straw, circuits to help stop drinkers from 'blowing it' on the road

Distributors, governments bellying up to self-service blood-alcohol tester.

Relationships are key at KioskCom

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In the story of kiosks past, companies have depended on technology to drive the plot. At KioskCom 2001, the new hero is customer relationships.

CeBIT 2002: Finding joy out of sadness

German kiosk manufacturer friendlyway displayed a new way to memorialize loved ones at this year's CeBIT technology show in Hannover, Germany.

Shopping the software scene

There are few limits on what kiosks can do -- provided they're equipped with the right software. Here are some hints on picking and choosing a software partner.

Bad guys get good technology as kiosks go behind bars

Overtaxed corrections facilities receive a helping hand as kiosks are sent to jail. The machines handle everything from legal research to counting down a…

Kiosk makers show they can integrate into retail

At Chicago's Retail Systems 2001 trade show, a handful of kiosk companies showed that kiosks belong in stores.

Supermarkets using kiosks to keep customers in love

With competition among retail stores growing stronger every day, loyalty programs enabled by kiosks and other technology may be more a matter of survival for…

Loyalty programs: keeping the customers satisfied

Loyalty programs show one upside to the kiosk business: well-designed applications with a strong business case-and positive ROI.

Who's Who: Michael Smith

Michael Smith, co-founder and managing director of NeoProducts, has spent most of his life traveling the globe. He is putting that to good use as his…