Indians adopting kids via kiosks

March 8, 2012

India is using kiosks to help with the adoption process, according to a story on CNN-IBN. The Department of Women Development and Child Welfare is opening…

PHXX, SmartPlace Media deploy retail kiosk

March 8, 2012

A kiosk that generates revenue and data for retailers but also sends coupons and information straight to shoppers' smartphones is now available from PHXX, a…

Fashion fitting going high-tech in US malls

March 8, 2012

Shoppers at malls throughout the country will experience new fitting room technology March 16 when Me-Ality—Measured Reality celebrates its official launch.

Will DVD kiosks have a new competitor in UltraViolet movies?

March 7, 2012

Industry analysts are predicting that Walmart will announce its support for Hollywood's UltraViolet digital movie technology at a media event next week in…

Dell helps start-up create custom kiosk project in Panama

Gratifon is using Dell hardware, software and technical support in its voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) kiosks.

Study: Self-service trumps human interactions

March 6, 2012

Most Australians would rather not deal with human employees when making transactions and customer service interactions with businesses, according to research…

Company launches Web app, rental kiosks for self-service storage

March 6, 2012

Akiba by Rental Payment Solutions has launched its web application allowing self-storage customers to reserve and lease storage units in real time on stores…

2 key factors in kiosk software development: Part 2

by Natsumi Nakamura — Marketing, PFU Systems

There are two key factors in kiosk software development that maximize the return on an organization's kiosk and IT investment – an effective user interface and…

Cachet Financial Solutions partners with FI-MOBILE to provide mobile deposit

March 6, 2012

Cachet Financial Solutions, a provider of remote deposit capture solutions, has entered a partnership with FI-MOBILE, provider of the mobile banking…

TabbedOut now lets you pay your bill using PayPal

March 6, 2012

Tabbedout is making it even easier to pay a restaurant or bar tap. The app, which lets restaurant and bar patrons open and pay their tabs with their phones, is…

Commentary: Prospects for cash

by Mike Lee — CEO of the ATM Industry Association, ATM Industry Association

ATMIA's Mike Lee weighs in on why the instinctive human reliance on cash shows no signs of abating.

US retailers getting closer to mobile payments with Ingenico's new POS system

March 6, 2012

POS-maker Ingenico has launched a first in NFC payments: The first contactless payment system that allows users to pay with their phones across card brands.

Kiosk helps retailers create link between stores, social media (video)

Retailers can have more control over their social media presence.

Isis announces support of major POS vendors

by James Wester

Isis Mobile Wallet to be enabled at the point of sale on equipment from VeriFone, ViVoTech, Ingenico and Equinox.

Research identifies massive self-service billpay market

March 5, 2012

Self-service kiosk provider Genkiosk is offering a free download of an independently produced white paper that gauges the market potential for self-service…

Are kiosks still relevant in a mobile world? Part 2

by Michael Ionescu — President, Ionescu Technologies

There were some good responses to my last blog that explored the question of whether kiosks still have a place in a world that is becoming inundated with the…

Americans rent 2 billionth disc from redbox

March 5, 2012

Redbox has crossed the two billion mark for movie and game rentals. The two billionth disc, "Drive," was rented at a McDonald's restaurant in Philomath…

Square rethinks the register

by James Wester

POS company introduces new app for brick-and-mortar retailers to accept credit cards, mobile payments.

Digital signage companies teaming up for self-storage kiosk

March 2, 2012

According to The Clackamas (Ore.) Review, turnkey digital signage firm BrightSign and digital signage content house Flixio are teaming up to develop a…

Kiosk to help visit the dead

March 2, 2012

According to The Gothenburg (Neb.) Times, the city is about to equip a local cemetery with a touchscreen information kiosk that will also print out maps of…