AirDroid Business announces website whitelisting for kiosk mode, other features

March 9, 2020

Sand Studio, a mobile device management solution provider, announced new features and improvement updates to enhance usability, flexibility and security for…

EVO Payments to Introduce NEXGO's N5 Android smart terminal

March 9, 2020

EVO Payments, Inc., a provider of payment technology integrations and acquiring solutions, has collaborated with NEXGO, Inc. to introduce the N5 Android smart…

Amazon to sell cashierless tech to retailers

March 9, 2020

Amazon plans to start selling its cashierless technology, called Just Walk Out, to other retailers and already has signed deals in place.

Emerald Organic secures $20 million for facial recognition vending machines

March 6, 2020

Emerald Organic Products, Inc., a diversified health sciences company, which includes cannabidiol-focused products, has signed an agreement whereby Alliance…

Lavu to waive fees for customers affected by coronavirus

March 6, 2020

Lavu, a POS system provider for restaurants and bars, is preparing to help customers who may be impacted by the coronavirus by waiving software hosting fees…

Elatec to offer RFID, smartphone reader for access control

March 6, 2020

Elatec USA Inc., a provider radio frequency identification readers that enable user-authentication for access control applications, will introduce its latest…

AV Spotlight: Miami

Known as the “Magic City,” Miami, Florida is definitely a place where magic follows wherever you go – even throughout the wonderful AV displays in the city!

Embed teams with OpenEdge on security and payments

March 5, 2020

Embed, a provider of debit card technology with operating software solutions for entertainment facilities, has partnered with OpenEdge, a financial technology…

USA Technologies urges shareholder to call off proxy contest

March 5, 2020

USA Technologies, Inc. said it will recommend the company opt out of two anti-takeover statutes and is urging a key shareholder, Hudson Executive Capital, to…

Meet 'Alfred,' a QSR robot that fits existing kitchens, recipes

March 5, 2020

There's a new player in the robotic kitchen market and it not only has a lot of hefty flexible arms, but just got a nice hunk of cash according to its maker…

Taco Bell to test restaurant re-dos centered on socializing, tech, games

March 5, 2020

Taco Bell is going to test converting some of its locations into what the brand has dubbed "fast social" restaurants that use tech and other systems to make…

IBASE Advances Video Wall Technology

SignaturePro 24-Port Video Wall Signage Player offers breakthrough capability powered by Intel

Presented by IBASE Technology Inc.

Machine dispenses prescription drugs to help opioid addicts in Vancouver

March 5, 2020

A vending machine that dispenses hydromorphone to people with opioid use disorder has been installed on a test basis in Vancouver, Canada, according to a…

Answers needed to questions about biometric data in unattended retail

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Government regulators are already placing restrictions on the use of biometric identification to protect consumer privacy. Future restrictions are possible…

SeePoint teams with Court Video Conferencing Services for correctional facility videoconferencing

March 4, 2020

SeePoint Technology has partnered with Oxnard, Calif.-based Court Video Conferencing Services to provide custom-built kiosks for an ongoing deployment of the…

PayRange sues KioSoft for patent infringement

March 4, 2020

PayRange Inc., which provides a mobile payment solution for non-networked unattended retail machines, has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against KioSoft…

USA Technologies' shareholder opposes management change and proposed directors

March 3, 2020

Hudson Executive Capital LP, a New York-based investment firm and the largest shareholder of USA Technologies, Inc. with ownership of approximately 16.2% of…

Taco Bell launches 'Veggie Mode' to simplify kiosk vegetarian ordering

March 3, 2020

Taco Bell said today that beginning March 12, it will add a "Veggie Mode" feature that once again plays up the brand's established connection with vegetarian…

Design considerations for outdoor kiosks

by Chuck Lewis — V.P. of Business Development and Sales, Palmer Digital Group

Outdoor kiosks need to survive in harsh environments with brutal attacks from Mother Nature. Almost every aspect of an outdoor digital kiosk has to be…

Houston honors developer of automated passport control kiosks

March 2, 2020

GCR Inc., a New Orleans-based public sector software and services firm that developed an automated passport control kiosk, was honored by the city of Houston…