How to get an education kiosk using grants

by Kelsie Collins — Marketing Content Writer & Editor, Advanced Kiosks

Kiosks can help students check in to school and find where they need to go. They also provide event information to the school community. There are both public…

Axiomtek unveils full HD multi-touch panel PC

February 15, 2017

Axiomtek is unveiling its GOT3217W-845-PCT, a slim-type, 21.5-inch, full HD multi-touch panel PC powered by the Intel Pentium processor N3710 (formally…

Parlevel Systems teams with Apriva to support campus card acceptance

February 15, 2017

Parlevel Systems, a provider of vending technology solutions, has teamed with Apriva, a provider of omnichannel payment solutions and secure mobile…

FastCasual's parent company launching FoodTruckOperator.com

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Networld Media Group will launch FoodTruckOperator.com on April 1. It will cover industry trends and news, profile business owners and explore the technologies…

Kingston, New York lawmakers table parking kiosks

February 14, 2017

Kingston, New York lawmakers recently voted to temporarily table a key element of Mayor Steve Noble's plan to institute paid parking on municipal lots…

Sam's Club adds health screening kiosks

February 14, 2017

Sam's Club is expanding into digital health via a new partnership with digital health kiosk company higi, offering free, self-service health screening to 62…

How kiosks make Valentine's Day sweeter for florists, gift card merchants and others

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Automatic Merchandiser

Kiosks play an increasingly important role on Valentine's Day for florists, gift card merchants and others. For florists, Valentine's Day is the single busiest…

McDonald's ATM dispenses Big Macs for promotion

February 13, 2017

Big Mac lovers who visited a McDonald's eatery in Boston's Kenmore Square recently were able to bypass the counter and instead head straight to an automated…

Solar-powered parking kiosks don’t get sufficient sun in Massachusetts city

February 13, 2017

Several solar-powered parking kiosks in the Haverhill, Massachusetts' downtown do not generate adequate sunlight to function, and one city councilor is hoping…

KioWare Releases KioCall Video Conferencing App

Analytical Design Solutions Inc. (ADSI) has released KioCall, a new video conferencing product specifically for use on kiosks running KioWare for Windows kiosk…

Iowa quietly abandons 700 job assistance kiosks

February 10, 2017

Iowa no longer services or tracks the more than 700 self-help computer kiosk locations it installed to replace dozens of unemployment offices Gov. Terry…

Virginia electric cooperative deploys bill payment kiosks

February 10, 2017

The Central Virginia Electric Cooperative announced new, round-the-clock payment centers at each of its three offices located in Colleen, Appomattox and…

Panera shares hit record high, boosted by kiosks and other technology

February 9, 2017

Shares of Panera Bread surged to a record high on Wednesday and were on track for the biggest one-day move in almost two years after the company gave an upbeat…

UCLA replaces printers in learning centers with printing kiosks

February 9, 2017

Printing kiosks have replaced all printers in learning centers at UCLA, according to The Daily Bruin.

The price of self-service, part 3: lowering the cost of manufacturing, road maps, warranties, hot-swap, installation and maintenance

by Ben Wheeler — President, KioskGUY.COM

With more kiosks entering the field, deployers need to have service and maintenance agreements well established. The cost of maintenance is oftentimes directly…

Kiosks transform New York subways into literary voting hubs

February 8, 2017

Thanks to the launch of One Book, One New York, running through the month of February, New Yorkers can vote for their  favorite book among five titles right on…

Delta SkyMiles offers preferred rate for customers using biometric screening kiosks

February 8, 2017

Delta SkyMiles members can receive a preferred rate for using Clear biometric screening kiosks due to an affinity partnership between Delta Airlines and Clear…

Centers for Disease Control urges pharmacists to only use clinically validated blood pressure kiosks

February 7, 2017

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently called on pharmacists to use only clinically validated and interoperable blood pressure, or BP, kiosks.

Extreme vetting drives automated border control kiosks; more than 3,500 deployed in three years

February 7, 2017

Concerns about national security are driving border authorities to continue to embrace biometric and digital identification based automation, according to a…

Hotels and restaurants juggle kiosks and mobile technology

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Automatic Merchandiser

Mobile technology has grabbed the limelight due to rapid consumer adoption, but restaurants and hotels continue to invest in kiosks as well as mobile…