New interactive map aims to make King's Island visits more fun

A digital signage experience firm recently released this video of an interactive map it has developed for the Ohio-based amusement park King's Island.

Codigo releases new platform converging control for digital signage, kiosks, music and messaging

February 11, 2015

Software company that provides proprietary digital signage, interactive kiosk, music and messaging products has released its latest online platform, designed…

Shell stations getting Fuel Rewards kiosks

February 10, 2015

The Fuel Rewards kiosks, rolling out in participating Shell stations nationwide, allow Shell customers to join the Fuel Rewards program and activate their Fuel…

Five pitfalls to avoid when dispensing cash

by Andrew Savala — CEO, KioskSimple

Dispensing bills greatly increases the complexity of the device and the logic required by your kiosk application in order to gracefully complete a cash…

Redbox is leaving Canada

February 6, 2015

Customers can continue to rent movies from the kiosks until February 13, and will have until March 5 to return them.

Is Panera 2.0 starting to pay off?

by Nicole Troxell — Associate Editor, Networld Media Group

Panera will report on its Q4 and FY 2014 earnings on Feb. 12, and the question on everyone's mind is, "How's that 2.0 thing going?" We sat down with Panera's…

NRF announces support for new patent reform effort

February 5, 2015

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Robert Goodlatte, R-Va., introduced the Innovation Act, an updated version of legislation that passed the House in 2013 by a…

7-part Game Plan for Playing the Trade Show Field

by Joe Holley — Vice President, Frank Mayer and Associates, Inc.

With over 20+ years of experience at trade shows, I have attended more than 100 shows. While each show is different, I seem to always take a similar approach…

Visualplanet showcasing latest touch sensor tech for interactive vending at ISE15

February 4, 2015

Tech partners to showcase intelligent digital signage vending kiosk solutions at this year's show in Amsterdam.

Amazon opens first staffed pickup location

February 3, 2015

Amazon announced today the grand opening of Amazon@Purdue, its first-ever staffed customer order pickup and drop-off location, housed in the Krach Leadership…

PCI Security Standards Council: Beware of 'Ghost'

February 2, 2015

The warning follows a US Department of Homeland Security alert about a critical software vulnerability that poses a serious risk to computer systems.

Three technologies set to change self-service in 2015

by Marek Narkiewicz — CEO, GWD Media Ltd

From beacons to bitcoin, these technologies are poised to make a major impact on self-service in the coming months.

OptConnect Hires Industry Veterans Bill Dunn, Wayne Vandekraak, and Todd Hallenbeck

Grant Victor announces recent additions in two of its companies, OptConnect and ATMequipment.com. The additions comprise veterans in the ATM and wireless…

On Track Innovations launches countertop card reader with EMV, Apply Pay support

February 2, 2015

According to the company, the new TRIO Countertop is designed to address the fast growing market for EMV-compliant cashless payment readers.

Commentary: The tech and features that shoppers want

A new large-scale shopper survey sheds light on consumers who mix online and in-store shopping in whatever way is most convenient for them.

Mattress store goes completely associate-free

January 30, 2015

Management monitors the store via web cams, and shoppers can place their orders whenever they are ready on the in-store kiosks.

Belly opts for Moki to drive consumer-facing tablets

January 30, 2015

Cloud-based software provider Moki has announced that Belly, which it says is the country's largest customer loyalty network and marketing solution, has…

India's Lohegaon Airport gets first self-service kiosk

January 29, 2015

On Thursday, Union Minister for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar inaugurated the facility's first check-in kiosk.

FaceCake virtual dressing room celebrates Super Bowl XLIX with 'NFL Fan Style Tour'

January 29, 2015

FaceCake's Swivel Virtual Dressing Room engages fans instantly, letting them get their game on with the latest NFL styles and Gameday spirit gear aboard a…

Dramatically increase a kiosk application's performance with local caching, pt. 2

by Andrew Savala — CEO, KioskSimple

In the second part of this two-part series I'll cover a couple of cool options for persistent local storage in the Web browser. In part one I covered the…