KIOSK, SSN partner to demo secure retail kiosk solutions at NRF conference

June 18, 2012

KIOSK Information Systems and Self-Service Network will showcase their fraud-eliminating kiosk solutions that provide secure dispensing, limited-associate…

Airport spa now using mobile POS

June 18, 2012

A spa chain inside the security gates at Newark, N.J., and Philadelphia airports has implemented a POS solution from Daily Systems to provide customers with…

How to ensure self-service solutions pay you back

by Michael Ionescu — President, Ionescu Technologies

There is nothing more frustrating to me than seeing an interactive kiosk/digital display out in public that either does not work or is so lagging or…

New technology allows buttons to pop up from touchscreens

Tactus Technology has debuted a haptic user interface with physical buttons that rise up from a touchscreen surface.

UK vending machines get mobile payments, connectivity

June 15, 2012

Nokia Siemens Networks and U.K. wireless carrier Everything Everywhere have partnered to introduce mobile payments to vending machines. The international…

Kodak extends photo services deal with Australia's largest retailer

June 15, 2012

Kodak has signed a new exclusive retail photo services agreement with Officeworks, Australia's largest retailer and supplier of office supplies and solutions…

Digital signage, self-service streamline McCarran's new T3 (Video)

by Christopher Hall — w, t

Self-service tech and nearly 1,000 new digital signage screens highlight new wing at Las Vegas airport.

Fujitsu, Tidel integrate PalmSecure with Revolution Series cash platform

June 14, 2012

Fujitsu Frontech North America Inc., a technology and front-end solutions provider, and Tidel Engineering LP, an intelligent cash management solutions firm…

Kodak Australia partners with AFL, proves photo kiosks aren't dead

June 14, 2012

Fans of the Australia Football League can now print official match photos from 1,400 KODAK kiosks in retail locations throughout Australia. The kiosks allow…

Is self-service the new tech startup?

by Chris Gilder — Founder/CEO, Meridian

Technology incubation is our future. Just try talking to kid — if you can get them to look up from their smartphones! Texting is the new email. Touchpads are…

Pizza-making kiosk also making headlines

June 13, 2012

Although Let's Pizza, a vending kiosk that creates pizzas from scratch in 2.5 minutes, hasn't yet planted a flag in U.S. soil, the mainstream media has…

Australian grocer scales back self-serve checkout

June 13, 2012

Woolworths, an Australian grocer, is cutting its self-service checkouts for customers in 400 retail outlets across the country. The kiosks, which launched in…

KIOSK to demo automated retail solution in New Orleans

June 13, 2012

KIOSK Information Systems will display its StoreBOT Automated Retail Platform June 20-21 at the NRF Loss Prevention Conference at the Ernest N. Morial…

Two more retailers embrace mobile self-service

June 13, 2012

As mobile POS solutions gain popularity, major retailers are jumping on board the trend that made this year's top retail technology list, according to the…

HP to enable multitouch, security for kiosks, digital signs

June 13, 2012

HP is helping retailers to expand multitouch business applications across HP thin clients with Windows Embedded Standard 7 WS7P SKU.

InfoComm is coming to town

by Christopher Hall — w, t

The big daddy of Pro AV shows is set to go at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

Apple's Passbook to help retailers offer loyalty programs

June 12, 2012

Retailers may soon have access to yet another payment and loyalty card option with Apple releasing Passbook Monday at its Worldwide Developer Conference in San…

Choosing the right paper for your kiosk: Thermal paper sensitivity

by Stephen Enfield — vp, POS Supply Solutions

This is part one of a three-part series that will delve into the aspects of thermal paper that affect its grade.

US Bank's new app allows customers to bank via tablets, smartphones

June 12, 2012

Using a platform from Fiserv Inc., a global provider of financial services technology solutions, U.S. Bank's online banking customers now have access to an…

Update: ServiceOntario kiosks out of order due to illegal card readers

June 12, 2012

All 72 ServiceOntario kiosks are still out of order after card skimming devices were found on four machines in the Greater Toronto Area, according to…