Best Buy kiosks landing soon in Toronto airport

March 26, 2012

Best Buy Canada is deploying six Best Buy Express kiosks Friday at Toronto Pearson International Airport in both terminals this month with plans for expansion…

CETW 2012: A sneak peek of what's on display

CETW rolls into the city by the bay this week, showcasing kiosks, digital signage and customer-engaging tech.

Pink kiosks helping to 'Save the tatas'

CTS will make a donation to breast cancer awareness research for each pink kiosk it sells.

Infographic: Are Aussies indicative of the future of customer service?

Australian customers overwhelmingly preferred self-service to human interaction, according to a recent study by the firm Galaxy Omnibus in Australia. In fact…

Will poster shopping change the face of retail?

March 23, 2012

Since Tesco's poster retail experiment in a Korean subway station last June, the idea of using QR codes and NFC tags to let consumers make purchases from…

Esprida partners with Alveni to deploy self-service solutions in Latin America

March 23, 2012

Esprida Corp., a provider of end-point device management platforms, is partnering with Alveni LLC, a kiosk manufacturer in Latin America to give users of…

Company launches app to turn iPad into mobile box office

March 23, 2012

Eventbrite, the self-service ticketing platform, has released its At The Door card reader, a device used to collect credit card payments for events using…

Montreal-Trudeau North America's first airport to offer self-serve bag drop-off

March 22, 2012

Montréal–Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau International Airport has become the first airport in North America to offer passengers self-service baggage drop-off points…

ATM evolves to offer more self-service options

The ATM industry is overlapping the kiosk industry.

CyberTouch launches outdoor kiosk

March 22, 2012

CyberTouch has launched a new addition to its line of single touchscreen LCD monitors, the Titan Touch Kiosk. Available now, the Titan line of outdoor…

ScriptCenter kiosk 'fist pumping' in Jersey Shore

March 22, 2012

Asteres Inc., a provider of automated prescription pickup kiosks for retail, hospital and Veterans Affairs/military pharmacies, has deployed its ScriptCenter…

Southco provides push-to-close latch for kiosks

March 21, 2012

Southco has developed a series of modular, push-to-close latches that offer easy and intuitive closing in both single-point and two-point latching…

Ice cream shop using iPad kiosks

March 21, 2012

Twistee Treat, a QSR chain with 35 locations in Missouri and Florida, has deployed Revel Systems' point-of-sale iPad kiosk system throughout its Florida…

FDA may allow consumers to self-diagnose via kiosks

March 21, 2012

Kiosks may soon dispense a variety of prescription drugs after first allowing consumers to self-diagnose ailments for specific conditions through an…

Panasonic launches POS workstation

March 21, 2012

Panasonic has focused on flexibility and operational capability with the design of its new POS workstation, Stingray Envo, according to a company press release.

Coinstar counting on new kiosk concepts to expand footprint

Movie rentals and coin counting aren't the only markets Coinstar hopes to dominate.

GoPayment makes it easy to collect campaign donations

March 20, 2012

Intuit's mobile POS solution GoPayment is looking to make it easier for political campaigns to accept donations. The company announced it has enhanced the…

Embedded fanless system now available for kiosks, digital signs

March 20, 2012

Kiosks and digital signage using the latest Microsoft Windows 7 operating system can now integrate into their systems American Portwell Technology's embedded…

Are kiosks still relevant in a mobile world? Part 3

by Michael Ionescu — President, Ionescu Technologies

The past two blogs have brought up the concern of kiosks staying competitive in an environment that is seeing the increasing dominance of mobile technology.

MobileDemand, Seiko partner to offer turnkey solution

March 20, 2012

MobileDemand, a provider of rugged tablet PCs has formed a partnership with California-based Seiko Instruments USA Inc., a provider of thermal printer…