Why tablets can't fully replace stand-alone kiosks

by Kurt Myrick — Technical Engineer, Phoenix Kiosk

Tablet kiosks are becoming popular, and business owners naturally want to catch up on the trends.

Survey: 66 percent of retailers exploring mobile POS

April 30, 2012

Motorola Solutions has released a report that shows an increasing interest from retail, hospitality and field service industries for mobile Point of Sale…

Young Indian growing health kiosk business

April 30, 2012

Sensing a gap in the communication between patients and doctors in India, Jayadeep Reddy, 28, launched dialurdoctor.com in 2010, which is now called…

How to protect your kiosk

by Natsumi Nakamura — Marketing, PFU Systems

As we discussed in the previous post, kiosk security is one of the greatest challenges organizations need to deal with during kiosk application development.

Debate this: Voting kiosks

Are voting kiosks a must-have for a smooth election process or an expensive headache?

Voting kiosks

The United States does not have an official policy for or against the use of voting kiosks, but they are used all over the country along with old-fashioned…

NCR enhances self-checkouts with new software

April 27, 2012

NCR Corporation is making its Advanced Back Office sofware available to U.S. independent grocery stores through the NCR Interact Global Partner Program, NCR's…

DSA goes to Asia-Pacific

April 27, 2012

The Digital Screenmedia Association, a trade association for the digital signage and interactive out of home media industries, recently announced that it had…

Time reporter disses Best Buy kiosks

April 26, 2012

Best Buy is reexamining the processes around its Express kiosks, managed by ZoomSystems, after a columnist from Time Magazine published details of his…

Self-service Vending Fridge now available

April 26, 2012

There's a new refrigerator on the market that allows customers to buy cold products using QR codes and a Mobile App. The Vending Fridge, created by ShelfX, a…

Study questions value of health care kiosks

April 25, 2012

Mixed reports about the value of health care kiosks are circulating after two different studies on the same clinical trial discuss how even an effective health…

Furniture kiosk brings online experience to stores

April 25, 2012

Natuzzi Americas, a leather upholstery company, has unveiled an interactive kiosk for retailers to help deliver product information, videos and photos to…

Asteres to provide kiosks to 200 health care facilities

April 24, 2012

Asteres Inc., a provider of automated kiosks for prescriptions and personal care products in retail, hospital and Veteran's Affairs/Department of Defense…

Infographic: The evolution of customer experience

Sheridan Orr gives an overview and history of the ever-changing customer experience.

Infor launches multichannel marketing solution

April 24, 2012

Infor, a provider of business application software, has released Infor10 CRM Enterprise Interaction Advisor (Epiphany), to give retailers the power to…

Portlogic integrates mobile coupon technology

April 24, 2012

Portlogic Systems, a mobile and Internet software developer and kiosk solutions provider, has integrated Clip Mobile's mobile couponing technology within its…

Canada expands airport kiosks

April 23, 2012

Canada's Automated Border Clearance pilot project using kiosks at Vancouver International Airport is moving to full-program status and will also expanded to…

Zebra providing printing to mobile payment app

April 23, 2012

Zebra Technologies Corp. is partnering with Hybrid Paytech, a company that enables PIN/debit transactions over consumer smartphones and tablets, to provide…

A New Perspective on ADA: Empathy rather than compliance

After hearing reports that Whistler got 4 feet of snow in March, my son and I changed our Spring Break plans and headed for the slopes. After five days of…

PepsiCo celebrate 2nd anniversary of recycling kiosks

April 20, 2012

The PepsiCo Dream Machine recycling initiative is commemorating its second anniversary with a progress report that shares the program's results since launching…