QA Graphics expands design services for digital menu boards

May 24, 2012

QA Graphics, an Iowa based interactive design company, announced it is expanding its digital signage capabilities to assist restaurants with their digital…

Target kickin' it with Shopkick

May 24, 2012

Target has partnered with shopkick, an app that allows consumers to earn points for shopping (at participating stores) that can then be redeemed for a variety…

CUSTOM VKP80III

Parma, May 2012: VKP80III represents the state-of-art of self-service thermal printers and it perfectly combines the 20 years of Custom experience in the…

What you missed at London's Screenmedia Expo (Commentary)

DSA's David Drain shares his experiences at the show.

Digital signage on cabs and loos at Screenmedia Expo 2012

Here is a sampling of the sights from this year's Screenmedia Expo 2012 in Earl's Court, London, courtesy of DSA Executive Director David Drain.

Alaska Airlines offers self-bag tagging

May 22, 2012

Alaska Airlines is debuting self-bag tagging for customers traveling out of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The process allows customers to print and…

Bank-in-a-Box kiosks go live for credit union customers

May 22, 2012

Underbanked Americans in Omaha can obtain financial services via credit union now that Centris Federal Credit Union has partnered with Nexxo Financial Corp.

Gen Y and Self-Service: A Love Story

I just finished interviewing retailers about their employee challenges. By far, the largest complaint was about managing Gen Y, and those same complaints were…

Helping customers help themselves

by Dean Sanders — Director, industry Sales, Zebra Technologies

Today's shoppers want instant access to information to locate what they want and where they can get it, compare prices and find out what others think about the…

Vision-Box closes the loop in the card issuance cycle

May 21, 2012

Vision-Box S.A., a provider of biometric products and electronic identity solutions, has launched vb i-dispenser, an all-in-one and self-service-operated…

Kiosks help IKEA track customer loyalty

May 21, 2012

IKEA's new kiosk-based loyalty program IKEA FAMILY has already attracted more than 1.6 million members since its launch a few months ago.

AMD launches AMD embedded R-Series APU platform

May 21, 2012

AMD today launched the AMD Embedded R-Series accelerated processing unit (APU) platform. Designed for mid- to high-end graphics-intensive applications such as…

JCM Global acquires 49 Percent of Nanoptix

May 21, 2012

Moving to the next phase of a business relationship that began last year, JCM Global, automatic transactions solutions provider to the gaming industry, has…

App allows retailers to control Internet experience on tablet kiosks

May 21, 2012

ArmorActive's new closed Internet browser app, ActiveKiosk, for the iPad and other iOS devices is now available for free on iTunes. By either limiting or…

3 self-service solutions moving in on the hotel industry

Hoteliers are embracing mobile and kiosk technology.

What are the hidden challenges of kiosk application development?

by Natsumi Nakamura — Marketing, PFU Systems

You are half way through your kiosk project. You have secured the budget and organizational buy-in, and have even selected kiosk hardware and devices. Now, you…

Movie tickets coming soon to a redbox near you?

by Cherryh Cansler — Publisher, FastCasual.com

??Coinstar has made many a headline lately with its plans to broaden its kiosk businesses. It's been testing coffee and gadget-dispensing kiosks but now may…

Police Central deploying EZ kiosks

May 17, 2012

EZ Card & Kiosk is now providing kiosks for Police Central Inc., a company specializing in Jail management systems and records management systems.

Texas shoppers can fund PayPal accounts at Coinstar kiosks

May 17, 2012

PayPal and Coinstar are testing a secure way for consumers to fund their PayPal accounts with cash and coins at select grocery stores through Coinstar kiosks.

NCR launches 'key' to seamless hotel check-in

May 17, 2012

NCR Corp. has launched a hotel check-in kiosk that lets guests who have checked in online or via a mobile collect their room keys without queuing at reception.