Smart cards, kiosks ease Army life

The Treasury Department, U.S. Army and NCR have deployed a smart card/kiosk program that simplifies payments for soldiers overseas. The troops can use the…

CASE STUDY: Kiosk aids retail loyalty program

January 16, 2006

Capture Resource, a Bristol, Penn.-based loyalty solutions provider, receives on average 125,000 pieces of paper a day from 12,000 retail locations. The…

California hospital adds Galvanon medical kiosk

January 16, 2006

MAITLAND, Fla. - Galvanon announced in a news release that Newport Beach, Calif.-based Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian has implemented Galvanon's MediKiosk…

Forrester analyst to discuss kiosk environments at Self-Service & Kiosk Show

January 16, 2006

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Kerry Bodine, a senior analyst for Forrester Research, will speak Feb. 13-14 in Orlando, Fla., about strategies to increase kiosk visibility…

FutureLogic receives prize for Best Start-up at EELEX 2005

January 15, 2006

GLENDALE, Calif. - FutureLogic Inc., manufacturer of thermal ticket printers for cashless gaming, announced in a news release that it received the prestigious…

Kiosks take hold at doctor's offices

January 15, 2006

Lansing State Journal: Welcome to the world of self-service check-in - at your doctor's office.

BT scraps plans for Internet kiosks

January 15, 2006

ZDNet: BT has halted the rollout of thousands of Internet kiosks after overestimating how much public demand there would be for the service.

Will music kiosks change the retail landscape?

January 15, 2006

Billboard: It is shaping up to be a make-or-break year for digital music kiosks. A digital music "vending machine" of sorts, music kiosks let users browse, buy…

Can contactless payments take hold?

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

The 7-Eleven c-store chain recently announced that all 5,300 of its U.S. stores would accept the "blink" contactless card from Chase. A number of other…

Kiosk design from the design professional's perspective

January 12, 2006

Interactive kiosks have been around for a long time now but it is only recently with the advent of cheap networked computing and the wholesale adoption of…

Contactless payments gain in QSR market

January 12, 2006

ePaynews.com: By end-2005, about 15,000 retailers in the U.S. were predicted to accept Visa-branded contactless payment cards, with Visa USA estimating the…

Active Decisions launches `wine matchmaking' kiosk

January 12, 2006

Mercury News: Active Decisions of San Mateo has developed a computerized wine matchmaking service that enables customers to plug in a bit of information about…

Sonic Solutions offers DVD-burn-on-demand tool for kiosks

January 12, 2006

Video Business: As movie studios and other program suppliers search for incremental sales in the face of flattening DVD growth, giving consumers and retailers…

Giant Food pilots Asteres ScriptCenter prescription pickup kiosk

January 11, 2006

RESTON, Va. - Giant Food, one of the largest grocery chains on the East Coast, has installed ScriptCenter at their Reston store located at 1450 North Point…

Showroom Technology lands new retailers

January 11, 2006

RESTON, Va. - Showroom Technologies Inc. announced in a news release that it has secured deals to place its SHOW/PRO retail kiosk system in a number of…

Info Touch announces bill-payment agreement with MetroPCS

January 11, 2006

BURNABY, B.C. - Info Touch Technologies Corp., owners of the TIO Network, announced in a news release an agreement with MetroPCS Wireless Inc. to enable…

""Mini shoppers"" will embrace self-service

January 10, 2006

LONDON - Sixty-six percent of people say they want self-service at the checkout to make shopping faster and more convenient as they fit more "mini shops" into…

Info Touch adds Cingular payment to TIO Network

January 10, 2006

BURNABY, B.C. - Info Touch Technologies Corp. announced in a news release an agreement that enables Cingular Wireless LLC customers to make real-time bill…

Angelo's Burgers gets touchscreen ordering

January 10, 2006

LAS VEGAS - RoboServer Systems Corp. announced in a news release that it has successfully completed the installation of its Line Buster Self-Serve Machine for…

Indianapolis airport takes step toward Registered Traveler program

January 10, 2006

Information Week: The long-talked-about Registered Traveler program is picking up momentum as its national rollout this summer nears. Indianapolis…