AR startup Avegant raises $12 million in funding round

September 5, 2018

Avegant, an augmented reality provider, has raised $12 million in a funding round from investors Walden SKT Venture Fund, China Walden Venture Investments III…

Walmart consumers pay attention to advertising on pharmacy health care kiosks

September 4, 2018

Visitors at Walmart stores who watched advertising at in-store health care kiosks watched for an average of four minutes, according to Pursuant Health, a…

How 5G, combined with IoT, will make mobile carriers the enablers of retail engagement

Video, gaming, AI, robotic, AR/VR platform CIOs and CTOs looking to embrace newer digital transformation solutions should look holistically within the mobile…

Farmer’s Fridge founder develops his own tools

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Most entrepreneurs in the self-service space rely on commercially available equipment and management software, but Luke Saunders and his team at Farmer's…

Sarasota, Florida, tests wayfinding kiosk

August 20, 2018

The city of Sarasota, Florida, is testing an interactive wayfinding kiosk outside Mattison's City Grille at the northwest corner of North Lemon Avenue and Main…

IBase launches full-flat open frame modular panel PC

August 15, 2018

IBase Technology Inc. has launched its OFP series open frame panel PC, which can be integrated into kiosks, custom housings and wall mounts. The OFP series…

McDonald's invests billions for kiosk/digital makeover through 2020

by S.A. Whitehead — Food Editor, Net World Media Group

McDonald's Corporation is spending $6 billion to revamp more than 6,000 stores throughout the U.S. in hopes of transforming itself into an efficiency expert's…

Real estate kiosks help buyers find their dream home

Homebuilders and realtors use real estate kiosks to get up-to-date information in buyers' hands, allowing them to sift through all the options to find…

NEC gets it right – for display technology, the age of collaboration has arrived

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

NEC Display Solutions showcases the fruits of partnerships in its new versatile headquarters and briefing center at a ground breaking open house.

Healthy Dining launches 'virtual menu concierge'

August 3, 2018

Healthy Dining, a nutrition service provider for the restaurant industry,  has created a virtual menu concierge," called MyMenu, according to a company press…

How Wow Bao is changing the meaning of self-ordering kiosks

by Cherryh Cansler — Editor, FastCasual.com

Wow Bao President Geoff Alexander discusses customer acceptance of the brand's self-ordering kiosks and their use of pick-up cubbies.

KioWare for Android adds Storm assistive technology product support

July 30, 2018

KioWare has released a new version of KioWare for Android kiosk software supporting Storm's assistive technology products such as the Nav-Pad, Nav-Bar and…

Considerations for museum kiosk design

Designing an interactive museum kiosk should be an engaging process that ultimately makes the patron's experience more rewarding and delivers a positive return…

Intersection to install digital displays at Philadelphia transit station under NRG Energy arrangement

July 27, 2018

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and NRG Energy recently teamed up to transform the Pattison Station at the Sports and Entertainment…

Swyft acquires automated retail technology provider Utique

July 27, 2018

Utique brings 10 patents to Swyft. Photo courtesy of Swyft. Swyft Inc., a provider of automated retail technology, has acquired Utique Inc., an…

Digital technology makes transit hubs more inviting, but cybersecurity and privacy issues loom

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Mark Stross, a veteran of many high-profile digital media projects, shares his insights about the digital media challenges and opportunities in the…

Partteam & OEMKiosks installs interactive billboards at Lisbon music festival attended by 165,000

July 24, 2018

Partteam & OEMKiosks provided customized digital billboards with interactive software for the Nos Alive festival, July 12–14, at the Passeio Marítimo de…

Museum of Natural and Cultural History rolls out kiosk with IntuiLab software

July 16, 2018

The Museum for Natural and Cultural History at the University of Oregon has deployed an interactive touchscreen kiosk to show off historical Mesoamerican maps.

TVONE introduces distribution amplifiers for HDMI signals

July 13, 2018

TVONE, a designer and manufacturer of video and multimedia processing equipment, has announced the availability of the 1T-DA-68x Distribution Amplifier series. 

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