GlobalShop 2009: Optimism and strength

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Despite the economic chill in the air, attendees and exhibitors made last week's tradeshow a success in the eyes of its organizers.

Increased Productivity with Interactivity

How retailers and others can engage customers with greater efficiency and profitability using interactive digital signage.

Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum gets Ocean Today info kiosk

March 9, 2009

DANIA BEACH, Fla. — The IGFA Fishing Hall of Fame & Museum, an organization dedicated to providing education on marine life, will play host to an "Ocean…

Retailwire provides six imperatives for kiosk, digital signage deployers

February 22, 2009

Retailwire.com: As an ever-increasing number of retailers implement kiosk and digital signage systems into their business models, many of them are realizing…

Fujitsu debuts new interface boards for thermal printers

January 26, 2009

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Fujitsu Components America Inc. has added a new high-performance, mini-interface board series for its 24-volt, FTP-609 series of thermal…

Motorola micro kiosk answers common customer questions

January 18, 2009

Newsday: Motorola's new MK500 Micro Kiosk is able to answer common customer questions about a product: price and location in the store. The device is about …

3M reveals new line of passport readers

January 15, 2009

ORLANDO, Fla. — 3M, a leading provider of travel and identity document readers for the kiosk marketplace, will use Check-In '08 to showcase its latest…

3M reveals new line of passport readers

January 15, 2009

ORLANDO, Fla. — 3M, a leading provider of travel and identity document readers for the kiosk marketplace, will use Check-In '08 to showcase its latest…

AMD unveils new processors for embedded systems

January 15, 2009

IT Examiner (India): AMD has unveiled the Sempron 210U and 200U processors for embedded systems for kiosks, retail touch screens and digital signage. The…

VeriFone announces MX880 payment system

January 14, 2009

NEW YORK — VeriFone Holdings Inc. recently introduced the MX880, a customer-facing multi-function payment system that combines a tactile keypad with the…

American Portwell Technology's new systems for self-service kiosks use low power, no fans, Intel Atom processors

January 13, 2009

FREMONT, Calif. — American Portwell Technology, Inc., an innovator in the embedded computing market, announced its new WEBS family of embedded system…

KT Technology hires award-winning designer Jerry Schweickart

January 13, 2009

LONDON — KT Technology, a full-service kiosk terminal manufacturer with offices throughout the world, has announced an exclusive contract with award-winning…

JD Events announces presenters for KioskCom Self Service Expo

January 13, 2009

TRUMBULL, Conn. — KioskCom Self Service Expo and The Digital Signage Show have annouonced the keynote and session rosters for this year's co-located events…

NRF: Intel reveals new in-store concept technologies

January 12, 2009

NEW YORK — Intel Corporation today unveiled a retail POS proof-of-concept system that could lower a store's total cost of ownership while improving customer…

NRF: Micro Industries kiosk screen tall enough to show life-sized baby giraffe

January 11, 2009

NEW YORK — Micro Industries today introduced the Touch&Go Messenger 65P, a high-definition retail touchscreen tall enough to display a life-sized baby…

HP advances line of kiosk-style consumer touchscreens

January 11, 2009

PCWorld.com: HP is following up on its line of consumer TouchSmart PCs with a rebadged version of its TouchSmart IQ504t geared toward kiosk-style use in…

KIOSKCOM: Attendance up

Show officials say attendance was up significantly from last fall.

KIOSKCOM: New outdoor kiosk debuts from KIOSK Information Systems

October 15, 2008

NEW YORK CITY — Fifteen years and some 5,000 custom solutions later, Louisville, Colo.-based KIOSK Information Systems has unveiled its first standard-model…

NEXTEP self-order kiosks deployed at JFK airport

October 9, 2008

TROY, Mich. — Automated ordering systems provider NEXTEP Systems has partnered with food and beverage operator OTG Management to deploy "re:vive," an…

Fingerprint verification for kiosk, self-service systems

October 6, 2008

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. — Biometric-based software systems and solutions company Human Element Biometrics has introduced BioConnector, a software component that…