Rhode Island health insurer adds mobile bill-payment option

November 12, 2013

ACI Worldwide, a provider of electronic payment and banking systems, announced that Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island will leverage its bill-payment…

Fiserv marketing director explains mobile bill payment app

Fiserv, a provider of information management and electronic commerce systems for the financial industry, rolled out a mobile bill payment solution during the…

Touch Commerce helps retailers tap into touchscreens, mobile

October 15, 2013

Unbound Commerce unveiled its Touch Commerce solution during last week's MIT Mobile Showcase event. The solution utilizes a large touchscreen at the point of…

Kodak Alaris opens photo kiosks to developers

The company plans to use the developer program to monetize images from photo apps that lack printing capabilities.

Leaf secures $20M to advance mobile pay platform

October 1, 2013

Leaf, creator of the LeafPresenter, a tablet designed for commerce, today announced it has closed $20 million in its first round of funding from Heartland…

Self-service doesn't mean 'no service'

Follow these tips to keep self-service from turning into customer servitude.

CradlePoint announces support for Sprint 4G LTE for digital signage, kiosk networking

August 28, 2013

CradlePoint, a provider of 3G/4G wireless networking solutions for distributed enterprises, announced at the M2M Evolution Conference this week in Las Vegas…

Seattle parkers can now pay remotely

August 21, 2013

Seattle is known as a tech-savvy city, with a growing biotech sector and deep connections to companies like Amazon.com, Starbucks, Nordstrom, Microsoft…

MokiMobility's latest app readies for rise of mPOS

August 5, 2013

MokiMobility announced recently the launch of what the company calls "the industry's first purposed device-management mobile application for the iPhone."

Sedona Visitors Bureau rolls out mobiManage kiosk solution

July 2, 2013

The Sedona Convention and Visitors Bureau in Arizona has tapped mobiManage to develop new interactive kiosks for its visitor center. The kiosks can capture key…

TimeTrade amps up retail solutions with kiosks, digital signage

June 6, 2013

TimeTrade, providers of online appointment scheduling technology for businesses, has announced upgrades to its TimeTrade Retail solution that it says will…

IBM's Jeopardy-winning computer Watson now working on customer engagement

May 21, 2013

Two years after conquering Jeopardy, IBM's Watson is setting its sights on customer engagement.

Mobile: The new screen in a multiscreen world

by James Wester

A recent symposium in Dallas discussed ways to fit interactive and mobile technologies into the omnichannel equation.

Star Micronics intros interactive platform and printer

May 16, 2013

Star Micronics announced yesterday the release of AsuraCPRNT, a solution that the company said is a robust and feature-rich interactive communication platform…

Square reinvents the register with new Stand

May 15, 2013

Square Stand, new hardware created by Square for brick-and-mortar businesses that turns an iPad into a complete point of sale, is now available, according to a…

Zebra Technologies inks partnership for mobile invoicing

May 14, 2013

InvoiceASAP and Zebra Technologies today announced that the companies will offer a suite of integrated solutions, targeting the small- and medium-sized…

Google finds the silver lining to showrooming

New report finds consumers depend on their smartphones, but it's not all bad for merchants.

Automated retail could be a mobile payments kickstarter

by Natalie Gagliordi — Editor of KioskMarketplace.com, Networld Media Group

The ubiquity of vending may help push mobile payments into the mainstream.

ArmorActive announces partnership with mobile loyalty provider

May 1, 2013

ArmorActive announced its partnership with CityGro, a mobile loyalty program provider, to offer iPad mobile loyalty solutions. The company said the solution…

Kiosk concept uses gesture tech to connect phone and screen

by Natalie Gagliordi — Editor of KioskMarketplace.com, Networld Media Group

The Grab & Go kiosk uses gesture technology from the Kinect to transfer data from a screen to a mobile device.