Checks and balances

July 18, 2005

No matter how much we love our jobs, most of us will offer the same answer when asked what we like best about them: getting paid.

Canadian shoppers opt for self-service technology

July 18, 2005

The Wise Marketer: Over one-quarter of Canadians said they are more likely to shop at a store that offers self-checkouts. When it comes to other things those…

Automating the survey process

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Intelligent businesses rely on customer feedback to drive decision-making. Paper ballots and face-to-face polls remain useful, but survey kiosks are becoming…

New Sharp display can show two images at once

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

July 14, 2005

TOKYO - A new LCD monitor unveiled by Sharp Corp. can show two different full-screen images at the same time, according to an Associated Press report. One of…

Burn-A-Song to get digital rights management from SyncCast

July 14, 2005

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Burn-A-Song, an innovator in unique interactive marketing solutions, has entered into an agreement with SyncCast, a digital media technology…

Photo kiosks gaining wider acceptance

July 14, 2005

Photo Industry Reporter: A photographer's perspective on photo kiosks: "It's apparent that 2005 started off as the Year of the Kiosk," writes Don Franz in this…

NCR announces better-than-expected 2Q results

July 13, 2005

DAYTON, Ohio - NCR Corp. announced July 12 that its second-quarter earnings are likely to exceed expectations.

TIO Network expands with Speedway SuperAmerica

July 12, 2005

BURNABY, B.C. - Info Touch Technologies Corp. announced in a news release the deployment of 15 `Speed e-connect' kiosks at select Speedway SuperAmerica LLC…

AmStar unveils check-cashing kiosk

July 11, 2005

CARROLLTON, Texas - AmStar Systems Inc., a Texas self-service financial kiosk manufacturer, announced in a news release its new fully automated check-cashing…

Contactless cards may mainstream early in U.S.

July 11, 2005

ePaynews.com: Contactless payment systems might become commonplace in the U.S. earlier than expected. JP Morgan Chase, the nation's largest credit card issuer…

Consumers expect a variety of payment options

July 11, 2005

Convenience Store News: Consumers want and expect a choice of payment methods at the POS, according to a new survey. Nearly half of respondents prefer…

Cold, hard cash

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Credit and debit transactions might be on the rise, but cash isn't going anywhere - in order for most kiosks to reach their potential, they still need to…

DVDPlay announces higher-capacity rental kiosk

July 10, 2005

LOS GATOS, Calif. - DVDPlay Inc. announced in a news release its A55 DVD rental kiosk, which holds 502 movies, five times the capacity of the original model.

Agilysys, St. Clair sign agreement

July 10, 2005

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Agilysys Inc., provider of enterprise computer technology solutions, and St. Clair Interactive Communications Inc., designer, developer and…

RFID finding new applications everywhere

July 10, 2005

CRM Buyer: RFID tags are popping up in new applications, like baseball park kiosks that work with RFID-enabled wristbands to create a cashless POS. And the…

Captive Indoor Media unveils software suite

July 7, 2005

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Captive Indoor Media announced in a news released the completion of version 1.0 of their Codigo digital signage software suite.

Visual Circuits media player streams content to displays

July 7, 2005

Digital Producer: The new Firefly MZ by Visual Circuits and Focus Enhancements aims to simplify the process of storing multimedia content and sending it to…

Cash action settlement

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America's largest-ever class-action lawsuit ruling could put cash in the pockets of every business that accepted Visa and MasterCard from 1992 to 2003.

Self-service checkout faster, more satisfying

July 5, 2005

St. Cloud Times: An overview of self-service checkout includes statistics from NCR, which claims average customer usage of the devices between 20 and 5…

Uniquely identified

by James Bickers — Editor, Networld Alliance

Several new commercial offerings take fingerprint data and use it to drive everything from personal identification to retail payment. But how much education…