Ask the Experts: Identifying the characteristics of a good narrator for kiosk voice prompts

What should deployers of self-service kiosks look for when selecting a narrator for the kiosk's voice prompts? Allison Smith, a professional voice actress who…

R3 Omni, NCR partnership lets users purchase sports memorabilia via kiosk

March 3, 2009

Convenience Store Decisions: R3 Omni and NCR Corp. have joined forces to enable sports fans to purcase merchandise from the NFL, MLB, NASCAR and U.S. Olympics…

Kiosks in India will discuss health for International Women's Day

March 3, 2009

Indopia: GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare, makers of the Horlicks brand, is using health information kiosks as part of a month-long celebration of…

Noritsu to buy Lucidiom, its recent photo kiosk partner

March 2, 2009

Orange County (Calif.) Business Journal: Noritsu America Corp., a maker of photo software, scanners and printers, said it plans to buy Vienna, Va.-based…

Lucidiom's new photo kiosk software encourages upselling

March 2, 2009

VIENNA, Va. — Lucidiom has further integrated in-store and online operations in the latest version of its kiosk software, APM 7.0.

Fashionology kiosks lets teen girls design their own clothes

March 1, 2009

MediaPost News: New kiosks will empower girls in their tweens to design their own clothing. Deployed by Fashionology, a retail store that opened in Beverly…

Tesco will use more HP Photo Center solutions in retail stores

March 1, 2009

LAS VEGAS — HP and Tesco today announced they are partnering to grow Tesco's photo publishing offerings.

Borders in-store kiosks, Web site give access to entire inventory

February 26, 2009

Internet Retailer: Officials behind the new Borders.com site say it teams with in-store kiosks to give customers better access to and information about an…

New MP3 digital music store announced by KIOSK, Mix & Burn

February 25, 2009

LOUISVILLE, Co. — A new contract between KIOSK Information Systems Inc. and Mix & Burn LLC offers a full MP3 content library with direct-to-device…

Bizarre self-service: The five weirdest kiosk apps of '08

Self-service takes a turn for the surreal in this roundup of strange kiosk applications that could make Rod Serling roll over in his grave.

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…

GK Software releases GK/Retail 12 with new tech for retail store automation

February 19, 2009

SCHOENECK, Germany — GK SOFTWARE AG has announced the immediate availability of GK/Retail 12, the newest release of its Store Automation suite of products…

Texas retailers get self-service bill payment via TIO, H-E-B partnership

February 18, 2009

BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada — TIO Networks Corp., a provider of multi-channel bill payment processing, has partnered with H-E-B, a Texas retailer, to implement…

South African retailer uses interactive kiosks in Store of the Near Future

February 16, 2009

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Shoppers frequenting The Foschini Group stores in South Africa could soon have access to the latest touchscreen technology and…

Ask the Experts: What are the benefits of cashless self-checkout machines?

February 16, 2009

Chris Gilder is chief executive of Meridian Kiosks, which is partnering with software company NEXTEP SYSTEMS to market a new line of cashless self-checkout…

Tablet-sized touchscreen generates revenue through mobile handsets

February 15, 2009

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — FutureDial, a leading provider of mobile content management solutions for mobile operators, wireless retailers and consumers, today…

New kiosk line from Meridian, NEXTEP skips the cash to speed the checkout

The two kiosk companies have paired to launch a new, low-cost alternative for self-checkout.

BroadSign International helps LevelVision take it to the floor

When the company needed help building a network, it looked to BroadSign International's SaaS platform to help manage the content.

Ask the Experts: Preventing card data breaches

What actions can be taken, both by consumers and the card associations, to prevent another major card data breach, such as those that occurred at T.J. Maxx and…

Wincor Nixdorf to install 120 reverse vending self-service systems for real,- SB Warenhaus GmbH

February 9, 2009

DUSSELDORF, Germany — Wincor Nixdorf has received an order from real,- SB Warenhaus GmbH to deliver and install reverse vending self-service systems…