Wal-Mart had the misfortune of scheduling the launch of its new service on the same day as the release of Rhapsody 3.0. Wal-Mart�s new custom CDs were relegated to the sidelines, which is perhaps where they will stay. Wal-Mart has...
Self-service and self-checkout is growing in multiple markets, with Frost & Sullivan noting sales of interactive kiosks to have totaled USD 492 million globally in 2004, up 6 per cent on 2003 totals. Kiosk sales are predicted to see an...
Airport kiosks not showing Windows� best hand by ZDNet's David Berlind -- Of the many character roles played by Windows, the one that probably gets the least coverage is its use in public as the underlying technology behind embedded applications...
Self-service kiosks and self-checkout are among the hottest products in the integrated systems industry group. The sector includes companies making specialized computer systems for a host of vertical markets, such as banking and finance, government, broadcasting, retail and restaurants....
The customer-centric strategy started last year at consumer electronics retailer Best Buy will be turned up in 2005, the company says. And in the process, it could change the entire competitive retail landscape....
Exxon Mobil Corp. has selected Gilbarco Veeder-Root's Passport, a touchscreen point-of-sale system, for all of its Exxon-branded company-operated stores that have Gilbarco forecourt equipment....
Virgin Megastore customers will be checking out Internet music along with the rest of their CDs this fall. Virgin Entertainment Group launched a new kiosk service Thursday that will allow in-store customers to burn Internet music onto CDs for purchase....
The digital camera market is running out of steam, according to research from Strategy Analytics, which has recorded a surge in demand for camera phones. It seems demand for camera phones could hit demand for digital cameras with the major...
In light of recent incidents of identity theft, retailers are rushing to meet stricter computer-security standards for their consumer data by June 30. The deadline was set by a group of credit card associations, including VISA USA and MasterCard International,...
(Portland, OR � April 13, 2005) During a press conference on April 12, the world�s largest provider of Christian music licensing launched a web service dedicated exclusively to family-friendly music downloads. Providing a web outlet for an ever-growing genre...
UK music retailer HMV is to ditch its digital music partner Loudeye subsidiary OD2 in favour of MusicNet, it emerged last night....
Often secondary are decisions based on whether the technology is a strong fit for the company, its workers and its goals, says the report by The Center for Hospitality Research at Cornell University�s School of Hotel Administration....
Have you ever wished you could change television channels or dial a car phone with just a wave of your hand? Or that you could be 100 percent sure your doctor has clean hands?...
Nice article on Shawn Fanning (Napster founder) and Scocap and how they are trying to change the way music is distributed, and priced....
The convenience store segment, along with various retail industries including grocery, QSR and supercenters, dedicated a large amount of IT dollars and time to upgrading and installing new POS equipment in 2004, according to a study done by IHL Consulting...
Circle K Stores Inc., a division of Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., has signed a contract with WMD Holdings Group Inc. to deploy Navitouch units in Circle K convenience stores throughout the company's West Coast regions. Read more...
Men spend more money on video games than they do on music, research group Nielsen Entertainment said on Thursday, lending credence to a growing belief that video games are displacing other forms of media for the attention of young men....
John Lazar, President of Luxor Cabs, demonstrates the online capabilities in one of his "interactive taxis," where passengers can access news, make restaurant reservations and even purchase movie tickets from the back seat of a cab....
Datacard Group Launches New Datacard SP Series card printer...
FTC Charges Marketers of �Internet Kiosk� Business Opportunity with Using Bogus Sales Tactics...
Wells Fargo also offers a service to customers with existing scanning equipment that lets them make deposits by sending a standardized file to the bank. Retailer 7-Eleven Inc. began testing the bank's Electronic Deposit in October through its network of...
As morale and manpower have declined across the airline industry, things are likely to get worse than better, especially at the troubled legacy carriers, the co-author of an academic study of airline quality released Monday said....