All new mobiles will be packing a RFID chip by summer 2010 - ultimately opening up the possibility of your phone also becoming the keys to your car or your house. That's the prediction of Ericsson's VP of systems architecture,...
European Payments Council hints that they may ban less secure mag stripes and require chip cards entirely. That is going make things difficult for American tourists (once we start traveling again...)...
Interesting slideshow showing latest technology being tested by Kaiser Permanente for use in hospitals. Includes medication-dispensing robots, interactive caregiver home-patient interaction tools, and wireless notebooks (netbooks really...) with stylus for logging patient information and eliminating costly paperwork. Link on SFGate...
New research report -- North American consumers continue to embrace self-service technology, as transactions at self-service kiosks will surpass $775 billion in 2009. This will grow to over $1.6 trillion by 2013, according to a new research study conducted by...
June 25, 2009 - ID TECH, the leading manufacturer of custom and standard POS peripherals, has extended its field of service to provide certified secure PIN pad key injection services for companies utilizing electronic payment systems....
Interview with Reed Hastings by WSJ on what comes after DVDs for Netflix. The idea being that online streaming within 4 years minimizes physical DVD market....
Verified Identity Pass is unable to strike deal with creditors and so the Clear program ceases operation and the machines are removed June 22. As late as Fathers Day they were still signing up subscribers according to Denver news....
3M Multi-touch Developer Kit Wows SID Display Week Attendees - 10-finger Independent Tracking Sets New Standard for Touch Interfaces...
Feature article on gokiosk.net on the death of the kiosk in the airline industry (and the new functions it starts to provide to stay necessary). Interviews of Doug Godard with WestJet along with Jared Miller of Continental Airlines. click here...
San Diego, CA, - June 4, 2009 - EMN8 Inc., the leading developer of innovative consumer self-service order and payment systems for quick service restaurants, makes a meaty move in its partnership with the Tulsa-based Arby’s franchise, United States Beef...
Warren Buffet saw it coming maybe but here is old stalwart Dairy Queen running a new RFID-based program that hooks into users mobile phones. They seem to like the degree to which they can track customer behavior and more importantly...
New Delhi: During this IPL season, if you had walked into any of the major outlets of McDonald’s or Nirulas, the DT Mall Food Courts and any of 27 prime retail locations across the Delhi NCR region, you would have...
Followup on NCR Move: ATM Marketplace reports that NCR is also pulling manufacturing back into the company. It had originally sourced some ATM manufacture to Solectron (and later Flextronics)...
An outdoor digital signage directory kiosk has been installed in the heart of Buffalo, MN, giving people more reasons to walk in the downtown retail area. The 7-foot tall, polished metal cabinet has two changeable, full-color LCD screens and two...
XPIENT Solutions provides market-leading Point-of-Sale, Back Office, and Enterprise Management technologies designed to address the unique operational needs of the Quick Service, Fast Casual, Family and Casual Dining restaurant segments. On their website is great example of POS entry with...
Latest trial for Jack In The Box going on in Phoenix, AZ. Application provider is EMN8....
incentaHEALTH LLC, a Denver-based provider of corporate wellness programs, today announced that the U.S. Patent Office has awarded a new patent relating to incentaHEALTH's innovative health screening kiosk system and methods....
SINGAPORE, June 3 PRNewswire-- Taiwan FamilyMart, one of the largest convenience store chains on the island, has installed more than 2,200 Wincor Nixdorf self-service kiosks a new milestone for both companies. Established in 1988, the Taiwan arm of Japanese convenience...
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) announced today that Alex C. Camara has joined the company as vice president and general manager of NCR Entertainment Solutions. In his new role, Camara will lead NCR’s entertainment business, which includes its Blockbuster Express DVD...