Interesting article on Verizon from IP Watchdog as Verizon joins their list “Companies We Watch”. Verizon has been very active in the patent and self-service area. Their patent for tele-diagnosis and analysis of dermatological skin conditions is fascinating one for me. Excerpts from IP Watchdog Verizon’s inaugural appearance in the Companies We Follow series revealed plenty of patent… Read More »
Google is fighting a war on multiple fronts—against Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and others—and is outspending them all in the one area that will be critical to winning the future: the cloud. Source: qz.com PostCounter: 117
Six-year old Olivia Allen, right, uses the new self-check kiosks with her mother Laurel, left, at the Fairbanks North Star Borough Noel Wein Public Library Tuesday afternoon, December 23, 2014. “It’s awesome. Source: www.newsminer.com PostCounter: 117
Learning doesn’t stop when students leave school. But what can a digitally powered initiative do in areas lacking wireless Internet connections? Source: www.edtechmagazine.com In a depressed economic area ensuring internet access means installing custom ATM-like hotspots throughout the community so residents can connect. Much like a third world internet effort. PostCounter: 159
A look into the creation of MoneyGram’s new self service kiosk solution. Source: www.youtube.com Nice promo video by MoneyGram on new financial service kiosks PostCounter: 128
DMV Kiosk News The Georgia Department of Driver Services is testing out new technology (DMV Kiosks) designed to cut down your wait time. Source: www.wsbtv.com These are Qmatic units Posts Social Security Kiosks – Visitor Intake Awarded to KIOSK EV Charging Station – Volta Billion Impressions (Peerless-AV) iPad Kiosk News – Human Services Kiosk with Scanning Tennessee CREATE… Read More »
Christian Nitu and Cory Finney sold their company to Best Lockers, a 46-year-old Maryland firm with personal electronic lockers in water parks, amusement parks and ski resorts across the country. They aren’t talking about the details of the deal, but Nitu called it “a moral victory.” Link to story Also see the Denver Post article The two former… Read More »
Enter Now and Discover Seven Habits of Incredibly Happy Customer Service Managers and Ensure You Achieve the Best Possible Results for Your Efforts. Source: iwantitnow.walkme.com Article by Amy Clark on Customer Service PostCounter: 124
TAGS: bitcoin ATM, vending, two-way bitcoin ATM, Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center, Mission Market Express, digital currency, ZenBox ANAHEIM, CA — A two-way bitcoin ATM has been placed the new Anaheim Regional Transportation I Source: www.vendingtimes.com Mission Market Express was the first convenience store in California to accept bitcoin, according to ZenBox, and it is now introducing the… Read More »
Clicks and Mortar news – In October 2014, Amazon announced it would be opening its first physical retail location in New York City. Now Zappos, an Amazon-owned company, plans … Source: www.retailsolutionsonline.com Write-up by Retail Solutions Online of new Zappos physical incarnation test going on in Las Vegas. PostCounter: 126
Source: retail-innovation.com Smart vending concept testing in Japan which performs age and gender identification also coordinates the current weather conditions? Those are pretty constant inside a subway system. Maybe they should correlate mentions on twitter for various properties/elements. PostCounter: 118
Smart wearable devices may help save 1.3 million lives by 2020, according to a prediction made by Switzerland-based firm Soreon Research. According to the analyst group: “Smart wearables, a set of sensors attached to the body with a direct link to smart devices, are the most industry-disrupting innovation as well as a major opportunity to transform the healthcare… Read More »
iPatientCare integrated with Connected Technology Solutions (CTS) to provide Patient Kiosk Integrates Self-Service Check-in, Credit Card Scanning, Multi-Language Support, Pre-Populated, and Patient Information Summary, Updating to Modernize Patient Registration Method for Physicians Practices | Virtual Strategy Magazine is an online publication devoted entirely to virtualization technologies. Source: www.virtual-strategy.com PostCounter: 124
Source: retailsystems.org Customer lifecycle management whitepaper — retaining and acquiring. 86% of customers would pay for a better product and service, but never see the option presented to them. PostCounter: 117
Acuity Market Intelligence announced that the deployment of Automated Board Control and Automated Passport Control kiosks has risen to more than 2,500 worldwide, a sign of a maturing market. Source: www.kioskmarketplace.com Coverage of Acuity market Press Release and APC market by KMC PostCounter: 125
How the smallest of retail venues are innovating for the future Before there was the convenience of the internet, there was the humble vending machine. Vending machines were literally on every traffic corner standing ready to … Source: www.imsresultscount.com Buying lobster or pizza from machine, now possible. PostCounter: 118
VSR sits down with director of North American channel sales Jeff Burroughs to discuss how the company is investing in the channel through new products and partner initiatives. Source: vsr.edgl.com New PayPoint goes after POS market PostCounter: 125
Amsterdam-based Coinzone, partners up with payment processing company Zebrapay, to introduce Bitcoin transactions to 1,000 self-service terminals. Source: cointelegraph.com PostCounter: 122
Thanks to a new kiosk installed earlier this school year, one Olentangy middle school now considers itself a miniature branch of the Delaware County District Library. Source: www.thisweeknews.com The kiosk features a touch-screen monitor that allows the user to browse a library’s collection of digital works and request a link to download titles. PostCounter: 119
Solar-Powered Kiosks A machine couldtheoreticallyreplace teachers in places where schools are scarce. Source: www.fastcoexist.com Nice group solar internet kiosk in Nigeria PostCounter: 117
Biometric Kiosk News Jamaica’s Passport, Immigration and Citizenship Agency (PICA) has announced that automated border control kiosks will be appearing in Kingston’s Norman Manl Source: findbiometrics.com PostCounter: 117
Many Ford dealers in the U.S., including Galpin Ford in California and Village Ford in Michigan, are getting ready for the launch of the 2015 Ford F-150 pickup truck by installing interactive product-information kiosks in their showrooms. Source: www.edmunds.com Nice units PostCounter: 117
But even before the new Ford F-150s arrive in showrooms in large numbers, some dealerships can give shoppers a good look at the redesigned pickup truck with video kiosks. Source: www.autonews.com “Truth About Trucks” kiosks being installed this month in about 1,900 dealerships are part of a huge effort by Ford to educate consumers and salespeople, a testament… Read More »
CEO Corner Where we talk to “Big Cheese” and find out a little bit about who they are and what company they are with. The choice of who you do business may come down to the look in the eye and a simple handshake. Ten Questions for Mike James with Kiosk Group: 1. Kiosk Industry Group: What… Read More »
LOUISVILLE, KY (PRWEB) December 15, 2014 — The publisher of RetailCustomerExperience.com, DigitalSignageToday.com and KioskMarketplace.com is creating an exclusive event for interactive, in-venue technologies. Source: www.prweb.com New event for interactive from Networld. PostCounter: 123
The government invested a total of COP 30 billion for these deployments. The government has recently installed a digital kiosk in Arroyo de las Canoas. The government said it expects to have a total of 340 digital kiosks in operation in rural areas of the department in the coming months. Source: www.telecompaper.com PostCounter: 113
Unveiled this week the “Connected Mall” experience in Palo Alto, Calif. The installation features a “smart” directory developed by eBay for the Simon Innovation Group that elevates the shopping experience by providing consumers with a suite of services, including point-to-point navigation and personalized offers and deals. Source: www.retailingtoday.com Features of the new digital directory include: A 72″ LCD,… Read More »
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), the global leader in consumer transaction technologies, announced today that leading Irish bank, AIB, has chosen NCR fina Source: www.businesswire.com NCR has deployed 400 NCR SelfServ™ 4 kiosks at branches throughout the Republic of Ireland to provide convenient access to a wide range of AIB banking services for its customers and help the bank run its… Read More »
Cenium-provider of Cenium Hospitality ERP all-in-one software to the hospitality industry, today announced implementation of Cenium FastTrack self-service kiosk and mobile interaction at two hotels within the Nordic Choice Hotel group already using the Cenium Hospitality ERP suite. The Comfort Express brand within Nordic Choice, caters to younger travelers who want simplicity and high tech options to optimize… Read More »
