Browser and PC Lockdowns Reason for Existence – Fortnite Feb2020 – We hear it all the time from the IT departments. “We can handle that situation”. We applaud the confidence but we continue to be entertained by photos like below where semi-determined users take advantage of that confidence in order to entertain themselves at your local self-service checkout… Read More »
Mimo Monitors and BrightSign, leading industry digital signage experts, share their best insights and strategies for maximizing digital signage to add value for the customer and cultivate engagement CHICAGO, IL—April 2019— Mimo Monitors (www.MimoMonitors.com), the experts in small touchscreen displays, joined forces with BrightSign, to share their top five tips and best practices for digital signage. Both industry… Read More »
The Wine Kiosk – historically the most quoted is the PA Liquor project. Wine kiosks provide useful functionality and information but typically they have been used to explain a wine rather than recommend. That makes ROI difficult to establish. It sounds good and it probably tastes good, but how is it profitable is the final question. The state… Read More »
People, this is why we can’t have nice things. New York city has had to shut down it’s public Internet kiosks because too many people were looking at porn or streaming Netflix on […]
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Why in the world they didn’t whitelist a large comprehensive set of sites surprises me.
With the encampments and people parking themselves next to the kiosk its become a bit of a scramble and an unforeseen outcome.
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Problems with the LinkNYC kiosks.
A new part of the Moody Library is the first of its kind in the state.
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Video news story from news station on information kiosk at the public library and how useful it has been to the general public, especially those without decent (or any) internet connection. Information terminals for the “underserved” or “underconnected” population much like the unbanked.
As the deadline nears for U.S. EMV adoption, more processors are partnering up to help their clients speed through the certification process. Source: www.paymentssource.com Posts 2026: 2,868
You now can renew your driver’s license at self-service stations at the Iowa City and North Liberty libraries. Source: www.press-citizen.com The Iowa Department of Transportation renewal kiosk is a web-based device that uses touch-screen technology to allow each customer to renew their own driver’s license or ID, including a secure update of the photo that will appear on… Read More »
Museum kiosk and radio show bring science from UD lab to the public Source: www.udel.edu “One focus of my group’s research is mimicking lung tissue, but the materials we work with, called hydrogels, have a broad range of biomedical applications including drug delivery systems and tissue engineering platforms to study a variety of diseases,” says Kloxin, who has… Read More »
Porn is still the number one topic for which users search online. If you stop to think about this, it’s quite surprising that online porn is such big business. Intuitively, one would expect that sexual pleasuring is the one area which needs a hands on personal touch , and yet the adult industry is able to deliver pleasure… Read More »
Source: retail-innovation.com Quite the store and very nice video tour by Retail Innovation and Craig Smith. Virtual inventory comes in all variations. Posts 2026: 3,050
Google plans to release a new mobile payment system called Android Pay, which will include many of the same features as Apple Pay, while the Google Wallet brand will live on as a peer to peer service. Source: www.paymentssource.com Interesting to that they have chosen to support fingerprint recognition for biometric payment method. Calling it “Android Pay” hitches… Read More »
In the financial services industry, the term “cash handling” is commonplace. Everyone – from the C-suite down to each individual worker, knows the value of quality cash handling and money management. However, in the retail industry, the importance of cash handling can slip through the cracks. Source: arca.com The mobile phone crowd likes to dismiss cash but, not… Read More »
The people who need a ride home late at night, more than anyone else are those that are intoxicated. Until we get breathalyzers in cars in the form alcohol interlock devices, a new promotion from U… Source: www.autoconnectedcar.com Posts 2026: 2,809
From the Embedded conference and Intel IoT Source: www.youtube.com A medical kiosk powered by the new 5th generation Intel® Core™ processor illustrates the cost and time savings available through healthcare innovations from Kontron and Intel. Posts 2026: 2,870
Company will demonstrate its next-generation consumer retail health software with back-end integration enabled by Xerox at ATA 2015. Source: m.mhealthnews.com The 2.0 software upgrade leverages Xerox’s healthcare IT infrastructure to seamlessly interface with insurance claims through a payment data feed and integrates with electronic medical records (EMRs) for continuity of care. The back-end integration with the Xerox infrastructure… Read More »
During his tenure as CEO since 2005, Bill Nuti had moved NCR Corporation (originally National Cash Register) from its historical competence in hardware to become a provider of hardware and software for managing transactions across a range of industries and payments methods. Nuti envisioned a world in which consumers would use NCR hardware or applications whether transacting at… Read More »
Referencing former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s infamous “developers!” chant is practically a cliché nowadays, but it felt like the silent refrain Source: pulse.me good article on what’s coming. universal codebase so android and iOS devs can easily add to Windows store Posts 2026: 2,690
Move over, Seattle and New York. Philly may not be a first-gen adopter, but I’m proud to say my city’s pay-t0-ride biking service is already a smash hit, with over 8,000 rides and 2,400 new members in its first week alone. Source: gizmodo.com Posts 2026: 2,927
Marking its entry into the patient identification market, health IT security company Imprivata has acquired Tampa, Fla.-based HT Systems, which develops technology for palm-vein based biometric patient ID. Source: www.healthcareitnews.com HT Systems serves hospital systems and large medical groups nationwide. Its PatientSecure biometric ID system provides positive patient identification by distinguishing the vein pattern in a patient’s hand… Read More »
Preview of NRA offerings Nextep will feature such as tablet kiosks on Surface3 as well as Outdoor Drive-Thru kiosks. Good stuff! Source: nextepsystems.com Restaurant Kiosks — NRA Preview by Nextep including tablet kiosks with Surface3 and outdoor kiosks Posts 2026: 2,949
Source: show.restaurant.org Big show for restaurant technology in Chicago this year. May 18 and 19th. http://show.restaurant.org/ Posts 2026: 2,891
IoT: Esprida cloud monitors machines and keeps them running Source: forum.telus.com Think about the amount of digital signage you pass in the course of one day. You see it in malls, on sidewalks, and above your head on subway platforms. That’s a lot of hardware, a lot of software and, given the weather conditions some of the signs… Read More »
If you’re short on space or just want a sleeker look on your desktop, then you need an all-in-one desktop. Here are our highest-rated performers. Source: www.pcmag.com Good breakout albeit consumer. Nice to have an i7 though… Posts 2026: 2,839
The metric system. Warm beer. A crazy obsession with soccer. Impossibly tiny male bathing suits. There are some things that Europeans love and we as Americans will just never understand. But whether we understand them or not, restaurants and other retail stores are soon going to have to get on board with another European trend — EMV (Europay… Read More »
A kiosk can serve a multitude of purposes–and with the right apps, setting one up is fast, simple, and affordable. Here are top 5 from TechRepublic. Source: www.techrepublic.com Kiosks make it easy to display information about your company, allow users to interact with website-driven company directories, get details about products, advertise your products and services, and much… Read More »
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Apple, extending its partnership with IBM, will also collaborate on apps to improve the wellness and connectivity of elderly people, starting in Japan. Source: www.cnet.com The iPads will be preloaded with custom apps designed for the elderly by IBM, such as software that provides reminders and alerts about medications, exercise and diet and help accessing community activities, grocery… Read More »
Patent Kiosk News Legislation introduced by Senate Judiciary Committee that seeks to protect retailers and other businesses from overly litigious patent trolls The National Retail Federation today welcomed bipartisan patent reform legislation introduced by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck E. Grassley, R-Iowa, and Ranking Member Patrick J. Leahy, D-Vt., that seeks to protect retailers and other businesses from overly litigious… Read More »
Public Use Blood Pressure Kiosks: A Guide for Clinicians. Source: www.news-medical.net Here is the link for the Clinicians Guide Posts 2026: 2,727
Intel Security today announced they are collaborating with KIOSK Information Systems (KIOSK), the global leader in custom self-service solutions, to provide even better retail kiosk security options. KIOSK provides licensing options for deployers to secure their self-service retail platforms with Intel® Security’s McAfee Integrity Control™ technology before shipment and installation, enabling safer connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices… Read More »
A cloud-based code generation platform with 2000+ processes for APIs, databases, and more. Reimagining programming for software & hardware developers. Source: temboo.com Posts 2026: 3,335
April 2015 — Not often, I take 2 hours out to sit thru a webinar but today I caught the Google Live with the rollout of Google for Work (and also Business). Source: www.digitalscreenmedia.org — (sad to see this networld site just “went away” one day.). Here is a glance at the site from 2015 via web archive… Read More »
“App Runtime for Chrome” takes a big step toward making Android a universal binary. Source: arstechnica.com Posts 2026: 2,807
Hewlett-Packard Co. said it would sell its Snapfish photo-sharing site toDistrict Photo, part of the computer maker’s plan to refocus operations as it splits in two. Source: www.bloomberg.com Snapfish works with retailers to help consumers store, share and print photos online. District Photo, which is based in Beltsville, Maryland, handles digital printing for business and other customers. Terms… Read More »