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: 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: 150
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: 111
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office reported to Historic City News that the agency has made a recent investment in several electronic kiosks which Sheriff James L. Manfre says will attract the public’s attention and will help prevent crime. Source: historiccity.com PostCounter: 111
Experience the self-service locker that puts shipping and deliveries in your hands, on your schedule at convenient locations. Go to fedex.com/shipandget to learn more. Source: www.fedex.com Added to resource list PostCounter: 116
Robocoin to use Fujitsu PalmSecure biometric authentication as part of their global network of Bitcoin kiosks. Robocoin CEO to deliver Keynote at ATM Source: www.businesswire.com We are very excited that a cutting-edge company like Robocoin in the burgeoning bitcoin space would select Fujitsu’s PalmSecure biometrics technology for positive authentication of their account holders,” according to Randy Fox,… Read More »
The interactive health kiosk allows individuals to self test key indicators of their general health. Our interactive health kiosks performed over 80,000 health checks in communities, businesses and schools in 2012. Source: www.wellbeingpeople.com PostCounter: 120
Think that Flappy Bird is already supremely aggravating to play? Try flying between those pipes when there’s money on the line. Bay Tek Games has unveile Source: www.engadget.com PostCounter: 118
Source: www.rsrresearch.com Very nice read using word not often used. PostCounter: 118
Source: www.sandiegoreader.com “Almost factual news” courtesy of San Diego — One stop healthcare ala Walmart. Self-health center with computer kiosks. Bit of an attitude running underneath the interview which is surprising. Automated drug dispensing. Grocery supermarket mega market circa 2015. “Frankly, I don’t know what the competition was thinking on this one,” says Ben Applebaum, Chief Medical Officer… Read More »
At the National Retail Federation’s Annual Convention & EXPO on Monday, Microsoft Corp. and CKE Restaurants Inc. showcase a self-order kiosk solution running on Windows 8 devices that enables Hardee’s customers to customize and place their own orders. Source: www.prnewswire.com The Hardee’s pilot project is one of several Microsoft retail customer deployments being shown at the NRF Big Show in New York. Microsoft… Read More »
It’s a busy day in Montgomery County Domestic Relations Court. Dozens of people are waiting for their divorce hearings. Receptionist Sheila Jarvis keeps it Source: wvxu.org Here’s how it works: You type in your name Type in your birth date List the number of witnesses you have The machine points you in the direction of your courtroom PostCounter:… Read More »
Medical tenants pay higher rents, come with good credit, and tend to sign longer leases Source: www.texasmedclinic.com Private equity firms and venture capitalists have poured more than $3 billion into urgent care clinics since 2010, according to Pitchbook, a research firm. PostCounter: 114
Eyelation is a Chicago area prescription safety eyewear startup that services companies through its self-serve kiosk system. Its system incorporates benefit management, with proprietary measurement technology to fit people with eyewear and make it easy for company administrators to provide a cohesive program to every employee Source: www.pressreleaserocket.net Eyelation currently has over 125,000 industrial workers in its safety program… Read More »
HughPickens.com writes Nick Summers has an interesting article at Bloomberg about the epidemic of 90 ATM bombings that has hit Britain since 2013. ATM machines are vulnerable because the strongbox inside an ATM has two essential holes: a small slot in front that spits out bills to customers and a bi… Source: yro.slashdot.org ATM machines are vulnerable because… Read More »
No American ATM has ever been robbed with explosive gas. The same was true in Britain — until 2013. Now there have been more than 90. Inside the birth of a bomb spree. Source: www.bloomberg.com PostCounter: 111
Portuguese manufacturer Bitcoin Já launched its first bitcoin ATM at an event in Lisbon this weekend. Source: www.coindesk.com PostCounter: 113
Apple Pay thus far has been hit or miss when it comes to vending machines and other similar self-service, standalone hardware. However, with USA Technologies’ Source: www.pymnts.com PostCounter: 118
A pilot program featuring HealthSpot kiosks in San Diego has received rave reviews from both doctors and patients. By Katie Wike, contributing writer… Source: www.healthitoutcomes.com PostCounter: 110
Plans are moving forward to install a self-service library kiosk in Encinitas that would be available to the public 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, according to a presentation given to City Council Wednesday. Source: www.seasidecourier.com $225K for nice redbox type library kiosk. ADA compliant. PostCounter: 111
Forty BorderXpress APC kiosks will go live at San Francisco International Airport in March 2015 to help expedite processing at the U.S. CBP checkpoint. Source: www.futuretravelexperience.com More Border Express kiosks going in. PostCounter: 119
BLACKSBURG — Stephan Sabo, David Henry and Adam Donato wanted to go as far as they could with a business idea they initially conceived for a class assignment at Virginia Tech nearly two years ago. Source: www.roanoke.com Inside a Card Isle kiosk is a high-end art printer and computer. On the outside, there’s a touch-screen, a place to… Read More »
After more than a year of delays, San Diego’s first 20 bike share stations opened for business on Friday. Sixty more stations will be opened over the next two weeks, and all 180 stations are expected to be operational in the next two months. Source: www.kpbs.org DecoBike makes these. ROI >> The city’s partnership with DecoBike means the city… Read More »
Integrated Systems Europe 2015. The gates of the Amsterdam’s RAI Exhibition Center will open on February 10th-12th. The event was launched in 2004 to fulfill the need for a pan-European foru… Source: kioskindustry.org Nice show upcoming in Amsterdam includes a curved display that we actually think might be useful. PostCounter: 122
Fresh from deals with strategic partners Xerox and Rite Aid, telemedicine kiosk provider HealthSpot is expected to detail a new round of funding of more than $11 million from four… Source: medcitynews.com Although MedCity News has learned the financing round includes a strategic partner, it could not confirm whether it is with a new strategic partner or simply… Read More »
Passengers travelling to the United States can now pre-clear U.S. Customs and Immigration at Abu Dhabi International Airport using new automated passport control (APC) kiosks from air transport and government IT specialist, SITA. Source: www.zawya.com Passengers simply scan their passports to identify themselves, provide their fingerprints and a camera on the kiosk captures their face biometric. The passport… Read More »
NASSAU, Bahamas, Feb. 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Lynden Pindling International Airport’s Automated Passport Control… Source: www.prnewswire.com The new system does not require travelers to complete a paper U.S. customs declaration form, as all questions are answered on the computer’s touch screen. Travelers simply follow the on-screen instructions to scan their passport, answer the customs declaration questions, have their photo… Read More »
Source: acquiredigital.cmail1.com Acquire will be demonstrated, using a U-Touch overlay, at the following stands: Panasonic – 1P20, Sony – 1 –H120, SiliconCore – 10-K110 PostCounter: 116
As part of its fourth quarter earnings report today, Outerwall said it is shutting down its Redbox DVD rental kiosks in Canada. Outwerall, the Bellevue-bas Source: www.geekwire.com Outerwall, which recently increased both movie and video game rental prices at Redbox kiosks, noted that the week of Dec. 29 was the highest rental week in Redbox history. The company… Read More »
Panera will report on its Q4 and FY 2014 earnings on Feb. 12, and the question on everyone’s mind is, “How’s that 2.0 thing going?” We sat down with Panera’s Blaine Hurst for some background and an update. Source: www.fastcasual.com PostCounter: 118
Arkansas State Revenue Office officials have taken steps to relieve the burden of long wait lines and to streamline a customer’s experience when renewing vehicle registration tags at some local revenue offices. Source: swtimes.com PostCounter: 119
New York, NY (PRWEB) February 07, 2015 — Brightbox® Cell Phone Charging Stations Enhance Conference Experience By Keeping On-the-Go Sports Marketers and Promoters Charged, Connected and Engaged Source: www.prweb.com PostCounter: 119
At this point, determining whether a particular kiosk complies with the ADA, requires a fact intensive, device-by-device inquiry. Source: www.insidecounsel.com Redbox’s recent settlement of a class action lawsuit alleging that its video rental kiosks in California were not accessible to the blind provides a good example of the potential exposure businesses face. As part of the settlement, Redbox… Read More »
Move over china and pretty linens. Best Buy Co., the nation’s largest consumer electronics chain, has launched its first wedding registry, catering to couples interested in the latest gadgets, from flat-panel TVs to Apple iPads. Source: www.miamiherald.com The retailer will also have kiosks in its 1,000-plus large-format U.S. stores by early April, where customers can check out the… Read More »
The change began last year, and is currently being rolled out across all its 1,800 U.S. restaurants—and boosts sales and traffic so much that Panera has to invest 35 more hours a week in labor for each upgraded cafe.. Source: www.fastcompany.com The core of Panera 2.0 happens in one of two places: either on the Panera app on… Read More »
