11/19/2015 — New product info for kiosk stands by Premier. Here are three of our latest options for dual pole stands and/or carts offered by Premier Mounts: The Dual Pole Anchor Base (PSD-DPAB) is a low profile design to anchor a variety of dual pole installations to wood or concrete floors. Cable outlets offer cable management for a… Read More »
Sometimes the ways technology can improve the patient experience are complex new sensors, patient engagement apps, or telepresence robots.
Source: mobihealthnews.com
The Western Union Company, a leader in global payment services, has announced that its Western Union Money Transfer services have opened within the Alnwick WHSmith store via its self-service kiosks.
Source: www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk
Uber says Philadelphia is the only place where the kiosk will be this week.
Source: philadelphia.cbslocal.com
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Not sure if you’ve had too much to drink?
Uber set up a breathalyzer kiosk in Manayunk tonight and provided free rides for many people out on Main Street.
The location is known as a popular night for drinking and partying, and Uber’s Breathalyzer Kiosk was almost as popular.
Many people used the UberSMART breathalyzer kiosk, which was set up in a highly trafficked area of Manayunk, to see their blood alcohol level.
In turn, the company provided free rides home, up to $20, regardless of blood alcohol level.
The general manager for Uber Philadelphia says safety has always been a top priority at Uber.
Uber says Philadelphia is the only place where the kiosk will be this week, but they’ve also had the kiosk in a few other locations in the past including Miami, Austin, Toronto, Montreal and Cincinnati.
New line of phone charging stations incorporates card scanner feature allowing retailers to offer complimentary phone charging exclusively for loyalty members
Philadelphia, PA (…
Source: www.benzinga.com
The charging stations feature a built-in card scanner that enables complimentary phone charging as an exclusive benefit for loyalty card members. The technology also enables clients to collect and append opt-in data – like email addresses and phone numbers – from loyalty members.
Retailers and mall operators aren’t the only ones able to benefit from this next generation of charging kiosk. Casinos, stadiums, and any brand with a loyalty or membership program are prime targets for this new technology. The kiosks can also help drive new loyalty sign-ups. If a customer is not an existing loyalty member, the touchscreen will direct them to the nearest on-site location where they can sign up to become a member, and then get a free phone charge.
New sophisticated software takes advantage of lack of end-to-end encryption in many retailer backends and getting card data, including EMV, from consumers. Cyber criminals never sleep.
Source: www.theexaminer.com
This new ModPOS malware has taken advantage of a flaw in the internal in-store processing of debit and credit transactions still using magnetic stripes as well as using the new EMV Chip and Pin cards; the processing flaw, now known to the retail industry, is that the internal processing systems utilized by many major retailers does not support end-to-end encryption, and does not also properly encrypt data in memory, allowing that data to be captured and sent to distant cyber crooks. According to iSIGHT, “Criminals can then reuse card data, even from EMV cards, to make online (card-not-present) transactions.”
It’s the season of giving and as you look for that spare change in your pocket or purse, a local church is providing another option for you to give.
Source: www.valleynewslive.com
And the kiosk has been more than successful.
“Out of our overall giving, over 40% is digitally,” Dornfeld says. “Either through our giving kiosk or people that have it automatically coming out of their checking or their savings or their credit cards. Couple times a month, monthly or however else they want to do it.”
Less than 20 days to take advantage of the Charter Member December drive. $299 for 2016 this month. You can join using Paypal or Credit Card.
Source: kioskindustry.org
Trade Show to be held in March in Vegas. 24 booth pavilion part of of DSE. Contact Craig or visit the site. Charter Sponsors for 2016 being accepted.
Specialized Arrival URL Keeps the Holiday Inn’s Shuttle Team on Schedule for Airline Crew Airport Pickup
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Traditional Retail on collision course with Connected Consumers’ Expectations – Retail Automation
Source: retailsystems.org
Astute retailers like Macy’s, Neiman Marcus, Target, Westfield Malls and Wal-Mart are among a growing list of retailers launching internal innovation labs dedicated to modernizing and understanding the preferences and needs of the connected consumers.
Source: pages.fourwindsinteractive.com
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — AVT Provides Head-to-Head Comparison of the MultiShopper to the Crane Vending Merchant Six. Technology and…
Source: www.prnewswire.com
AVT PR listing the differences between their vending automation and Crane Merchant Six. One should also look at the differences in the two companies.
The Dublin, Ohio-based company has closed its futuristic kiosks at 25 Rite Aid drug stores across the state and at Cleveland Clinic facilities.
Source: www.crainscleveland.com
Here is the full statement from Rite Aid:
“On Monday, Dec. 28, Rite Aid was notified by HealthSpot of its intention to cease operations effective Thursday, Dec. 31. As a result, the 25 HealthSpot stations located inside select Rite Aid pharmacies in Cleveland, Akron/Canton and Dayton/Springfield will no longer be available to Rite Aid patients and customers after 5pm Thursday, Dec. 31.
“Rite Aid appreciated the opportunity to offer HealthSpot services to our patients and customers over the past year. We believe very much in the value of telehealth and will continue to explore options to offer such services in the future.”
Finextra: Contactless payments now account for one in 10 card transactions, and with contactless spend nearing £1bn a month, Barclaycard research indicates contactless is a huge potential growth area for UK retailers.
Source: www.finextra.com
The kiosks will have Wi-Fi, built-in tablets, USB docks, and the ability to make free domestic calls.
Source: www.dnainfo.com
The avenue’s first location at 15th Street was unveiled on Monday, and the machines are expected to roll out at nine more spots over the course of the next couple of months, as part of the citywide project called LinkNYC, according to a spokeswoman for the service provider, CityBridge.
The SRSO received three new kiosks Thursday that display wanted fugitives, missing persons and public safety alerts.
Source: www.pnj.com
The kiosks have a three-paneled screen that can be programmed offsite to show text, photos and even video. In the case of an amber or silver alert — cases involving a missing and endangered child or adult with dementia — the screen will automatically post the person’s image and information on the top two-thirds of the display.
The machines cost roughly $3,000-$5,000 each, but Aloy said taxpayers aren’t footing the bill.
“The dollars come from crime-prevention funds, things like fines from the courthouse,” he said.
The postmortem on HealthSpot continues even while there is news that another telehealth provider pulled in another $40M in capital investment. We’re not entirely sure HealthSpot failed though the lack of contact would indicate so. Medcity did the first “wrap” on things in their article. Was HealthSpot mismanaged? Were freestanding kiosks too expensive, 1990s technology in a world… Read More »
Caesars Palace and two other casino-hotels in Las Vegas now allow guests to use kiosks to check in.
Source: www.latimes.com
Connected Screens – These connected screens apply the concept of credit card tap payments to an interactive kiosk. Created by European company Think&Go, the Connec…
Source: www.trendhunter.com
How does Glooko make money?. The company charges for access to its population management service, its kiosks and its mobile app by Steven Loeb on January 22, 2016
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Israeli tech startup TravelersBox, which helps travelers deposit the foreign currency coins and bills left after a trip, has announced the closing of a $10 million series A funding round …
Source: leaprate.com
Chicago, IL – January 28, 2016 – Quotepro Inc., a provider of sales and payment technology for buy-here-pay-here dealers (BHPH) across the country, has unveiled a payment kiosk that accepts
Source: www.dealermarketing.com
The kiosk can be used for loan payments, down payments and insurance premium payments – with more enhancements in the works. It also functions as an ATM and is the first kiosk to be fully customized around each dealer’s accounting needs, weaving seamlessly into back-end bookkeeping.
Neighborhood Autos general manager Eddie Hale implemented at least one kiosk at each of his eight Texas locations. “Cash is extremely difficult to control. Even with the strong systems we had in place, it was a consistent frustration,” Hale said. “Now, all the cash is counted and boxed for us. We never even touch it, and an armored vehicle picks it up at the end of each day. We receive a report to reconcile with our statements, so our role is just bookkeeping now. Thanks to these kiosks, 100 percent of our cash management issues have been eliminated.”
The streets of New York City are one step closer to super-fast public Wi-Fi. LinkNYC, a public-private partnership between the city and a consortium of technology companies, has debuted its first two payphone-turned-tech kiosks in Manhattan. These gleaming aluminum “Links,” as they are called, contain Wi-Fi beacons, mobile device chargers and informational tablets that include an app allowing free phone calls to anywhere in the country. The city plans to roll out 500 more of them by July and to have at least 4,550 spread across the five boroughs by 2020.
Source: www.governing.com
That arrangement is leading some to raise questions about privacy. Ad space on the Links is so valuable because of the user information (including IP addresses, GPS location and browsing data) that allows advertisers to deliver highly targeted content to passersby. The back end works similarly to ad-targeting algorithms users encounter while surfing the Web.
MOORHEAD, Minn., Feb. 4, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Want to Give Church Members an Easier Way to Make Donations?. Announcing a new integration between IconCMO…
Source: www.prnewswire.com
Tithing by text group now available (mostly to Lutherans? 🙂
Redbox, the kiosk-based DVD rental unit of Outerwall, reported a 17% decline in revenue for the fourth quarter of 2015, as movie rentals dropped 24% year over year. Outerwall said Redbox’s revenue for the quarter was $407 million, down from $490.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2014.
Source: variety.com
The company operated 40,480 Redbox kiosks at the end of 2015, removing 1,800 units (a decline of 4.2%) over the course of the year. In 2016, Outerwall expects to remove 2,000 more Redbox vending machines.
Overall, Outerwall reported $527.2 million in consolidated revenue for the fourth quarter of 2015, a 12% decline, and net income of $17 million ($1.00 per share), down 61% from the year-earlier period. The results beat Wall Street estimates of $513 million in revenue and earnings per share of 63 cents; those were based on Outerwall’s lowered guidance for full-year 2015 earnings and EPS, which it issued in early December.
Palo Alto, Calif., Feb. 11, 2016 – HP Inc. today announced the world’s broadest portfolio of shipping Windows 10® IoT Enterprise Thin Clients fordesktop, mobile and tablets(1) — the portfolio includes the HP t520, t620, t620 PLUS, t730, mt42, and both ElitePad 1000 G2 thin client tablets Designed for a broad range of cloud computing solutions across a variety of industries, including enterprise, manufacturing, healthcare and government, HP Thin Clients running Windows 10 IoT Enterprise deliver superb performance, extensive peripheral support, advanced security and easy management. “Forward-thinking customers have allowed HP to maintain its #1 worldwide market leadership position for Windows Embedded Thin Client shipments for the last seven years,” … Continue reading HP Portfolio Windows® 10 IoT Enterprise Thin Clients →
Source: thinclient.org
Mayor Bill de Blasio rolled out the city’s new LinkNYC kiosks, which will let New Yorkers connect to wifi, charge phones, and make calls.
Source: observer.com
NJ Transit riders will be able to charge smartphones, computers and other devices for free for the next three months at two major train stations.
Source: www.nj.com
Next, you need to consider user security, since bill-payment kiosks deal with sensitive information. “At a minimum, this means your kiosk needs to meet EMV standards. Bill-payment kiosks need to have an EMV-certified payment system. This means that the data is encrypted from the moment the card is entered, through the kiosk, the gateway, the processor, and the vendor,” said Laura Miller, director of marketing, KioWare Software. In addition, you also need to keep your software and hardware up to date to close security loopholes.
One way to keep your kiosk secure is to use kiosk software to lock down the kiosk and prevent hackers from messing with sensitive data. “Kiosks need to be secured with kiosk software if they are going to be handling sensitive information, particularly of a financial nature. Anything else is a poor substitute that can put users and organizations at risk for data theft or leakage,” Miller said. “Kiosk software is built exactly for this purpose, with file download blocking, browser lockdown, clearing of private data, resetting the browser between users, and EMV-supported payment encryption to secure payment data.”
Bill-payment kiosks can provide great benefits to retail customers, as long as you keep the basics of availability, security and customer experience in mind.
Source: www.kioskmarketplace.com
“At a minimum, this means your kiosk needs to meet EMV standards. Bill-payment kiosks need to have an EMV-certified payment system. This means that the data is encrypted from the moment the card is entered, through the kiosk, the gateway, the processor, and the vendor,” said Laura Miller, director of marketing, KioWare Software. In addition, you also need to keep your software and hardware up to date to close security loopholes.
Nearly seven years ago, when NCR began leaving its home of more than a century, much of its talent remained rooted in Dayton.
Source: www.mydaytondailynews.com
The ATM business has two distinct segments said Nancy Daniels, company executive vice president and chief operating officer. There are the ATMs used in banks and the machines used in convenience stores, hotels and elsewhere.
There are far more of the latter machines used in places outside banks, she said. And even in an era of debit cards, the amount of cash in circulation keeps growing, she said.
“We have about 70 percent of that market,” said Daniels, an NCR veteran now working at Nautilus Hyosung’s Irving, Texas headquarters.
From Yahoo Finance: CHATSWORTH, Calif., March 15, 2016– Provision Interactive Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Provision Holding, Inc., announced today that it has shipped its first HL40 display to its Middle East distributor
Source: finance.yahoo.com
The shipment is part of a 3-year distribution agreement with AOTEX SARL and could mean placement of as many as 100 units during its launch year.
Analyst: Dunkin’ Donuts tests grab-and-go options – Retail Automation
Source: retailsystems.org
Dunkin’ Donuts is testing kiosks with a selection of sandwiches at some of its locations, according to a research analyst who suggested that the effort could boost sales at the coffee chain.
Elo, a supplier of touchscreen solutions, announced SelbySoft Inc., a supplier of café point-of-sale systems, has certified three of Elo’s solutions for use with SelbySoft’s SP-1 POS software.
Source: www.fastcasual.com
Elo solutions, certified by SelbySoft, include the X-Series, E-Series and PayPoint all-in-one POS terminals. Elo said its X-Series is known for its configuration options that meet the needs of a wide variety of retailers. Elo’s E-Series is designed to offer commercial reliability with a small footprint while maintaining affordability. In addition, Elo’s new PayPoint platform delivers integrated functionality retailers demand, including a built-in, flip-to-sign touchscreen, barcode reader, cash drawer, receipt printer and customer-facing display. SelbySoft certified the PayPoint devices for Windows operating systems.
Meridian, a manufacturer of kiosks and interactive digital signage, deployed interactive kiosks in downtown Kansas City last week in partnership with Smart City Media, according to a press release from Meridian. The interactive kiosks are part of Kansas City’
Source: www.digitalsignagetoday.com
The interactive kiosks, located at Kansas City Streetcar platforms and throughout downtown, enable travelers to check the arrival time of the next streetcar, offer Kansas City locals and tourists access to city services, and display information about local restaurants, activities and events, the release stated.
“We’re extremely excited to be part of this transformative initiative; it’s a huge technological shift for Kansas City,” said Chris Gilder, CEO of Meridian. “We had just over three weeks to build, test and install the kiosks. A lot of things had to go right in order for that to happen, but we’re very happy with the outcome.”
Kiosk users can sync their smartphones to the kiosk with a mobile app to save and share information. For example, Kansas City Streetcar travelers might see an ad for dinner at a local restaurant. They are then able to pull that information onto their mobile device to access again at their convenience.
Click-and-collect may seem like a low-risk way of improving omnicommerce sales, but a bad program can do much more harm than good.
Source: www.pymnts.com
Good read.
