Category Archives: Kiosk picks

Picks are the most newsworthy of articles posts on the site.

Kiosk Industry is the news engine for the Kiosk Manufacturer Association or KMA which is a global, cause-based, not-for-profit organization focused on better self-service for customers and employees through kiosks and information technology (IT). Kiosk Industry Association leads efforts to optimize self-service engagements and engagement outcomes using information technology such as kiosks.

Used Kiosks For Sale – 2023

Used Kiosks for sale 2023 We maintain a list on list.ly for used kiosks for sale — https://list.ly/list/2tvX-kiosks-for-sale-used-and-new-make-an-offer. So far this year we have a couple of opportunities.  Companies looking to sell kiosks they bought as “things changed” or variety of reasons. They are will to sell at a reduced price and often will consider donating them if… Read More »

Samsung Kiosk New Partner Applova

Samsung Kiosk New Partner Applova Samsung adds another integration/software partner to its QSR kiosk ecosystem. Rolling Stone pizza is the front page brag for Applova. Integrated with clover, Square, Go Daddy, power, Toast, NCR Aloha and Oracle micros. Applova also uses the Elotouch countertop it looks like (or did). Hard to say which OS for ELO but the… Read More »

InfoComm 2023: Peerless-AV® Preview

InfoComm 2023: Peerless-AV® Preview ByPeerless-AV Team  Jun 7, 2023 AV innovators will be traveling from around the world to share the latest products at InfoComm 2023 in Orlando. Peerless-AV is cannot wait to showcase the current product lineup, including dvLED video wall mounts, outdoor TVs/displays, kiosks and digital menu boards, new launches, and more at Booth 1329. Here… Read More »

Touchsreen Monitors – Touchless Kiosk Interview

Touchscreen Monitor – Touchless News Jim Kruper of KioWare interviewed — Big-Fintech interview page — Glen connects with the founders of four fintech companies- Icon Savings Plan, Illuma Labs, Kioware and Monit- with the most exciting new ideas at last week’s Finovate conference. Links related to this episode: BIG’s blog recapping Best of Show and other highlights: https://www.big-fintech.com/Media/Blog/ArticleID/647/Finovate-Fall Icon… Read More »

POS ADA Accessibility, Consumers & Payment Terminals – Biometric Payment

Point of Sale Accessibility & Ingenico From POSRFP.com Update on Ingenico Accessibility Options Video link on LinkedIn of Ingenico’s strategy for visually impaired consumers for payment terminals without a physical pin pad.   Basically Ingenico is developing a plastic grid overlay that could be put on the terminal that could be used with text-to-speech prompts.  The plastic grid overlay… Read More »

Kiosk Machine – Automated Vending Cocktail Tended Bar

Facial Payment Kiosk Vending From SportsTechie — TendedBar, the automated cocktail machine that uses facial recognition to process drink orders, will be implemented at Empower Field at Mile High for Denver Broncos homes games this upcoming NFL season. The stadium began using TendedBar at concerts earlier this summer in partnership with Aramark Sports + Entertainment and will debut TendedBar’s new digital age verification tool for Saturday’s Red… Read More »

UPS Lockers & Verizon Pickup Lockers (BOPIS)

UPS Lockers and Verizon Pickup Lockers News First posted Automated Retail  and Noted on Benzinga — Nice writeup by Dave Haynes Verizon Rolls Out 100s Of Touchscreen-Driven Pickup Lockers For Outside Its Stores  for more information contact [email protected] BASKING RIDGE, N.J., April 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Today’s consumers want convenience and Verizon continues to look at new and… Read More »

Voice Ordering Kiosks and Digital Signage in Korea

Voice Kiosk News From Sixteen:Nine and Dave Haynes —  Hat Tip Craig Keefner at kioskindustry.org for flagging this … LG’s mobile retail wing is starting to use voice recognition technology from an Israeli startup to act as digital assistant at its mobile phone service provider stores in South Korea. Kardome announced it will install its voice activation technology in 2,000 LG Uplus… Read More »

Voice Order Kiosks – LG Uplus Kardome’s Store Kiosks

Voice Kiosk technology for private, secure voice recognition interaction in kiosks and digital signage Tel Aviv, Israel: Kardome today announced it has contracted with LG Uplus to install its Voice Activation Software in the mobile service provider’s store kiosks. Kardome is excited to partner with LG Uplus to provide its customers with secure voice interaction in its kiosk… Read More »

Murtec Review and Insights by Panasonic 2023

MURTEC Review 2023 Some “sponsored content” noted on Hospitality Technology and Jay Burdette, Sr. Director, Panasonic Connect North America Excerpt One example where technology is already supporting many businesses in this way is through self-ordering kiosks. Customers gain a personalized ordering channel that also decreases their wait time, while employees can be deployed more strategically to focus on… Read More »

Merchandise Display Bubba

BUBBA Retail Merchandise Display Manufacturer of angling equipment, BUBBA came to Frank Mayer and Associates, Inc. with several guidelines to consider when developing merchandising display designs, including a design that would fit a small retail footprint, a look that endorsed the sport fishing lifestyle, and imagery that could be easily updated in the field. The company also required… Read More »

Kiosk Receipt Printers FAQ – Native or Cloud?

Kiosk Receipt Printers – Native and Cloud Nice article and interview on POSGuys on Do’s and Don’t of Receipt Printers.  They interviewed some product specialists from Star Micronics. Key Takeaways 1. Don’t assume all receipt printers are made equal or will integrate the same. Some use different languages and the type of application you’re developing will change your integration… Read More »

Mimo Monitors Feb Newsletter

Mimo Monitors Newsletter Feb 2020 Editor Notes: Mimo Monitors specializes in small touch screen monitors and displays that simplify your life and maximize your potential at work. Ranging from 7-21 inches, we pride ourselves on innovative, high quality, and cutting-edge touchscreen technology designed to be inherently flexible to suit your needs, and bring your vision to life.  Visit… Read More »

Airline Kiosks – Alaska Air Experiments with no check-in and only baggage kiosks

Airline Kiosk Check-In News Multiple articles on the new Alaska Air announced policy of removing check-in kiosks and forcing mobile only.  We don’t fly very often and are in the TSA program. Still, we tend to print boarding pass to have as safety valve in case we forgot to charge the mobile.  Thanks to Hilton Schwartz of Canada… Read More »

Redbox Kiosks and Dollar General Stores

Redbox Kiosks Expanding (2023) From NextTV Just when you think it might be safe to go outside you start seeing Blockbuster in the news transforming itself and now Redbox kiosk expanding to Dollar General Stores. Not surprising though. If you watch movies why pay $100/month for Comcast or Centurylink just to see the movie “stutter” from time to… Read More »

Technology Report on Restaurants Released by NRN 2023

Restaurant Technology Report Just in time for NRA, Nation’s Restaurant News Intelligence releases new Market Leader Report.  Here is the signup link to get full report. For its newly released 2023 Restaurant Technology Outlook, Nation’s Restaurant News Intelligence surveyed nearly 400 restaurant operators about their current tech stacks, long-term strategies and biggest challenges. The result is a comprehensive look at the mindset of… Read More »

Kiosks and people who are blind or partially sighted

Kiosks and people who are blind or partially sighted As part of our continuing series on accessibility, we were fortunate to interview Sabine Croxford from Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), one of the UK’s leading sight loss charities. By Evan Schuman — Computerworld Columnist,writer for TechCrunch, SCMedia, podcaster, blogger. The convenience and efficiency of kiosks is a powerful advantage… Read More »

NRF 2023 KMA – Samsung, Pyramid, KioWare, Vispero,& Olea.

NRF 2023 Also covered for this “NRx” tradeshow — include 22Miles, BurgerFi, Cosmopolitan, Wendys POS, Menu Boards, WelcomeWare and Elotouch — Here is link to NRF page Click here to search NRF site — https://nrfbigshow.nrf.com/search Show Specials Curved Displays are Popular – 22Miles — Good example of curved displays. One of Dizzie candidates is the Peerless-AV project in… Read More »

New Vision Screening Kiosks being deployed in >10,000 pharmacies throughout North America

A Look Back at SoloHealth Nice April Fools poke by Bart Foster on LinkedIn proclaiming thousands of deployments of SoloHealth vision screening units.  Solohealth was (and still sort of is) a super major project, and there are lots of stories around  the project.  Included is one from the 2008 KioskCom Expo and Digital Signage Show in Vegas.  We worked… Read More »

Kiosk Industry Press Release April

Kiosk Industry Self Service News April 2023 ​DENVER, Colo.,  April 13, 2023 — PRNewswire & APnews Contact: [email protected] with any questions.  From Kiosk Manufacturer Association – A couple of deadlines approaching and very nice conversational AI. SMBs invited to NRF Small Business Fly-In in D.C. July 11-12. Topic is swipe fee reform & credit card competition. They will… Read More »

ADA Kiosks and EV Charging Clearinghouse – KMA June Newsletter

Kiosk Association June – ADA Self-Service & EV Charging Stations Contact: [email protected] This month we’ve launched a new clearinghouse for EV Charging Stations (https://ev-charging.stations.org). EV charging infrastructure now has significant funding from the NEVI Infrastructure Act. Funds will be released before the end of 2022.  Existing ADA regulations such as ADA 2010 and Section 508 apply. We have a complete… Read More »

Kiosk Association July 2022 – Regulatory Snapshot

Regulatory News July 2022 Kiosk News AP News and PR Newswire DENVER, Colo., July 18, 2022 (— U.S. Access Board next session to include EV Charging Stations, Kiosks, Information Transaction Machines and POS. Canada’s CSA Group is working on new guidelines, says the Kiosk Association (KMA). Point-of-Sale is likely to center on physical access by customers and audio?… Read More »

LG ISE 2023 Video Review – Magnit, Kiosks, More

LG ISE 2023 Wow! Lots to see from LG at ISE 2023. Here is their main landing page covering all they showed. Most people flocked to the big displays like the “microLED” Magnit but the Hospitality, Food, EV Charging and the Cloud (thin clients) caught our eye. We thought 2022 was big but 2023 dwarfs that. LG’s Oscar… Read More »

Wayfinding Kiosk – 22Miles Video Catalog – Digital Signage Platform

Wayfinding Kiosk and Digital Signage Software Solutions by 22Miles – Video Catalog 22Miles in 22 seconds is a video series that highlights many of our most innovative solutions in quick video overview segments. Explore our solutions ranging from interactive wayfinding to room booking, hoteling, video walls & more. New solutions videos will be added regularly so check back… Read More »

Digital Signage CMS Platform – Version 7 Released by 22Miles

Digital Signage CMS Platform Introduction Peachtree Corners, GA – July 20, 2022 – 22Miles, a global leader in visual communications and interactive experiences, today launches the latest iteration of its Content Manager software. Content Manager V7 enables users to design, control and deploy content for videowalls, digital signage, kiosks, wayfinding and mobile devices – all from an upgraded… Read More »

LG debuts screens designed for outdoor on cruise ships

Digital Signage for Cruise Ships by LG From Cruise & Ferry March 2023 In Brief Summary Marine-grade DVLED technology Salty air is not a problem 6.2-millimeter pixel pitch and a 5,000:1 contrast ratio 160-degree horizontal viewing angle Excerpt “LG’s marine-grade DVLED technology is the ideal outdoor display medium because it can produce bright images and has the contrast… Read More »