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Govt. kiosks go slow on superhighway
News The Inland Revenue, Contributions Agency and Customs and Excise worked together to place six £8,000 touchscreen Internet kiosks in banks, libraries and other public places from County Durham to Plymouth.
[November 7, 1996, 13:42]
Nokia trials handset-recycling kiosks
News Nokia has introduced automated kiosks across the central Klang Valley in Malaysia in a bid to encourage people to recycle their mobile phones. Nokia is hoping to improve the statistics with the introduction of kiosks specially designed to ease the...
[September 19, 2008, 12:20]
Music kiosks to aid digital revolution
News Consumers will be given an alternative method for purchasing music when Liquid Audio rolls out its digital music kiosks this spring. Installed in TopShop's flagship store on London's Oxford Street, the kiosks will offer customers the ability to...
[March 6, 2000, 13:38]
NHS launches online kiosks
News The National Health Service launches online kiosks Wednesday as part of the government's commitment to making government services electronic and bridging the digital divide. Initially 153 kiosks will be installed in public places around Britain...
[October 18, 2000, 15:17]
Web kiosks help job hunters on the high street
News Jobseekers can now search for work while they shop, using government-introduced Internet kiosks that are appearing in high streets across the country. The stand-alone 'I+' kiosks use touch screen technology to connect to the government's worktrain...
[February 7, 2003, 10:08]
UK Post Office orders 19,500 touch-screen kiosks
News Touch-screen expert MicroTouch has won the £13 million contract with ICL Pathway to provide touch-screens for the kiosks. The first pilot is underway in Gloucestershire and the Post Office said it expects full installation to be complete within two...
[December 12, 1996, 11:45]
Internet kiosks help domestic violence victims
News A pilot scheme that allows victims of domestic violence to seek help through Internet kiosks is proving very successful among London women. Cityspace, the IT company that provides the i-plus network of kiosks for the Greater London Authority (GLA...
[December 5, 2001, 16:02]
NorthPort Streamlines Operations With Self-Service Employee Kiosks
White Papers NorthPort teamed with IBM Global Services - Application Management Services and Worldwide Strategic Outsourcing to pilot a solution that, when fully implemented by late 2005, will include six self-service kiosks at NorthPort ground handling...
[November 10, 2006, 0:00]
Free email kiosks hit the high street
News The UK's first outdoor email service, which will allow users to send free emails 24 hours a day from high street kiosks, launched on Thursday. The free email facility has been integrated into all of Cityspace's 40 London information kiosks, and...
[March 10, 2000, 15:17]
BodyTechnic: Open wide and say ahhhh to kiosks
News Dr Hughes, consultant rheumatologist at St Thomas' worked on several of the CDs and believes the multimedia kiosks are an excellent way of getting information to patients. Patient feedback on the kiosks has been very positive with 90 percent...
[December 3, 1998, 14:40]
Kiosks and Mobile POS Technologies: Emerging Channels in Integrated Marketing Strategy
White Papers A kiosk implementation is one of the most multi-disciplinary projects an enterprise can undertake, crossing the domains of IT, corporate marketing, in-store operations, finance and creative services. The definition, design and implementation of the...
[January 14, 2009, 4:56]
Usability Guidelines for Self-Service Touch-Screen Kiosks
White Papers The self-service, touch-screen kiosk must be easy and simple to use by people who have little computer experience, a low literacy level, and no prior experience with the kiosk application. In addition, touch-screen users expect to spend a short...
[June 11, 2009, 1:20]
ICL brings Net shopping to high streets
News The kiosks feature Netscape Navigator software and a touchscreen, allowing visitors to see product and service information and order goods through credit card and debit card transactions. ICL expects to see interest in areas such as ticketing...
[October 15, 1996, 16:44]
Dell Hardware and the Dell OEM Industry Solutions Group Help Kiosk Information Systems Customers Help Themselves
White Papers Kiosk Information Systems needed a reliable computer platform to form the heart and soul of its kiosks. Dell OptiPlex GX280 - powered kiosks support multiple applications for many industries; the Dell Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) Industry...
[July 7, 2006, 0:00]
BT ditches Web kiosk rollout
News BT has halted the rollout of thousands of Internet kiosks after overestimating how much public demand there would be for the service. At present there are around 1,300 Web kiosks installed around the UK at shopping centres, rail stations and airports.
[January 16, 2006, 12:35]
Kiosk/ATM Operating System Platforms
White Papers Kiosks are increasingly used by a wide range of retail, hospitality, and financial institutions to provide more convenient access to information, accelerate self-service transactions, and reduce the cost of customer service delivery.
[November 8, 2006, 0:00]
MP3 to be part of booth culture
News Stations, airports and shopping centres are to rock to the sound of MP3 as Photo-Me launches digital kiosks Wednesday. In May, Photo-Me announced existing kiosks would be given Internet access by the end of the year.
[October 20, 1999, 15:32]
Westminster launches UK's largest Internet kiosk network
News Westminster City Council launched a network of 12 outdoor Internet kiosks today, as part of a growing scheme to close the digital divide in Britain. The kiosks are currently being visited by 100,000 users a month, with each point receiving an...
[July 25, 2001, 17:30]
Rise of the robots - can APM save us?
Blog Gilad points out that while kiosks proliferate alongside ecommerce and payments made through mobile devices; more machines means more transactions - and that’s something that should strike a chord with developers and DBAs alike.
[January 11, 2009, 23:56]
Via tweaks tiny PCs
News Via Technologies is refreshing its line of tiny Mini-ITX motherboards, with an eye on the industrial manufacturers who have adopted the form factor for everything from automated ticket kiosks to firewalls.
[January 13, 2003, 13:46]
