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To help restaurateurs benefit from trending self-service POS systems, we surveyed consumers to find out what features they want most.

The availability of digital self-service in the public sector is expected to grow by 310% in the next three years saving £7,74m, according to new rese

A SUPERMARKET employee has admitted embezzling more than £2,000 from his work by “skimming cash” from self-service checkouts.

Consumers have become increasingly reliant on the 24/7 availability of user reviews, tutorials and online communities, but the fact is that there are still some issues that need to be resolved with a……

Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center offers patients new self-service kiosks linked to electronic health records.

Self-service kiosks have been installed at a McDonalds in Plymouth as part of a high-tech makeover.

The store has also been fitted out with digital menu boards and free wi-fi.

The restaurant at the…

The transformation of Business Intelligence (BI) from an IT-centric, centralized process to a self-service, decentralized process is clear: According to Gartner, “By 2017, most business users and analysts in organizations will have access to…

Learn more about ARCA here: www.arca.com Since 1998, ARCA has been helping people find better ways to automate financial transactions in bank branches, …

On the video: In order to secure passenger controls at borders, Thales has developed a trustworthy system based on your irises.

Biometric technology is helping to drive forward a major expansion of the self-service technology market, according to a new report.

Entrust Datacard has announced the availability of the next-generation kiosk-optimized Datacard® CE870TM instant issuance system that enables financial institutions, retailers, governments and healthcare organizations to instantly issue permanent embossed or flat payment cards or identification cards through a self-service kiosk.

French VoIP gear startup Invoxia unveiled on Wednesday two new docking stations for mobile devices that provide enterprise-grade VoIP calling for mobile employees.

Honest Café automated shops tap into cloud-powered cognitive computing

PORTLAND, Oregon, June 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ –According to a new report by Allied Market Research titled,

Leading hotel self-service solution provider relocates CEO and key management support to the U.S., enhances integration initiatives with North America…

Jayex is enabling Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust to fast-track patient check-ins seamlessly from the entrance to the waiting area, in one of the largest deployments of its kind to date across Europe.

Source: www.healthtechwire.com

A guide to choosing green computing for your IT department. Learn how and why you should consider improving energy efficiency techniques within your business.

Source: www.computerweekly.com

Green computing is no longer just a white-wash expression, as government standards like the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), the Climate Change Agreement (CCA) or the European Union Emission Trading  (EU ETS), encourage companies to revaluate their use of IT resources.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 15, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ Today, Cardless ATM is a reality for banked people but not for the unbanked. In keeping with its tradition, PAYTOO is the first Mobile Wallet to offer this solution to the unbanked population.

Source: www.broadwayworld.com

The 1 st ATM was delivered on July 1 st in Florida and after a 90-day testing period testing, a nationwide deployment of several thousands will be done.

I am committed to finding new ways to improve the quality of the customer service experience and decrease your wait time at the Auto Bureau. Our self-serve k…

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When dining out, would you rather have a server or a tablet on the table for self-service? Just one question of many for the future of self-service.

Source: www.plumvoice.com

Technology touches it all: Self-service and other innovations are changing …

Source: www.filmjournal.com

The technology behind self-service, self-payment and choice has begun to infiltrate the food and beverage world in a way that is irreversible and all-encompassing, saving labor, time and money for the operator. Having iPads on the table to pick up, browse, and enter your order means you no longer have a waiter. You simply have a delivery to your table. 

Mayor Sergei Sobyanin’s crusade against street kiosks in central Moscow has entered a new phase with the installation of about 60 colossal “new breed” vending machines in the city over the next two months.

Source: www.themoscowtimes.com

The machines, designed by the Moscow-based Art. Lebedev Studio, come in a number of different versions, the biggest being 20 square meters in size and stocking 400 products, according to the website of the operating company, Vsyo Sam.

Malaysia Airlines has closed its economy check-in counters at Kuala Lumpur as the airline moves to

Source: www.ausbt.com.au

First time I have seen “mandatory” for Economy class. First Class & Business still get to talk to people for check-in

I didn’t wanna, you guys. But I do this stuff for you. FOR YOU.

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He gives DraftServ credit for running a smooth operation. Well-attended and administered, with someone checking IDs before handing out cash-loaded cards & someone else oping off the area where the taps are so as to keep people from sneaking by. Macrobrews at ballparks is volume business and this is about as efficient as you can get with that.

Cash machine manufacturers Diebold and Wincor Nixdorf have joined forces to found an association that will work to improve ATM security.

Source: www.finextra.com

The partners are inviting banks and their fellow manufacturers and IT suppliers to join them in tackling the threat by improving industry communication and information sharing.

(PHOENIX, Ariz.) – When the Arizona Department of Transportation Motor Vehicle Division launched ServiceArizona.com in 1997, it was the nation’s first motor vehicle division online service for vehicle registrations. Over the years, continual technological enhancements and the addition of multiple customer service features allow the website to handle more than eight million MVD-related transactions per year. In recognition of the most recent improvements, the American Association of Motor Vehi…

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As part of this program, NCR will deploy more than 100 NCR self-checkout solutionsand 150 POS systems to independent retailers across the country.

Source: www.marketwatch.com

According to Retail Banking Research , NCR is the world’s largest supplier of self-checkout technology and the leader in self-checkout shipments with a total of 71 percent market share.

Now sprouting like mushrooms in San Francisco are kiosks sporting safe-grade electronic locks for customers to receive and send items through San Francisco-based Swapbox, a start-up which views itself as a “super post office,” the company’s chief technology officer and co-founder Nitin Shantharam told India-West.

Source: www.indiawest.com

Swapbox now has 21 kiosks — most of them in San Francisco and a few in Silicon Valley — and is ramping up to 25 kiosks soon. “Our (kiosks) are three times larger than Amazon lockers,” the Indian American co-founder pointed out.

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Android L release could bring the OS to ATMs, self-service kiosks
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While Google has only released a developer preview for Android L, many of the things we will see in the final version of the OS are already here.

Source: tech.firstpost.com

Android Police reports that Task Locking would allow one app to take over your devicewithout letting other apps show notifications or load activities. Users will not be allowed to switch apps either, so that just the top app is running and cannot be closed.