Betting that consumer thriftiness won't be going away anytime soon, Supervalu Inc. Chief Executive Craig Herkert Tuesday unveiled plans to double the size of the underperforming grocer's discount chain Save-A-Lot to about 2,400 stores over five years....

Not your fathers ATM story -- It is a multi-function kiosk where they can book train and cinema tickets, make social security and tax contributions, pay utility bills and parking fines, top up their mobile phones and play the lottery....

Interview with IKEA execs on how they see mobile apps getting integrated with their business & customers....

Some splash news on new deli order terminals installed in Metro Silver Diners. Also mentions 70 in Subway....

D2 Sales LLC announced that Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates of Boston has chosen the company's My Patient Passport Express kiosk for its patient check-in program....

According to Mossberg Microsoft's New Operating System Is Good Enough to Erase Bad Memory of Vista....

Water park deploys RFID wristbands so that guests can open their lockers with a wave of their hand...

Talk on PCI, UPT and Kiosks at the next KioskCom New York in November. Kirk Nelson with Arcatech and Craig Keefner of KIOSK are the joint speakers....

Google celebrates the first patent for bar code and notes the earlier birthday of bar code scanning. Points to IBM as inventor....

Perspective writeup on impact of self-service along with some new IHL numbers...

ATM ISOs and DVD Vending Kiosks. Global Axcess interviews with ATM Marketplace/Tracy Kitten and explains the benefits to ISOs. Notes that kiosk market has more nuances than most ATM deployers appreciate....

Great writeup on Dallas News complete with data on self-service kiosks. The writer emphasizes the deli and dining market as emerging (another way of saying disappointing so far...)....

Mobile contactless pilot gets started in Italy with VISA. Nokia mobile phone is payment means....

Novel use of digital signage is electronic billboard in Florida which updates every 30 minutes the average wait time in the Emergency Room. Picture....

Starbucks announces trial of loyalty card holder pay with iPhone....

Follow us on GoKIS on Twitter From Thinclient: TabletKiosk announcements Thinclient - ACPA tradeshow Thinclient - Faster Video from VXL units Thinclient - Setting up a PXE server Thinclient - POS, the Cloud and...

Casino Queen in East St. Louis, IL and The Rivers in Pittsburg, PA are the latest casinos to implement NEXTEP's Casino Expressâ ¢ touch screen automated buffet entry solution....

Schnucks Markets, Inc., a regional grocery and pharmacy retailer based in St. Louis, plans to install vision-screening kiosks at 30 of its stores. [kiosk image included]...

Incentive & Rewards Program now offers both closed and open loop card options, Customized for individual company programs. PLEASANTON, CALIF.,â€" September 21, 2009 â€" Blackhawk Network, the largest third-party provider of prepaid gift-cards, announced today that their Rewards Visa Gift...

New legislation on drivers licenses being considered/rproposed by US government. Opponents argue that it is relaxing the standards set forth in REAL ID. Article on gokiosk.net...