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Is Your Business Ready for Single User ID?
Omnichannel is a term you hear crop up in business a lot these days. It means, as per Tech Target, “provid[ing] customers with a seamless and unified brand experience, regardless of which channel they use.” What this means in plain [...]
Embedded Hardware, the Unsung Heroes of Kiosk Performance
As visual creatures, human attention tends to focus on whatever draws the eye most. So with kiosks, functionality centres around the touchscreen interface. In fact, it’s no accident that the vast majority of computerised devices, from smartphones to PCs, are [...]
What is ‘Phygital’ Dining and Why Should You Know About It?
‘Phygital’ might not be the most graceful portmanteau of two words ever thought up. But as a description of the blurring lines between physical spaces and digitised experiences, it speaks to a growing reality in our daily lives. This is [...]
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Why Building Trust in Biometrics is the Last Hurdle to Adoption
By 2010, the hype around cloud computing in tech circles was already reaching fever pitch. Google CEO Eric Schmidt had coined the term ‘cloud’ four years earlier to talk about the ‘opportunity’ running IT architecture in remote servers presented. Amazon [...]
Kiosk Connectivity: Five Reasons to Consider Mobile
There’s a lot to marvel about modern digital technology. But perhaps the most amazing part of it all is also the part we take most for granted - connectivity. For all the clever things your smartphone can do, and the [...]
How Kiosks Can Support Sustainability
With the COP27 summit in November 2022, the increasingly urgent need to tackle climate change was once again been at the top of the news agenda. But the truth is, for individuals and businesses alike, this is no longer an [...]
Four Ways a Card Dispensing Kiosk Could Boost Your Business
Even as we transition to a digital society where it seems the whole world is stored in our smartphones, cards continue to play an important role in our day-to-day lives. The majority of people, of course, continue to carry bank [...]
Three Ways Kiosks Can Make Your Business More Efficient
Self-service kiosks represent a booming tech sector in their own right. Forecasts predict that the global market for kiosks will more than double in value by 2028, at which point it will be worth more than $50bn. There are many [...]
What Are Interactive Information Kiosks and What Can They Do For Your Organisation?
Digital kiosks are an increasingly familiar sight across a wide range of settings. But if you asked the average person on the street what kiosks are for, you can bet the most common answer would be making purchases without having [...]
Acante Awarded Kiosk Design and Build Company of the Year
Acante has been awarded Kiosk Design and Build Company of the Year 2022 at the Southern Enterprise Awards. Since its inception in 2018, the Southern Enterprise Awards aims to highlight and reward the businesses and individuals who have shown true [...]
It’s Official: Consumers LOVE Kiosks. Here Are Three Reasons Why
Self-service kiosks are popping up in more and more locations at a rapid rate. If you’ve ever wondered why, there’s one very good answer - people love them. The body of evidence backing up that claim is growing all the [...]
What Does the Future Hold for Identity Technology?
Have you ever sat and counted up how often you are asked to prove who you are as you go about your daily business? It’s a useful exercise just to get a grasp of just how important identification is in [...]
Kiosk Connectivity: Five Reasons to Consider Mobile
There’s a lot to marvel at about modern digital technology. But perhaps the most amazing part of it all is also the part we take most for granted - connectivity. For all the clever things your smartphone can do, and [...]
Could Kiosks Help Make Passport Application Backlogs a Thing of the Past?
It’s been another difficult year for travellers. After two years of COVID-related disruption kept the majority of holidaymakers on these shores, the problems this year have largely been caused by so many people looking to get abroad again. Airports and [...]
Are Kiosks a Good Fit for Small Businesses?
Self-service kiosks are already a familiar sight everywhere from fast food restaurant chains to multiplex cinemas, office block reception areas to airport check-in halls. Not to mention supermarkets, where self-checkout lanes continue to pioneer the self-serve concept in retail. Yet [...]