Newswise — Ethnographers Tony Salvador and John Sherry spent nearly four years circling the globe in an effort to understand how the Internet is truly being used in the developing world, and for what good. In the October issue of IEEE Spectrum, they describe three quite different–but successful–models of Internet use.
In India, about 300 franchisees […]
Mumbai: IDBI Ltd is planning to set up information kiosks with transaction facility, which will allow customers to check their balance, transfer funds within the bank and even pay utility bills.
Unlike normal kiosks, which require username and password, these can be accessed either by using the debit card or ATM card.
For corporate clients, IDBI will […]
G Telecom Co., Korea’s third-largest cell phone service provider, said yesterday that it will begin operating multimedia kiosks today that will allow users to download music and watch music video clips in the nation’s megaplex theaters.
By reaching an agreement with CJ CGV, Korea’s largest multiplex cinema chain, and theater franchises Lotte Cinema and Cinus, LG […]
Kolkata, July 18: It seems that when the West Bengal government initiates a programme of change, it does not believe in leaving any detail untouched. The state Government has plans to transform the Banglar Mukh (Face of Bengal) information kiosk into a payment gateway.
The move to transform the information kiosk is a bid by the […]
With the average juice consumption in India amounting to one glass per person per year Mr Orange Juicing Systems Pvt Ltd launched its orange juice kiosks across the country at the end of 2004, to tap this segment.
The company has now launched 20 new outlets with an investment of Rs 20 crore and has charted […]
Trapped in the competitive retail boom in the country, Indian retailers and mall developers have been trying to find innovative concepts to strengthen or at least secure their feet firm on ground. One of the latest ideas that has come their way is the kiosk culture.
Nowadays, a visit to the nearby mall would not alone […]
ISLAMABAD: The National Database Registration Authority (Nadra) of Pakistan has finalised the arrangements for countrywide launch of its Kiosk Pilot Project to facilitate consumers in paying their gas, electricity and water bills without a hassle.
Nadra’s newly developed system of utility bill payments would facilitate consumers to pay their utility bills through kiosk (ATM like machine) […]
When patients of Newark Beth Israel Medical Center check in for same-day surgery or preadmission testing, they no longer need to wait a half-hour or more to be called by hospital registration workers to complete paperwork.
That’s because in April, the 671-bed teaching hospital in Newark, N.J., rolled out self-service kiosks, or MediKiosks, from vendor Galvanon […]
THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) on Friday urged citizens applying for a clearance to avail of its GMA (Gawin Mo Agad) kiosk services to facilitate quick release of permits either for jobs or travel purposes even as the lead investigating agency launches more of it in major cities of the country.
Officials said the GMA […]
The Indian state of Tamil Nadu would probably be creating a history of sorts by implementing IT in a big way in the agriculture department.
The state government has decided to link all 28-district headquarters’ offices of the agriculture department, besides linking the 385 block-level functioning, in a phased manner. Under the programme, the government would […]