Tablets…tablets…tablets all over Europe, BUT only a few here in the USA. For many years now, Europe has embraced the tablet. “Mom and Pop” restaurants as well as the larger establishments are using tablets or mobile phones. Finally, we are starting to see among our U.S. customers more and more orders for tablets or mobile […]

“Smart dining” has begun. What changed? The commercialization of the mobile phone and tablet made the use of rich software applications easy for consumers through simple touch gestures. Finally we could experience the magic of great software on Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. It was only a matter of time before this explosion of technology […]

Restaurants have been late to the tech party, and many are now scrambling to incorporate tablets, apps, computerized kitchen equipment and data analysis capabilities. Applebee’s is trying out online ordering and tablet payment systems, and in Asia, McDonald’s has been testing what it calls the Happy Table, an interactive table that “plays” with children using […]

I have been in the POS business for over 45 years and the changes that have transpired in the last ten years overshadow the previous 35. Once POS found the computer, we were off to the races. Software is the driving engine today and for the foreseeable future. Tremendous headway has been brought to the […]

Many restaurant groups are looking for easier ways to streamline systems and facilitate corporate communications and data sharing. In light of this, more restaurant operators are paying close attention to cloud technology. Using the previous advances communications, cloud-based POS systems can be independent from platform and operating system limitations. Cloud-based POS systems are created to […]