In the dim light of dinnertime at your favorite restaurant, the glow of smartphones pops up, from table to table, making the mood lighting a little brighter. Silent customers who make eye contact only ...

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Most people only use the iPad’s on-screen keyboard for tapping out emails, tweets or Facebook updates. But Patrick Rhone of St. Paul wrote a book that way — with his Apple tablet at a slight incline ...

Applebee%27s will put 100%2C000 tablets in its restaurants Chili%27s has been placing tablets in its company-owned stores IHOP is looking into tablets%2C too That endless wait for the restaurant check ...

Diners can use the 7-inch tablet to look at menu selections%2C order drinks and desserts and pay their checks. A red light on top turns on when an order is placed. But they can also play Trivia and ...

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Far too often, retailers use technology to slightly accelerate current operations, rather than to leverage technology’s power to radically rethink how business can be done. Fast casual chain Chili’s ...

Ziosk, the company that makes those tablets they use at Chili’s, says it is expanding into Red Robin, announcing a deal to supply 21,000 tables to the restaurant chain. The tablets should be installed ...

Do you "i-Pad your child" when you go to a restaurant? I couldn't help but notice the one-year-old at the restaurant table next to me who had been iPad-ed. That is, an iPad loaded with his favourite ...

Editor’s note: Vladimir Edelman is the chief development officer of NTN Buzztime, a bar and restaurant social entertainment and integrated marketing platform. Restaurants as we know them have remained ...