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The iPad Kiosk in 2026: Lockdown Basics, and Where AI Fits
Two in-depth guides: how to lock an iPad into kiosk mode, and what AI concierges and smart kiosks actually look like in 2026.
Using an iPad Kiosk at a Book Fair
This past weekend we saw Corrin DaCosta using an iPad kiosk at the Write on the River Bookfest in Wenatchee, WA. Corrin opted to use the new ‘beta’ version of Flow Kiosk that is coming out soon. Corrin decided that she wanted to have a quick way for people to learn about her new books,…
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Doubling and Tripling Down on the iPad Kiosk Use Case
FlowVella launched as an ‘iPad first’ application to create, share and present interactive presentations. From day one, the experience viewing ‘flows’ was always ‘app like’ and different than any presentation app before it. FlowVella (or Flowboard our first name) was made for touch and purpose built for the iPad. Due to various factors, FlowVella quickly…
Offline Presentations and Kiosks Are Essential
Enabling offline presentations and kiosks has always been one of FlowVella’s key differentiators. We launched with ability to view offline presentations from the very beginning, but the story of ‘why’, started a couple years earlier when working with Rick Steves, the travel writer/host and all around great guy. Rick Steves Preached Offline Prior to FlowVella, our team…
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Guided Access Bug in iOS 12 Affects Kiosk Mode
Guided Access Bug in iOS 12 We have received reports of a guided access bug in iOS 12 that is affecting customers who use FlowVella and Flow Kiosk as a kiosk app. We already wrote a post about this guided access bug on Flow Kiosk, but we are now receiving questions from our FlowVella users as…
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Introducing Flow Kiosk – iPad Kiosk App
Today we are pleased to announce the launch of Flow Kiosk, a dedicated iPad Kiosk app by FlowVella. Because we built FlowVella as an iPad-first, interactive and multimedia-driven presentation app, it gained use as a kiosk for trade shows, events, museums and in retail. Through the years, we have been fortunate to have several customers make…
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How to Utilize an iPad Kiosk for Trade Shows – Schold Case Study
With the addition of Kiosk Mode to the FlowVella features line up, it’s now easier than ever to utilize an iPad Kiosk for trade shows, museums, and events around the world. The ease of use (no developer required!) and low cost of set up, requiring just an iPad, kiosk container, and a FlowVella PRO account, makes…
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iPad Kiosk Case Study – Massey Ferguson Uses Flowvella for Success
iPad Kiosk Case Study – Massey Ferguson Uses Flowvella for Success Massey Ferguson chose to work with FlowVella for their interactive kiosk at the biggest agricultural conference in Europe in February 2017. They had 10 iPads next to their newest farm equipment. These iPads had interactive presentations complete with videos, PDF brochures, galleries of high quality images and…
Interactive Kiosks for Museums – Presentation at AAM 2016
FlowVella teamed up with EMP Museum and the Smithsonian to lead a panel on Effective Strategies for Interactive Kiosks at the American Alliance of Museum Conference in Washington, DC. We had a packed, engaged group of museum professionals in attendance with lively discussion built into the ‘classroom’ setting presentation. Our goal was to share learnings and then…
Museum Kiosk Perfected by FlowVella
A Background Appreciating Art & Museums I’ll never forget when I was a teenager, living in NYC, in the 1980s. My dad was a doctor and had a few patients that were accomplished artists including an Italian modern (new wave) artist, Stefano Costronovo. He was famous in NYC for painting a four story neon green Mona Lisa…