Bicycles, strollers, now Rug Doctors? Kiosk rentals going far beyond DVDs

by Christopher Hall — w, t

Rug Doctor has piloted self-service carpet cleaner-rental kiosks. What's next?

Body-scanning tech being used in retail kiosks to help find best fitting clothes

June 27, 2011

According to the Tri-City Herald in Kennewick, Wash., body-scanning technology just like that used to screen airline passengers has now been licensed to a…

More bike-share kiosks planned for DC area

June 26, 2011

According to the Washington Post, Arlington County in Virginia, just outside Washington D.C., is looking into expanding its bike-sharing kiosk program.

PatientPad kiosk co. gets $7.5M in Series B funding

June 26, 2011

Digital Assent, the Atlanta company behind the PatientPad self-service patient check-in and education solution, announced that it has received $7.5 million in…

Fujifilm turning photo kiosk on its side

June 23, 2011

According to smarthouse.com, Fujifilm is using Microsoft's Surface smart coffee table system as a new way for consumers to create and buy photobooks. The…

Kiosk firm Vigix raises another $1.5M in venture capital

June 23, 2011

According to xconomy.com, Cambridge, Mass-based kiosk company Vigix closed a $1.5 million Series A-1 round this week, led by Waltham, Mass.-based VC firm Still…

The Bluetooth ad: Press 'accept'

by Michael Rigato — V.P. of Operations, Signifi Solutions Inc.

Now that more users are enabling hands-free tech on their phones, new ad opportunities are opening.

Video games now available at 21k+ redbox kiosks

by Christopher Hall — w, t

Redbox is now offering video games: another coffin nail for brick-and-mortar or a last gasp for kiosks?

Another iPad kiosk, this time down under

June 22, 2011

Interactive iPad-based kiosks supplied by Sprocket Kiosks are fast tracking the customer loyalty program at Hog's Breath Cafe Noosa and Mooloolaba on…

Digital Signage: It’s all around us [Infographic]

by Christopher Hall — w, t

Digital signage is everywhere, so much so that sometimes we don't even realize it. Nearly 70 percent of Americans see it every month, and more than half every…

Help, there's an iPad in my kiosk!

Even though it's just over a year old, the iPad has become one of the most well-known and technologically-advanced products to hit the market, and consumers…

NetWorld Alliance publishes new roadmap for mobile retail apps

June 21, 2011

Louisville, Ky.-based NetWorld Alliance, publisher of Kiosk Marketplace, Self-Service World and other B2B news and information portals, has published…

A checklist for building a self-service kiosk program

by Michael Ionescu — President, Ionescu Technologies

When our phone rings, it's often the same type of clients – enthusiastic and eager to talk about their long-delayed plans of implementing a self-service kiosk…

Top 10 ways to make your kiosk & booth pop at tradeshows

by Kurt Myrick — Technical Engineer, Phoenix Kiosk

It is easy to fade into the background at a trade show if you don't have a game plan for drawing potential customers. Amidst the crowded chaos, it is vital…

Spirit airlines adding fee for kiosk boarding pass printing

June 20, 2011

According to USA Today, Spirit Airlines says it will begin charging customers $5 to have their boarding pass printed by an airport agent, and about this time…

Hughes intros Digital Concierge kiosks at HITEC 2011

June 19, 2011

Hughes Network Systems LLC, a provider of broadband satellite networks and services and managed network solutions, unveiled a new Digital Concierge kiosk…

New self-service library solution on display at ALA conference

June 19, 2011

Auburn Hills, MI-based LEID Products LLC recently announced that it will be displaying its new self-service "Library Express" kiosk system June 24-27 at the…

Digital signage & coupon kiosks aim for redbox-like ubiquity

by Christopher Hall — w, t

Coupon Express digital signage kiosks are gaining steam in their drive toward market penetration.

Olea Kiosks relocating production facility

June 16, 2011

In business for more than 35 years, kiosk and self-service system designer and manufacturer Olea Kiosks Inc., like the kiosk industry itself, has seen its…

An ATM and kiosk industry response to President Obama

by Tom Harper

President Obama's comments on the Today show cast blame on the ATM and kiosk industries for the sluggish job recovery. Here are facts that disagree.