Redbox hires video game exec, plans test rollout

May 31, 2009

Video Business: Kiosk operator redbox has hired its first senior-level video game executive, Mark Achler, and the company is planning its first large test of…

Report: Self-service provider NCR may move to Georgia

May 31, 2009

AJC.com: Rumors about NCR Corp. moving its global headquarters from Dayton, Ohio, to Atlanta are not being supported by NCR or government officials in Georgia.

Fujitsu releases self-wetting, adhesive protector sheets for touchpanels

May 28, 2009

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Fujitsu Components America Inc. has announced the release of self-wetting adhesive protector sheets that reduce surface damage to…

U.K. health officials install condom-dispensing kiosks aimed at teens

May 28, 2009

British Journal of Heathcare Computing and Information Management: New sexual-health advice and dispensing kiosks targeting teenagers are being installed by…

Blockbuster CEO announces ad campaign highlighting kiosks

May 28, 2009

Home Media Magazine: Blockbuster is launching new television and radio ads designed to drum up consumer interest in the brand's multichannel distribution…

Self Service Excellence Award winners, Part II

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A final look at the award-winning deployments from May's KioskCom Self Service Expo.

ArcaTech promotes Nelson to associate vice president, OEM solutions

May 27, 2009

MEBANE, N.C. — ArcaTech Systems has promoted Kirk Nelson to associate vice president, OEM Solutions.    In his new role, Nelson will continue to manage the…

IBM sponsorship, speakers announced for South African kiosk conference

May 27, 2009

MIDRAND, South Africa — IBM, supplier of the IBM AnyPlace Kiosk, has confirmed that it will be the sole platinum sponsor of South Africa's first definitive…

U.K. cinema chain to continue touchscreen kiosk rollout

May 27, 2009

CAMBERLEY, Surrey — Cineworld, the second-largest multiplex cinema chain in the U.K., has installed Protouch's Xen X5 and X4 self-service kiosks into a number…

Fujitsu adds 5-wire resistive touchpanels, targets POS and kiosks

May 27, 2009

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Fujitsu Components America Inc. today announced it is adding a new line of RoHS-compliant, 5-wire resistive touchpanels to its product…

Webinar: Seven ways to cut costs with retail systems integration and roll-outs

Retail technology like digital signage and next-generation POS can generate revenue, increase efficiency and satisfy customers – but it also requires…

Spatial View launches glasses-free 3D digital signage at European T-Mobile stores

May 26, 2009

PRAGUE, Czech Republic — Spatial View Inc., a developer of 3D image processing and display technologies, has announced that T-Mobile Czech Republic will pilot…

Zinio, Starwood hotels to offer magazine download kiosks

May 26, 2009

NEW YORK — Zinio, a global provider of digital and interactive publishing products and services, today announced a global partnership with Starwood Hotels…

Radiant to offer payment tech at car wash kiosks

May 26, 2009

CSP Daily News: Radiant Systems Inc. said Tuesday it has inked an agreement with Intelio Technologies to become a distributor of Intelio's Activa car wash…

Kiosks at 66 national cemeteries crash on Memorial Day

May 26, 2009

(Springfield, Mo.) News-Leader: Sixty-six national cemeteries equipped with grave-locator kiosks were affected by a computer crash at the National Cemetery…

INETCO releases Insight 4.5 transaction management software

May 26, 2009

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — INETCO Systems Limited, a business transaction management provider that delivers cross-tier visibility into ATM, POS and…

Self Service Excellence Award winners, Part I

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A look at three of the award-winning self-service deployments from this month's KioskCom Self Service Expo in Las Vegas.

KIOSKCOM: Parabit exhibits cell-phone charging kiosk

Rob Leiponis of Parabit demonstrates the company's cell-phone charging kiosk, which features digital signage and has been installed at Port Authority locations…

KIOSKCOM: Netkey shows deli self-order kiosk

Bob Ventresca of Netkey discusses the company's newest self-order and product locator technology from the floor of the show.

THE DIGITAL SIGNAGE SHOW: Netkey's product-lift digital signage technology

Netkey's Bob Ventresca demonstrates the company's product-lift digital signage, which helps retailers provide product information and comparisons.