Xplorit granted virtual travel technology patent

October 24, 2018

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent to Xplorit Virtual Technologies President Greg Murtha and Chief Technology Officer Douglas Rhiner for…

India gets its first bitcoin ATM

October 23, 2018

Unocoin Technologies Private Ltd., a bitcoin trading and transaction portal, has installed India's first bitcoin ATM in Bengaluru, capital city of the state of…

Canadian kiosks to provide cannabis education

October 23, 2018

Cannvas MedTech Inc., a business technology company for the cannabis industry, has announced plans to install a network of learning kiosks in high-traffic…

Outdoor kiosks and displays call for accelerated environmental testing

Kiosk and digital signage designers have to understand limitations of an outdoor display and what needs to be done in ensure it will survive in harsh…

International airports lead the way in deployment of facial biometric ID

October 22, 2018

Within the past week, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Heathrow Airport in London, and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport have have…

Chief debuts digital signage kiosk

October 22, 2018

Chief has launched its on-wall kiosks in 49-, 50- and 55-inch models. The device features a 3- to 5-inch deep adjustable exterior frame for a variety of…

Apptizer intros Order.Eat.Pay

October 19, 2018

Apptizer, a Silicon Valley based provider of order-ahead storefront technology for self-service mobile and kiosk implementations, has introduced Order.Eat.Pay…

ETouchMenu strikes up strategic partnership with Ingenico

October 19, 2018

ETouchMenu, a subsidiary of House Advantage LLC, has announced a strategic partnership with Ingenico Group that leverages the technology firm's mobile…

Kiosk Group Inc. names Alan Mischler president

October 18, 2018

Kiosk Group, Inc. has named Alan Mischler as president and chief executive officer, succeeding Mike James, founder, who will now serve as the company’s…

Meridian names two to engineering and production, promotes Jordan as operations director

October 18, 2018

Meridian recently welcomed two leaders to its engineering and production teams. Eric Frank will serve as Meridian's new engineering manager and Ricardo…

Remembering Lyle Bunn: Digital signage analyst, consultant extraordinaire, friend

by Christopher Hall

Leading digital signage industry analyst and consultant Lyle Bunn died Oct. 9 of complications from colon cancer. He was a longtime friend of and contributor…

What drives hardware providers' expansion into software?

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Kiosk hardware providers find that they can exercise more control over the execution of their projects by providing their own software, one of several benefits…

Looking for kiosk technicians? Oct. 30 webinar to offer insights — sign up now

October 17, 2018

Finding qualified technicians is one of the hardest tasks for any company in the self-service kiosk industry. Searching for techs on Craigslist or Monster…

Signagelive platform update adds interactive kiosk mode for BrightSign media players

October 17, 2018

Signagelive has deployed a new interactive kiosk mode feature for all BrightSign Series 3 and Series 4 players, and Bluefin BrightSign built-In solutions…

Choice Market to allow automatic checkout in new convenience store

October 16, 2018

Denver-based Choice Market has announced plans for a multimodal convenience store format with autonomous checkout, to be built on the site of a former…

TNS to acquire unattended payments provider Advam

October 16, 2018

Transaction Network Services has agreed to acquire Advam, a payments specialist in the unattended and e-commerce payments segments. The acquisition will allow…

Diebold Nixdorf confab shares strategies for tapping multiple ecosystems

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

The Diebold Nixdorf International Management Seminar encouraged attendees to focus on their customers' "connected commerce" journey, an experience that…

Custom America acquires POS-X

October 15, 2018

Custom America, a global leader in professional ticketing, printing and scanning technology, has acquired point-of-pale systems and peripherals provider POS-X…

Posiflex Technology introduces TK Series kiosks

October 15, 2018

Posiflex Technology Inc., a designer and manufacturer of POS solutions and peripherals, has introduced its Paragon TK-3200 Series and its Stellar TK-210…

CarePortMD teams with ZH Healthcare on telemedicine kiosks

October 12, 2018

ZH Healthcare, a provider of health IT as a service, has announced an agreement for the use of its BlueEHR HITaaS platform in CarePortMD kiosk-based…