Food Lion hungry for BLOCKBUSTER kiosks

June 7, 2011

NCR Corp. today announced the addition of more than 800 BLOCKBUSTER Express locations at Food Lion grocery stores in 11 states throughout the Southeast and…

Complaints help give wine kiosks the boot

June 6, 2011

According to a story from The Philadelphia Inquirer, Wegmans Food Markets is pulling out of Pennsylvania's much-criticized wine-kiosk program.

Kohl's to land kiosks in airports

June 6, 2011

Kohl's Corp. is seeking a deal with Milwaukee County that would allow the retailer to put three kiosks in Mitchell International Airport, according to a story…

Mass. governor salutes Vecna Technologies kiosk contract

June 6, 2011

Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick stopped by Cambridge last Friday to celebrate the recent success of Cambridge-based Vecna Technologies, a provider of…

Is there a better way than big retail?

by Kurt Myrick — Technical Engineer, Phoenix Kiosk

Not only do big retail box stores leave one heck of an eco footprint, they also come with an enormous price tag. Commercial rental, initial construction costs…

Australians demand technology-based shopping

June 5, 2011

Nearly three quarters of Australian consumers wanted their shopping experiences to have some type of technology, including in-store kiosks, mobile phones and…

New Zealand airport to utilize self-service

June 5, 2011

New Zealand's Deployment of Christchurch International Airport's check-in hall and kiosks are underway and will soon unlock space for hurried passengers to…

Malaysia to deploy bill-payment kiosks

June 5, 2011

The Miri City Council (MCC) in Sarawak, Malaysia plans to set up bill payment kiosks throughout the area.

Wegmans puts a cork in wine kiosks

June 2, 2011

According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Wegmans Food Markets is pulling out of Pennsylvania's oft-criticized wine-kiosk program.

EZ Card and Kiosk gets 10-year sentence at Riker's Island

June 2, 2011

Continental Prison Systems Inc., dba EZ Card and Kiosk, a specialist in taking city and county jails "cashless", announced today that it has landed a 10-year…

NCR Healthcare inks payment provider deal with EPX for health care kiosks

June 1, 2011

NCR Corp., a provider of self-service hospital check-in, today announced that it has selected Electronic Payment Exchange (EPX), a full-service payment…

Calif. city issues skimming alert for self-service gas pumps

June 1, 2011

According to BankInfoSecurity.com, West Covina, Calif., is launching a public awareness campaign about pay-at-the-pump skimming. West Covina city police…

TouchSystems inks touchscreen distribution deal with Ingram Micro

May 31, 2011

Touchscreen firm TouchSystems recently announced that it had signed a distribution agreement with Ingram Micro Inc., the world's largest technology…

Kiosk-based photo printing spikes in Germany

May 31, 2011

According to GFK Retail and Technology, the volume of photos printed via photo kiosks in Germany increased by 76 percent between January 2008 and December…

Ashtabula, Ohio, adding tourist info kiosks

May 31, 2011

According to the Ashtabula (Ohio) Star Beacon, information kiosks should be in place in popular Ashtabula County tourism destinations by mid-summer.

Kodak photo kiosks now connected to the social web

May 31, 2011

Eastman Kodak Co. recently announced that it has now introduced social network connectivity to the Kodak Picture Kiosk. With this new offering, consumers can…

RFID + social media = marketing machine (video)

Kiosks designed for tradeshows allow attendees to sign in and post photos to Facebook.

NCR suing Blockbuster trust over Blockbuster name on its DVD kiosks

May 30, 2011

According to Bloomberg, NCR Corp. is suing the Blockbuster Inc. trust in district court in Delaware over the right to use the Blockbuster name on its branded…

Philly parking kiosks malfunctioning

May 30, 2011

Some Philadelphia Parking Authority parking kiosks recently have been partially disabled by a still-unexplained glitch that resulted in the kiosks rejecting…

NRA 2011: Taking the POS for a walk

Micros executives show a tablet, web-based mobile POS solution ideal for line-busting, table-side browsing.