Video game- and DVD-rental/game buy-back kiosk company e-Play suspends operations

February 1, 2010

Less than a year after a trial rollout in northeastern Wal-Marts, e-Play LLC appears to have gone defunct.

NEXUS self-check border-crossing kiosks extending hours during Buffalo Sabres games

February 1, 2010

NEXUS, an alternative inspection program for crossing the border between the United States and Canada, is extending the hours of its traffic lanes heading…

Iowa library builds own self-checkout kiosk, saves tens of thousands of dollars

February 1, 2010

A librarian for the Kirkendall Public Library in Ankeny, Iowa, built a self-checkout kiosk for the library — for only $1,500 — according to The Des Moines…

Focus on Escalate Retail's new Pocket Kiosk

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Escalate Retail is offering a novel approach to all-channel commerce, using shoppers' own smartphones as a "Pocket Kiosk."

IBM, Walt Disney World's new Smarter Planet Exhibit using interactive kiosks

January 31, 2010

IBM has unveiled a new experiential exhibit at Innoventions at Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, inviting guests to discover the possibilities…

Tourism officials using roadside kiosks to boost business

January 31, 2010

The Warren County (N.Y.) Tourism Department has contracted with the state's Thruway Authority to run the county's winter tourism commercials on video kiosks…

Minnesota State University setting up computer kiosks for students

January 31, 2010

Minnesota State University in Mankato, Minn., has set up dozens of computer kiosks for students' use around campus, according to The Free Press newspaper of…

Missouri using kiosk to help highlight earthquake awareness in New Madrid Seismic Zone

January 31, 2010

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is using an interactive kiosk to help highlight Earthquake Awareness Month in the state, according to the Kansas…

Another helmet cam kiosk hitting the slopes

January 31, 2010

A new company, eMotionCam, is rolling out HD helmet camera-rental kiosks for the first time this winter at ski resorts across the western United States…

NCR, Blockbuster continuing westward expansion

January 31, 2010

NCR Corp. announced today that it has installed its BLOCKBUSTER Express-branded DVD-rental kiosks at Bashas' and Food City supermarkets in Arizona.

KIOSK Information Systems launches new Web site for self-service solutions

January 31, 2010

KIOSK Information Systems today announced the launch of its new Web site, www.KIOSK.com, which provides customers with a complete range of…

Jetstar to add text ticketing to self-check-in kiosks on the road to 100% self-service

January 28, 2010

Budget airline Jetstar recently announced a new wrinkle in its plan to make check-in 100 percent self-service.

Philly more than doubling its self-service parking kiosks

January 28, 2010

The Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) says it plans to more than double the number of its multi-space self-service parking kiosks over the next two months…

Med-dispensing pharmacy kiosks rolling out in Canada

January 28, 2010

Prescription medication-dispensing kiosks already are being put through their paces at Toronto-area hospitals, with eight more on their way to locations across…

Self-service kiosks: The benefits of consistency

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One of the things the retail world likes about kiosks is their consistency. If you build it right, everyone gets the same good experience at your kiosk.

NRF: Intel's Smart POS self-checkout

Megan Walsh of Intel shows the Smart POS self-checkout at NRF 2010.

Budget airline Jetstar setting course for 100% self-check-in

January 27, 2010

Jetstar announced recently it was aiming to introduce a completely self-service check-in system at its Australian and New Zealand domestic counters this year…

SoloHealth's EyeSite kiosks to check eyes in Salt Lake City

January 27, 2010

SoloHealth, the self-service health screening company, and Standard Optical, a Utah chain of vision centers, are partnering to bring free, self-service…

Studios get a hand from Wal-Mart and Target, take a swipe at redbox

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January 27, 2010

Wal-Mart and Target are instituting purchase limitations on new release DVD movies, according to numerous sources, which could put a big crimp in redbox's…

Diebold names Frank A. Natoli Jr. as vice president and chief technology officer

January 27, 2010

Diebold Inc. announced that it has named Frank A. Natoli Jr. as vice president and chief technology officer (CTO), leading the company's product solutions…