NCR says Blockbuster kiosks may be on the block

July 12, 2011

According to Home Media Magazine, NCR Corp. executives are saying the company may sell off its Blockbuster Express branded video-rental kiosks.

NV3 launches 3rd-gen digital signage and charging kiosks

July 12, 2011

Today from its headquarters in Baltimore's Emerging Technology Center, NV3 Technologies announced the availability and deployment of its third-generation NTC…

Vegas resort deploys kiosk to send letters to US troops

July 6, 2011

According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Palazzo resort in Vegas recently installed an electronic kiosk that lets people write letters to American…

Self-storage kiosk co. intros new software

July 6, 2011

According to Inside Self-Storage, Phoenix-based OpenTech Alliance Inc., developer of the INSOMNIAC line of self-storage kiosks, announced the released of the…

Digital signage kiosk lands on Canary Islands

July 5, 2011

The Meridiano Tenerife mall on Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands has installed an interactive wayfinding digital signage display to inform visitors…

Dutch telco calls up Scala to drive digital signage, kiosks

July 4, 2011

Scala announced today that Dutch telco giant KPN, formerly KPN Primafoon, has re-vamped its image and interior design at 105 retail stores across the…

Canadian Tire adds mobile shopping app, digital signage kiosks

July 4, 2011

According to Retail Info Systems News, 1,200-store general merchandise retailer Canadian Tire is testing both a personalized location-based mobile shopping app…

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.

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…

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…

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.

PepsiCo deploys recycling kiosks to Pittsburgh Handee Marts

June 13, 2011

PepsiCo today announced a partnership with 7-Eleven Handee Marts that will make its Dream Machine recycling kiosks available at more than 20 Pittsburgh-area…

Taking kiosk design to a new level

by Flint Bradley — Head of Sales & Marketing, F-Origin

In a recent post, I wrote about the possibilities of making kiosks accessible for people with vision disabilities by using Braille-enabled touchscreens. Today…

Check-in kiosks soon to be standard at hospitals (video)

Forbes interviewed Sandy Nix, president of CTS, about the future of self-service in health care

NCR honors company for its library self-service solution

June 8, 2011

Bibliotheca ITG, a developer and supplier of library technology solutions for the U.S, Canada and South America, won NCR Corp's 2011 Channel Partner Innovation…

Coinstar to replace Safeway's coin-counting solution

June 8, 2011

Coinstar, Inc. and Safeway Inc. today announced an agreement to install about 1,400 Coinstar kiosks in Safeway's stores in the United States and Canada by the…

VIGIX kiosks now available via Phoenix

June 7, 2011

Phoenix Kiosk has just added the VIGIX retail solution to its product line. The kiosks feature proprietary, no-moving-parts dispensing technology and simple…

Kiosks rock out with the Beatles

June 7, 2011

The redesign of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland is nearly complete and includes interactive kiosks and wayfinding solutions to showcase…