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Kiosks help Singapore motorists pay fees
August 31, 2011
Motorists in Singapore now have a new self-service payment channel.
read nowKiosks and digital displays assist in community-oriented police efforts
August 30, 2011
According to the Tulare (Calif.) Advance-Register, Tulare police recently accepted a $37,667 grant to buy three computer-aided dispatch monitors and a…
read nowBike-share kiosks spreading to Bay Area
August 23, 2011
According to The Bay Citizen in San Francisco, Calif., the nearby San Mateo County Board of Supervisors recently voted to join a bike-share kiosk partnership…
read nowNevada approves $27.5M for DMV kiosks
August 14, 2011
According to the Associated Press, the Nevada Board of Examiners has approved a 10-year, $27.5 million contract to expand the Nevada Department of Motor…
read nowPennsylvania may pull plug on wine kiosk experiment
August 9, 2011
According to the Philadelphia Inquirer, Pennsylvania may soon be putting a cork in its experiment with wine-vending kiosks.
read nowTechno Brain deploys gov't info kiosks in Tanzania
July 24, 2011
Techno Brain, a software solutions provider in Africa, India and the U.S., recently announced that it has successfully deployed self-service information kiosks…
read nowSelf-service kiosks now checking in parolees in Maryland
July 20, 2011
Paroled criminals in Maryland can now use self-service kiosks to check in with their parole offices, according to WAMU public radio station in the Washington…
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Government services continue to embrace self-service tech
by Christopher Hall — w, t
Government offices from Azerbaijan to Las Vegas continue to find efficiencies in self-service deployments.
read nowE-Ellis Island: NCR kiosks to speed up legal immigration
July 18, 2011
Self-service technologies provider NCR Corp. and immigration filing solutions firm ClearPath, Inc. announced today that the two companies are piloting…
read nowDMV kiosks start long drive through South Dakota
July 18, 2011
According to South Dakota's Brandon Valley Challenger, the state's Department of Revenue, Division of Motor Vehicles, is looking for a location in the Sioux…
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Michigan license kiosks top 1 million served
by Christopher Hall — w, t
Quick-and-easy license-plate renewal kiosks in Michigan recently hit the 1 million served mark.
read now'Cashless jail' kiosks spreading in Mich.
June 15, 2011
Continental Prison Systems Inc. today announced that it is continuing to expand its strategic partnership with commissary leader Canteen Services of Michigan.
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Opinions mixed on Obama's kiosk remarks
by Kim Williams — Reporter, NetWorld Alliance
Experts give their interpretations of the president's comments regarding self-service and unemployment.
read nowPresident Obama takes swipe at kiosks, ATMs for unemployment numbers
June 14, 2011
In a Today show interview with Ann Curry, U.S. President Barack Obama talked about one of the reasons he thought employment numbers have been slow to rebound…
read nowMass. 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…
read nowMalaysia 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.
read nowWegmans 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.
read nowEZ 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…
read nowPhilly 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…
read nowKiosks keeping prisoners in cells
May 25, 2011
Kiosks are providing prisoners with services at the Colorado State Penitentiary, which holds some of the most dangerous criminals in the state, according to…
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