Outdoor Kiosks News & Media

Not every problem can be fixed with a hammer

by Laura Miller — Director of Marketing, Kioware

Find the right tool for a problem, or use the wrong one and risk creating more issues to solve.

Beer kiosks deliver ale at Florida festival

April 7, 2015

Jacksonville, Florida residents grabbed a cold beer from kiosks at the One Spark festival April 7 to April 12. One Spark is a crowd funded festival taking…

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Social entrepreneurs fighting third-world poverty with energy kiosks

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

With few options, many living in rural Africa and Asia have to rely on unclean water supplies and dirty energy sources, but social entrepreneurs are taking aim…

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Are water kiosks the solution to limited clean water access?

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

“In Africa alone, people spend 40 billion hours every year walking for water. Women and children usually bear the burden of water collection, walking miles to…

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Apple Pay and interactive kiosks

by Frank Olea

The next wave of major innovation to self-service kiosk solutions is the integration of mobile payment solutions, such as Apple Pay.

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New Jersey library serving up books via vending machine

February 26, 2015

The Trenton Free Public Library is taking some of its books to the people, and one of the ways it is dispensing them is via vending machine.

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Detroit to get new cashless parking kiosks

February 26, 2015

The city of Detroit is getting ready to replace its parking kiosks, and the new program introduces some significant changes.

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Saving the DMV, one kiosk at a time

by Bradley Cooper — Editor, Connect Media

Kiosks offer a convenient alternative to the nightmare of long DMV lines.

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MyMagic+ kiosks are generating big returns for Disney

February 17, 2015

Disney's MyMagic+ program, which uses a combination of wristbands and kiosks to help theme park attendees prioritize and get to their chosen attractions…

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Redbox is leaving Canada

February 6, 2015

Customers can continue to rent movies from the kiosks until February 13, and will have until March 5 to return them.

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Outerwall CEO resigns

January 22, 2015

Outerwall Inc. announced a leadership change as former chief executive officer J. Scott Valerio stepped down from his position and resigned from the Board.

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Florida railway streamlines flow of equipment with automated gate system, kiosks

December 17, 2014

Florida East Coast Railway announced the deployment of an automated gate system to streamline the flow of equipment at its Intermodal Container Transfer…

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TouchMate unveils outdoor entertainment, retail kiosk

December 9, 2014

Austin, Texas-based TouchMate has released its outdoor kiosk, Enduro, intended for entertainment, health care and retail markets.

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Kiosk to help Kansas residents locate loved ones' graves

December 5, 2014

Dodge City, Kansas residents are receiving a new outdoor touchscreen kiosk at their local Maple Grove Cemetery, according to the Dodge Globe.

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Two Malaysian tourist destinations launch wayfinding, travel kiosks

December 4, 2014

Two Malaysia-based tourist locations, Langkawi Island and Cameron Highlands, are installing self-service kiosks for tourists to find information on events and…

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Chicago's elevate DIGITAL raises $4M for expansion efforts

November 7, 2014

Chicago-based Elevate DIGITAL, developer of interactive street-level software technology, announced the company has raised funding for expansion efforts.

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