Inside the kiosk: It’s game on with gamer towers (slide show)

Kiosks house gaming systems while displaying digital signage.

Malaysia Airlines gets on board with self-service

February 20, 2011

To simplify customers' travel experiences, Malaysia Airlines is investing about $100 million in its Passenger Services System over the next 10 years, according…

Coinstar expanding services to stay in the game

Photo booth, "eBay in a kiosk" among the company's new launches.

Coinstar to buy back stock

February 15, 2011

Coinstar Inc., owner of redbox, announced today that it will buy back $50 million of its common stock from Morgan Stanley.

Kiosks order up faster fast food

Studies show that the quick-service restaurant industry is finally embracing kiosks.

Reading made easy in New York library

February 10, 2011

Readers at the Sayville Public Library in Sayville, New York, will be able to quickly check out books when the library's RFID program is finished. And the…

Hotel chain Yotel to deploy kiosks

February 9, 2011

Yotel, a chain of Japanese-style capsule hotels in Amsterdam, London, New York and Abu Dhabi, has signed a five-year contract with Atos Origin subsidiary Shere…

Low earnings lead to Coinstar investigation

February 3, 2011

Coinstar's low fourth-quarter earnings have prompted the Law Office of Robbins Umeda LLP to investigate the company that owns redbox for possible "violations…

Nevada proposes ‘DMV In A Box’

February 2, 2011

Nevada's director of the state's Department of Motor Vehicles plans to ask the Legislature to pass a bill to allow 80 more self-service kiosks throughout the…

Is that a self-storage kiosk in your pocket?

Will a website created to help consumers rent self-storage units via mobile phones be the end of kiosks in the industry?

Hotels waking up to self-service

As the travel market rebounds and occupancy rates rise, hotel operators are turning to self-service solutions.

NRF: Paying by phone made easy

January 16, 2011

New IBM technology allows consumers to pay for their in-store products using their smart phones. The company launched the self-checkout system last week at the…

Low redbox sales contribute to decrease in Coinstar shares

January 13, 2011

Coinstar's stock dropped 24 percent Thursday after disappointing sales at its redbox DVD-rental kiosks forced the company to lower its earnings estimate for…

Wine kiosks to return

January 11, 2011

Pennsylvanians may once again toast with kiosk-purchased wine.

Solar-powered parking kiosks to deploy in Washington

January 3, 2011

Drivers in Port Orchard, Wash., will soon have access to two solar-powered parking kiosks when the city's downtown waterfront is complete, according to the…

Any Mountain stores implement ski-ticket kiosks

January 3, 2011

Skiers and snowboarders can purchase tickets via kiosks at Any Mountain stores, an outdoor-specialty retailer in California.

EMN8 Raises $12.2M

December 22, 2010

EMN8, a San Diego-based company that manufactures transaction kiosks with touch screen displays to accelerate customer orders at fast-food restaurants and…

Liquor Control Board puts a cork in wine kiosks

December 21, 2010

The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) will temporarily close all of the state's self-service wine kiosks tonight to address mechanical and technological…

Liquor Control considers more wine kiosks

December 12, 2010

Western Pennsylvania grocery and Walmart stores may be home to 70 more wine kiosks, according to thestandardspeaker.com.

Record-your-own video postcards available at CN Tower

December 12, 2010

The Bobblevision kiosk Visitors to one of the tallest towers in the world can now send record-your-own-video postcards to friends and family anywhere…