Software News & Media

Moscow Metro to extend biometric payment to surface, river, air rail transport

January 9, 2023

The Moscow Metro, the city's mostly underground railway, has deployed its biometric payment service to 330 more turnstiles this month, with plans to launch the…

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Australian airports install biometric ID kiosks

January 5, 2023

Idemia, a France-based provider of security services using biometric technology, has installed its self-serve passenger identification kiosk at eight Australia…

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Farmer’s Fridge’s Luke Saunders wows Summit attendees

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Luke Saunders, founder and CEO of Farmer's Fridge, described how he revolutionized the fresh food vending business during the recent Self-Service Innovation…

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Burger chain to demo voice interaction technology

January 3, 2023

Yobe Inc., a provider of voice solutions, and PLNT Burger, a fast-casual burger chain with 13 locations on the East Coast, have partnered to demonstrate the…

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2023 outlook: Kiosks ride automation’s surge

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Kiosk industry executives are bullish for 2023 as consumer acceptance of self service technology expands and businesses look to automation for relief from a…

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Soofa announces Facebook integration in smart city kiosks

December 29, 2022

Soofa, a creator of solar-powered, electronic ink-based smart city kiosks for digital out-of-home, has integrated with Facebook for hyperlocal updates targeted…

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NFT vending machine founder: ‘Don’t count crypto out’

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Hugo McDonaugh, who introduced a vending machine that offers non-fungible tokens, sees a big future for NFTs and cryptocurrency, despite some recent crypto…

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Self-pour beer machine maker teams with ID verification/fraud prevention startup

December 28, 2022

Beera Station, an Israel based self-pouring beer machine service provider, has teamed with iDenfy, a Lithuania-based identity verification and fraud prevention…

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US casinos take aim at ‘illegal’ slot machines

December 27, 2022

The U.S. casino industry has launched a legal war against videogame machines which they claim are gambling machines that are evading gambling laws and avoiding…

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Rebound dominates KMC reader interest in 2022

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Kiosk Marketplace ranks the 10 best read stories in 2022 based on reader interest.

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Neonode teams with Epicnpoc to leverage contactless touch to enhance human-machine interactions

December 23, 2022

Neonode Inc., a provider of optical sensing solutions for contactless touch, touch, gesture control and in-cabin monitoring, and Epicnpoc, a French startup…

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XR Immersive Tech intros VR kiosk

December 23, 2022

XR Immersive Tech Inc., a British Columbia-based provider of social entertainment, virtual reality and augmented reality content, has introduced Portalx, a VR…

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Bizjournals profiles SOS machine co-founders

December 23, 2022

SOS, the creator and operator of interactive vending machines for public spaces that deliver feminine hygiene products and digital content, was recently…

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Exhibit floor sizzles with excitement at Self-Service Innovation Summit

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Attendees at the Self-Service Innovation Summit stayed busy between education sessions by visiting the exhibit area where vendors demonstrated advances in…

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Diebold Nixdorf teams with payment orchestration provider to expand retail payment options

December 21, 2022

Diebold Nixdorf Inc. has partnered with Phos, a London-based provider of POS software, to allow businesses to add point-of-sale orchestration as an option to…

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Summit honors 2022 Self-Service Innovation Award winners

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Winners of the third annual Self-Service Innovation Awards accepted their plaques during the Self-Service Innovation Summit in Hollywood, Florida.

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Santa Monica taps wayfinding provider for interactive kiosks

December 15, 2022

Residents of and visitors to Santa Monica, California will have access to interactive wayfinding and out-of-home advertising under an agreement the city has…

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Vispero introduces JAWS for Android systems

December 15, 2022

Vispero, a provider of assistive technology products for the blind and low-vision community and provider of JAWS, a screen reader, has introduced JAWS for…

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Acai specialist expands from brick-and-mortar to self-serve, robotic smoothie kiosk

by Elliot Maras — Editor, Kiosk Marketplace & Vending Times

Entrepreneur Charles Lee is on a growth curve with both his brick-and-mortar restaurants and free-standing, unattended robotic smoothie machines.

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Invenda teams with DOOH solutions provider on programmatic advertising

December 13, 2022

One Tech Group GmbH, a Hamburg, Germany-based provider of digital out of home and retail solutions, has teamed with Invenda, a developer of automated retail…

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