Prepaid data SIM card kiosk arrives at Osaka airport

April 28, 2014

Osaka's Kansai International Airport has become the first Japanese airport to introduce a prepaid data SIM card vending machine.

NJ Transit kiosk helpline turned out to be phone sex number

April 24, 2014

A transit kiosk in New Jersey mistakenly advertised the telephone number for a sex hotline, instead of a customer service number, reports News 12 New Jersey.

Self-service fuel and RFID payments on tap in Dubai

April 23, 2014

All gas stations belonging to Emirates National Oil Company and its subsidiary, Emirates Petroleum Products Company, in Dubai are offering self-service…

China introduces automated self-service bag-drop

April 23, 2014

An automated system that combines self-service bag-check and bag-drop is being trialed at China's Tianjin airport, reports Chinese state-run radio station CRI.

Battery exchange kiosks for electric scooters roll into Taiwan

April 23, 2014

ATM-sized self-service battery-exchange kiosks are being rolled out in Taiwan by Kentfa Advanced Technology Corp. The batteries are for use in Kentfa's Isuda…

Morpho joins Open Standard for Public Transport Alliance

April 14, 2014

Morpho, a provider of biometric security and smart card technology, has joined the Open Standard for Public Transport Alliance as a full member. The OSPT…

Cincinnati finally gets on the bus with city's first ticket vending kiosk

April 1, 2014

Cincinnati's Metro bus service has installed its first ticket vending machine at downtown Government Square, the agency announced recently.

PayByPhone acquires automated parking system provider Adaptis

March 27, 2014

Adaptis Solutions, a U.K.-based provider of automated parking payment technologies, has been acquired by payment services provider PayPoint.

New touchscreen airport kiosk features facial recognition

March 27, 2014

Dortmund, Germany-based Materna ips launched its new Phoenix airport check-in kiosk at this week's Passenger Terminal Expo in Barcelona.

CHK America launches transit kiosk in Santa Barbara

March 27, 2014

CHK America, a provider of customer information solutions for the U.S. public transportation industry, has installed its first ConnectPoint interactive…

A look at the best of the best in kiosks, screenmedia

Annual DSA Industry Excellence Awards honor the best kiosk, mobile and digital signage deployments across all verticals.

Passport kiosks speed up lines, study says

March 14, 2014

Getting through customs and into the country goes faster with passport kiosks, according to a recent survey of government wait times. USA Today reported that…

Atlanta Int'l Airport purchases 74 BorderXpress kiosks

March 12, 2014

The world's busiest airport is about to majorly reduce wait times in the inspection lines for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Study predicts number of passport kiosks to soar in global airports

March 6, 2014

According to a research report from Acuity Market Intelligence, airports will spend more than $2.2 billion globally on Automated Border Control eGates and…

St. Paul's Union Depot gets on board with digital signage and kiosks

March 5, 2014

The Union Depot transportation center in downtown St. Paul, Minn., once saw more than 20,000 commuters pass through each day, with passenger and freight…

Automated passport kiosks launch at Houston Int'l

February 24, 2014

Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport has deployed automated passport-processing kiosks from GCR Inc.

Livewire kiosk network marks processing milestone

February 20, 2014

Livewire Digital announced a milestone for its network of self-service ticketing kiosks. According to a company press release, Livewire kiosks have processed…

Research firm predicts boom in airport eGates

February 13, 2014

Acuity Market Intelligence, a technology research consultancy, reports that the Automated Border Control (ABC) eGate and kiosk market will generate more than…

Orlando Int'l Airport gets biometric passport-processing kiosks

February 11, 2014

Orlando International Airport is now processing passengers from visa waiver countries with biometric kiosks as a means to expedite the arrival experience…

San Francisco Airport shows some digital signage Moxie

January 31, 2014

San Francisco International Airport, which services more than 41 million domestic and international passengers annually, has deployed Omnivex Moxie to create…