United Airlines Launches Mobile Check-in Capabilities

March 28, 2010

United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAUA) announced it has launched mobile check-in and mobile boarding passes, enabling customers to check in using a mobile phone or…

Avis unveils self-service kiosks at Sydney airport

March 25, 2010

Avis Australia recently announced that it had deployed a self-service kiosk for car rentals at the Sydney airport. Launched last week at Sydney Domestic…

Kiosks go to the Department of Transport in Abu Dhabi

March 22, 2010

ooh-tv.com: MxN Middle East has just completed the supply of self-service kiosks through its partnership with Metallic Equipment Technologies EST. to the…

Pay Email places Internet kiosks in more airports

March 22, 2010

MORRISVILLE, NC — Pay Email announced today the expansion of its kiosk vending machines to airports in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Seattle. Kiosk…

Air New Zealand to use kiosks as part of revamp

March 21, 2010

Seattlepi.com reports that Air New Zealand (Auckland) has planned an overhaul of its trans-Tasman and Pacific Island services beginning later this year to…

New photo solution puts cruise pics on kiosks

March 17, 2010

YORK, Penn.—Analytical Design Solutions Inc., developers of the KioWare Kiosk Software, and OneSource Interactive have announced the release of PicsWare, a…

Kiosks deployed to promote HBO's 'The Pacific'

March 11, 2010

MediaPost.com: HBO is looking to promote "The Pacific," a new mini-series about a group of Marines fighting through the Pacific Theater in World War II, via an…

Paperless boarding skips over kiosks for United Airlines

March 11, 2010

DenverPost.com: United Airlines and the Transportation Security Administration have launched a program that will allow many air travelers to download boarding…

Stuttgart Airport aims for 30% kiosk self-check-in with SITA deployment

February 25, 2010

The Stuttgart (Germany) Airport is flying toward having almost a full third of its 10 million annual passengers use self-service check-in kiosks after the…

Phoenix Kiosk goes to the Olympics

February 16, 2010

Phoenix Kiosk Inc., which develops hardware and software for self-service and interactive kiosk applications, has kiosks present at the 2010 Winter Olympics…

Trusted traveler kiosks expediting Customs clearance

February 15, 2010

The United States Customs and Border Protection's Global Entry program, for "trusted" or low-risk international travelers, expedites clearance through U.S.

South African hotel launches ‘Africa's very first' hotel self-service check-in kiosk

February 14, 2010

South Africa's Southern Sun Hotels' Sandton City (Johannesburg) location is launching what it bills as "Africa's very first hotel self check-in and check-out…

Microsoft Surface finger-driven PC lands in Australia

February 8, 2010

Microsoft is launching its new finger-driven Surface PC in Australia, hoping that it will revolutionize the interactive kiosk scene, according to…

Bill in Congress would mandate blind-accessible interfaces on all kiosks

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February 8, 2010

The Technology Bill of Rights for the Blind, if enacted, would make new technology a must for all self-service units.

U.K. airline bmi checking in with IBM

February 4, 2010

IBM today announced that United Kingdom-based airline bmi has launched a new-look passenger check-in operation that has been transformed using the IBM…

NCR announces Q4 2009 results, recaps recent growth

February 3, 2010

NCR Corp. today reported financial results for the last quarter of 2009, in which it beat market expectations and continued its strong move into the…

NEXUS self-check border-crossing kiosks extending hours during Buffalo Sabres games

February 1, 2010

NEXUS, an alternative inspection program for crossing the border between the United States and Canada, is extending the hours of its traffic lanes heading…

Tourism officials using roadside kiosks to boost business

January 31, 2010

The Warren County (N.Y.) Tourism Department has contracted with the state's Thruway Authority to run the county's winter tourism commercials on video kiosks…

Missouri using kiosk to help highlight earthquake awareness in New Madrid Seismic Zone

January 31, 2010

The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is using an interactive kiosk to help highlight Earthquake Awareness Month in the state, according to the Kansas…

Another helmet cam kiosk hitting the slopes

January 31, 2010

A new company, eMotionCam, is rolling out HD helmet camera-rental kiosks for the first time this winter at ski resorts across the western United States…