Eastman Kodak Co. is retaking the photo kiosk business at Walgreens drug stores from Fuji Photo Film Co., making Kodak the choice of the three biggest U.S. retailers of prints....
The agreement, announced Monday, would expand the number of Zaplink self-service kiosk locations and the scope of its kiosk financial services by adding new billers and pre-paid products. Currently, customers can pay wireless, cable, utility and other bills in cash....
Forrester Research estimated that sales of tickets online reached $5.4 billion in 2004, which analysts believe is 40 percent of the overall ticket marketplace. Ticketmaster is still the dominant force in the industry, but it is seeing competition in many...
Since 1998, the kiosks have successfully handled about 5 million transactions. For members of the program, the kiosk system cuts wait times from two hours to as little as 10 seconds during peak periods....
Oyster, Transport for London's popular transit fare payment card, is about ready for a new benefit for its more than two million users. They'll soon be able to use their contactless card to make small purchases�coffee, newspapers, milk�at participating retailers....
Chase introduced the card in June in an effort to be the first to pave the way for a national switch to smart cards in the U.S. To date, Chase has issued two million blink cards to Visa and MasterCard...
Survey Shows Digital Camera Printing Increased 70 Percent: Printing of digital prints of all sizes increased by 70 percent for the year ending June according to the PMA (Photo Marketing Association). Printing at retail kiosk minilabs skyrocketed to 128 percent....
Data Reveals Robust Photo Kiosk Business beyond the 4X6 Print; Profitable APM Enlargement Orders Have Grown 17 Percent Since 2004...
It wasn�t that long ago that self-service kiosks weren�t an option at supermarkets and airports, but acceptance by consumers has since come relatively quickly. You can�t find an airline that doesn�t offer a self-service kiosk check-in, and a recent study...
Music retail giant Trans World Entertainment has recently launched a subscription and download store for its FYE chain....
Microsoft finally decides it's time to jump onboard the net online playing of games. Why they couldn't respond/engage this market sooner is a good question since they are now playing catchup game ironically....
Hypercom Corporation (NYSE: HYC) announced today the immediate availability of the new P1300 PIN Pad, the first handheld PIN entry device to meet the rigorous new PCI (Payment Card Industry) security standards established by Visa International and MasterCard International to...
"Blink" technology � a computer chip with a high-security level of encrypted data embedded in a credit card, debit card or key fob � is making its way through the current U.S. retail landscape in rapid fashion. Most consumers...
Meijer Stores, a grocery and general merchandise retailer, and one of the fastest growing privately-owned companies in the United States, today announced it is the first super center chain in the United States to accept MasterCard PayPass as a contactless...
NIST to evaluate iris recognition technology. Iridian Technologies Inc. of Moorestown, N.J., announced this month that its iris recognition technology has been selected for the Registered Traveler program at Orlando International Airport. It is the nation�s first privately sponsored program...
The most interesting digital music news items for the week....
Several developments at the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) have stirred the Apple rumor mill once again. Most recently, Apple updated its iPod trademark to include video functionality, cracking the door a bit more on a possible video-enabled device....
Mike Hall, a product manager in Microsoft's Windows Embedded group, has recently posted several entries to his weblog explaining how to build a Windows CE 5.0 image to support "kiosk mode", which restricts the system to a limited set --...
Featuring Microsoft(Nasdaq: MSFT) Xbox consoles, videos, and cozy seating areas, Pepsi Zone's plan is ambitious, but it certainly isn't original. Two years ago, rival Coca-Cola(NYSE: KO) hoped to win over the mall rats by opening a pair of Red...
Thorntons Inc., which operates 154 gasoline/convenience stores, one travel plaza and nine car washes in the Midwest, selected Xpedient Software for its SubWorks self-ordering kiosk systems, the company announced....
NEW YORK (Reuters) - IBM is the latest major company to embrace podcasting, the digital audio craze that allows consumers to take audio programming off the Web and listen to it on portable music players....
NEC LCD Technologies is aiming a new, high-brightness 12.1-inch TFT LCD at outdoor applications such as ATMs, vending machines, and public kiosks. The model NL8060BC31-32 boasts high luminance and contrast, low surface reflectivity, and wide temperature operation (�10 to...
More than 70,000 digital photo kiosks have popped up on the retail landscape in recent years, in locations ranging from McDonald's restaurants and Walt Disney Co. parks to Carnival cruise ships, drugstore and mass merchandiser chains. But 7-Eleven has pulled...
Vulnerabilities in USB drivers for Windows could allow an attacker to take control of locked workstations using a specially programmed Universal Serial Bus device, according to an executive from SPI Dynamics, which discovered the security hole....
From: Dynamic Digital Signage and Interactive Kiosks Journal -- in case you haven't heard by now, digital signage behemoth PRN (the firm responsible for the Wal-Mart in-store television network) is being acquired by media conglomerate Thomson Worldwide to the tune...
UnifiedPOS committee of ARTS gets open specification for web apps accessing scanners and mag stripe readers (which can be located on kiosks). Noteworthy: IBM Grants Royalty-Free Terms on Patent (WAMPOS)...
Card-issuing bank is not validating security codes - which are stored on Track 2 of the magnetic stripe and include PIN offsets and Card Verification Value (CVV) codes - while authorising transactions....
Global recording industry trade group IFPI has released its latest annual report, with Universal Music showing a dominant market share. According to the report, Universal grabbed a 25.5 percent share of the market last year, a percentage that has increased...
According to InfoTrends/CAP Ventures' new forecast report, sales of photo kiosks are projected to grow by 9% in 2005. Some retailers are beginning to outfit their stores with more than one kiosk to avoid lines and long waits for...
Fox comes out on Blu-Ray side with Sony. They are the last of the major studios to cast their vote. Fox, a unit of News Corp., joins Sony Pictures Entertainment and The Walt Disney Co. backing Blu-ray. Supporting HD DVD...
This is ground zero of one of the newest markets for rock and pop music: instant concert CDs, mixed on the fly by the engineer, copied, and then distributed just 15 minutes after a show as an instant souvenir that...