The much anticipated Registered Traveler program just moved a little further along. The program, which allows travelers to pay extra money to go through screening faster than other travelers by pre-registering themselves with a DHS background check and biometric...
Nice background on current trial going on at Heathrow for biometric check-in via miSense for flights to Hong Kong and to Dubai. The intent is to simplify the process but it seems there are still manual intervention steps/contacts within the...
Gift Cards: Coinstar signs up W.H. Smith for gift card program, this on a day that also saw a lot of industry updates on Coinstar including Trading Markets and Seeking Alpha....
Report posted by Tower Group that over $8 Billion in unredeemed gift cards this year. That's 50% of gift cards issued. Kioskcom Blog � $8 Billion in Unused Gift Cards...
Revenue for the fourth quarter was $2,969,553, an increase of $801,126 or 37% over $2,168,427 as recorded in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2005. Transactional revenue increased by $496,648 to $2,343,660, an increase of 27% as compared with the same...
British Airways plans to launch the Clear Registered Traveler program at Terminal 7 of John F. Kennedy International Airport this fall and market the program to its North American customers. The agreement makes BA the first airline to market the...
Notice posted on Hemscott about Duane Reade not renewing the contract with Pixology. Pixology continues though to make inroads into U.S. market....
TIO with over 1,000 machines in Circle K and Exxon Mobil and running 850,000 transactions a month on its network is going to "branch out" into new hybrid ATM Kiosks. To date, diluting the ATM transaction with other services has...
Latest install announcement by Lucidiom of photo kiosks at Dan's Camera City. Known as DigiPrint Lounge. Lucidiom is one of the major photo kiosk software providers providing software for Fuji kiosks at Walgreens for example....
It must be that we are seasoned self-service check-in and check-out experts but it definitely can be annoying when employees invite themselves into a process in order to explain it (and perform it) for us. The person below suffers that...
Writeup on the rental, and maybe more importantly, the return process of a DVD Video Rental kiosk used by Hollywood in Cub Food Stores. Waiting in line to rent, or to return, illustrates positives and negatives of the experience....
HSBC test in 20 banks in the U.K. has positive results for customers and for the bank....
Australia -- FUJIFILM introduces new countertop self-service photo kiosk that can attach to minilab (Frontier) or a standalone dye-sub. Has credit card and pinpad along with receipt printer. Fuiji uses Lucidiom in the U.S. but hard to say who is...
Slot machine makers, keen to find a new selling point for a traditional game, are trying to increase the social aspect of slots by linking up machines so players can share payouts and the thrill of winning. The pace of...
With all the talk about Zune and iTunes, the "no-DRM" solution from eMusic notes that they are nearing the 100 million download mark. Its worth noting the iTunes hit the Billion downloads-to-date mark recently and that the sharing services still...
Aptec launches new IT services unit along with its smart kiosk sector with Aptec Kiosk Services...
Now that we have IE 7.0, one of the first questions is does it still support kiosk mode. The answer is yes. Still, the kiosk mode doesn't buy you much as that is probably 5% of the solution. The solution...
TULSA, Okla., Nov. 14, 2006 -- The best car rental company for frequent business travelers just became more convenient for all travelers. National Car Rental announced today it will roll out new touch-screen kiosks at rental locations throughout the United...
Alamo Rent A Car has instituted a new self-service kiosk system at select locations that is aimed at speeding up the time spent getting your rental car....
Press conference today with Cisco has kiosk featured on the side of the press conference which was John Chambers, Commissioner of Baseball and owners of Oakland A's. News @ Cisco: Oakland Athletics and Cisco Systems To Host Press Conference...
Public Access Kiosks in Aberdeen by an organisation called 'Public Dataweb'. These units are outdoor and have an umbrella above them. Statistics on usage by the people are also pretty interesting as Entertainment and Sports dominates the usage with things...
West Chester, Pa., November 7, 2006 – Multiple gaming enthusiasts can now compete head to head in public, thanks to the recently launched ZAZOOX Game Café kiosks. Enhanced with MEI bill acceptors, consumers can now easily “pay to play” the...
Vienna, Virginia, USA, November 8, 2006 – Lucidiom’s APM ProfitWatcher Dashboard won a 2007 International CES Innovations Design and Engineering Award. Lucidiom's web-based reporting tool lets retailers know exactly how their photo kiosks are performing and where and how customers...
BOE and "Rapid Russel" get nailed by investigation. Nice story on DavisFreeberg.com on developments....