June 30, 2007

Kiosk Mode with Mozilla and Firefox

Nice writeup on kiosk mode requiring cross-platform support using latest Firefox. Open Kiosk Port to Firefox 2....



June 23, 2007

Comments on Pay By Touch loyalty gif card kiosk

Digital Money Forum comments on the reward and gift card kiosk by Pay By Touch. The Internet-enabled kiosk lets shoppers create customized store-branded and third-party gift cards with personalized “to” and “from” names and single or multiple design full-color graphics....



June 22, 2007

T-Mobile Rolls out interactive kiosks

T-Mobile has rolled out interactive kiosks to 250 stores in what it has called a multimillion-pound technology investment. The kiosks allow customers to find out about the mobile network's range of handsets and services. The kiosk screens are linked to...



Mergers - Flextronics and Solectron

Nice article on merger of Flextronics and Solectron. Solectron is best known for the DVD kiosks it manufactures along with its contract to build ATMs for NCR....



June 15, 2007

Kiosks & Technology -- Fingerprinting Videos

Techbit -- Here's a new one. Using video fingerprints to recognize copyrighted content. YouTube/Google working on it....



June 13, 2007

Kiosks Research - Business Model for Digital Music

Extensive article on Business Week discusses the changing business model regarding digital music and points to eventual destination we think of telcoms and mobile devices....



June 08, 2007

Kiosks Case Study -- Financial Service Payday loan kiosk

Mister Money's AFS self-service kiosk for automated payday loan processing. Has also been granted a patent on this process, incorporating the lot into in an unmanned kiosk application....



Kiosks Technology -- Badge color printer with encoders

Evolvis announces two new printers today. Both are 100-card color printers with encoders (mag or contactless), single-sided or double-sided....



ADA Compliance Notes

If you think you have no reason to be concerned about getting sued over the Americans with Disabilities Act, think again, especially if your company uses any self-service, application, or vending kiosks. Article from Inside Recruiting....



June 06, 2007

Acquisitions - Cardtronics takes over ATMs at 7-Eleven

....Of the over 5,500 machines in the 7-Eleven(r) U.S. ATM network, approximately 2,000 are Financial Services Kiosk or "Vcom(r)" terminals. Vcom units provide advanced functionality options including check cashing, bill payment and money transfer in addition to traditional cash dispensing...



June 04, 2007

Flextronics Agrees to Buy Solectron for $3.6 Billion

June 4 (Bloomberg) -- Flextronics International Ltd., the world's second-biggest maker of electronics for other companies, will buy Solectron Corp. for $3.6 billion to narrow the sales gap with larger rival Hon Hai Precision Industry Co....