Nice pics and writeups for award winners of 2008 DIGI (Digital Signage Magazine). The AT&T rebranding initiative was very substantial....
DT Research announces digital signage options at the tradeshow this week. These are 15 and 17 inch models and include a touchscreen so that given a customer impulse the "digital signage" changes to an interactive kiosk. The digital signage vendors...
Deployed by companies like Wal-Mart, P&G and BP, WireSpring's FireCast software powers thousands of self-service kiosks and digital signage screens worldwide. Today, the company announced a major upgrade to its Linux-based software platform, while improving upon the ease-of-use, reliability, and...
Security expert Adam Laurie at Black Hat 2008 demonstrates pull name, account number and expiration date from audience member RFID-enabled credit -- without removing the plastic for the "victims" wallet. The account number though was actually an alias number. In...
Microsoft said Tuesday that their Windows Embedded for Point of Service operating system will come pre-loaded on IBM point-of-sale, self- checkout and self-service kiosks offerings and thereby provide retailers and hospitality operators with a simple, easy-to-manage point-of- service platform....
Dev Tools: Adobe is launching out of Labs today the Adobe Integrated Runtime, or AIR. AIR is a really exciting platform that combines qualities of the web with a presence on the desktop by making it easy to build attractive...
ComputerProx Announces the Addition of ProxMat to Its Line of Automated Locking Solutions -- The new ProxMat gives kiosk and workstation users the means to automatically lock the system when walking away...
MasterCard is working with transport operators in New York on a contactless payments trial that will enable customers to use devices such as cards, key fobs and mobile phones to pay fares on buses and trains....
DNP Photo Imaging America Raises the Bar in Retail Photo Printing with Multi-station Photo Kiosk. Nice photo of the unit is included in writeup. The main thrust is servicing multiple users from one "station" which has multiple terminals...
Demonstration breaking into XenApp unsing Ctrl-H/Ctrl-N and if no keyboard then right click save image technique....
Excerpt: According to VDC's recently released Kiosks for Self-Service and Interactive Applications: Technical and Vertical Market Analysis, the retail market for complete kiosk solutions exceeded $524 million in 2007 and is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate...
Borders announces new concept store open in Michigan which includes new "Digital Center". You can download and/or listen to music (Mix&Burn), research your genealogy, personal publishing (that's new...) and also photo printing. Release includes pictures and video....
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First Data Corp. has announced that it has signed a contract with cadooz AG, a leading provider of corporate gift and incentive vouchers in Germany, to deliver card-based incentive and reward solutions....
It's a sad fact that a certain percentage of self-service devices just don't work for whatever reason. The good news is that the ratio of works to doesn't work has increased to well over 80%. The check-in kiosks for hotels...
With 65 locations and 160 kiosks Alamo arrives at its one millionth car rental via self-service kiosk. Most of the ROI is from customers upgrading to larger cars and more services. Useful transactions such as getting frequent flyer points in/etc...
It's incredible to see the dynamics in play with Vista (and XP Pro). Last week Dell started selling XP downgrades and now word comes from MS itself that Windows 7 (ie the next OS after Vista) is coming along nicely....
Digital signage is getting a lot of airtime at buzz portals. Several of the tradeshows have added a digital signage wing to try and capitalize as well. As long as they don't use the phrase "Interactive digital signage" we see...
From Thin Client.org : New offerings from self-service kiosk provider KIOSK announced. Hiring stations for Walmart are example of self-service kiosks utilizing thin clients. KIOSK is now offering customers wishing to use thin clients a complete range of manufacturers including...
Red Herring - Amazon.com said it has agreed to acquire audio books seller Audible.com for approximately $300 million. It comes on the heels on a series of moves Amazon has made with the major music labels to free its music...