April 23, 2010

Pepsico Dream Machine

Great use of Facebook to build brand (and show off some kiosks). Facebook | Dream Machine. This is godd example of green technology eco-friendly positioning in mainstream. And again, we have to wonder what Warren Buffet is thinking about Coca...



April 22, 2010

Fujitsu Continues To Be Unsettled

New president of Fujitsu takes helm saying all restructuring is done though the messy departure of former CEO continues to negatively impact. From WSJ....



PepsiCo in Recycling Push

PepsiCo and WMS in article on Wall Street Journal today talking about new green technology eco-friendly recycling kiosks. Where is Coke in all this?...



April 21, 2010

100 iPads set for deployment at Calif. hospital

The business case for the iPad may be nowhere as clear as it is in healthcare, a multi-billion dollar industry and one of the world's largest consumers of information technology....



April 20, 2010

Where'd all the movie rental houses go?

Finally the newspapers have someone else to write sad stories about being now obsolete... ...Once a staple, brick-and-mortar video rental stores fall victim to kiosks and subscriber services...Once we used to read printed newspapers too.......



NCR To Offer Digital Downloads At Airport Kiosks

NCR and InMotion announce machines selling video and music at 35 airports. Units to be deployed by Fall 2010....



Stephen Dukker Q&A on Numo & Microsoft

Stephen Dukker, ex-CEO of eMachines runs NComputing now and they have announced microclient for $20+ that integrates into standard LCD (from LG). Next step in death of PC. Thinclient sits down and goes thru a Q&A with Dukker. Thin Client...



April 15, 2010

Excellence Award winners announced at KioskCom

Awards handed out in Vegas for CET World [KioskCom]....



Olea Exhibits/Displays Inc. changes company name to Olea Kiosks Inc.

New name for Olea as fixtures and exhibits finally go by the wayside. New website has new lineup for 2010 and looks good. Also new kiosk with finished look from back. There has been more and more projects with dual-sided...



New Kiosks at Union Square Whole Foods Make Recycling a Nightmare

Review of Greenopolis units at new Whole Foods. User tried to recycle product not sold at Whole Foods....



April 14, 2010

New research paper on kiosks in hotels

Statistics from two hotel chains totaling 163 hotels to determine the ratio of automated check-ins and the ratio of failed check-ins, using lobby self-service kiosks. Executive summary and also pdf at gokiosk.net...



April 12, 2010

Newsletter from Kiosk Industry Group

This week the news is the KioskCom and Digital Signage tradeshow in Las Vegas at the Mandalay Bay. This is the last year for the show to be called KioskCom. Next year (or later this year in New York?) the...



PFU Systems Launches Partner Program at KioskCom in Las Vegas

Fujitsu PFU Systems Launches Partner Program at KioskCom in Las Vegas...



Fujifilm Launches On-Site Maintenance Program For Phoenix Kiosk

Fujifilm and Phoenx Kiosk issue press release on Fujifilm acting as service partner for Phoenix....



April 09, 2010

KIOSK Features Latest Designs for High Growth Sectors

Press release by KIOSK in Colorado on what to expect to see in Vegas at the KioskCom tradeshow....



Kiosk Founder Seeks Blockbuster Board Seat

Infighting at Blockbuster spills over into board of directors. Meyer wants in. Problem is he originally got in at $6.50/share (2007) and now those shares are worth 30 cents (ouch...)....



April 08, 2010

B-cycle bike-share program makes Denver a roll mode

Green technology - Denver B-cycle kiosks in dozens of locations around the city will allow residents and visitors to check out bikes and tour the city starting April 22....



April 07, 2010

KioskCom Buzz - New image metatagging app

The KioWare booth (#415) will be showcasing our new PicsWare product. The booth will feature a Vegas backdrop where attendees can have their picture taken. Using PicsWare, we'll tag their photo to their badge, display it on the kiosk and...



Kohl's announces a new in-store kiosk initiative

Over the past year, Kohl's has tested in-store kiosks that provide customers an easy way to order an item that may be out-of-stock in size or color in that store. The customer also has the option to choose from an...



April 06, 2010

HIMSS Video Profile: Allscripts Patient Kiosk

Greg Thurau, the vice president of solutions management for Allscripts, gave DOTmed News a close-up demonstration of the company's new patient kiosk at this year's HIMSS conference....



Healthcare Kiosks - Supermarket Stores

Kroger is pilot-testing a two-pronged health-and-wellness program that includes a kiosk that lets shoppers determine physical attributes, such as body mass index, and offers nutritional advice....



April 05, 2010

KioskCom News: Carnival Cruise Lines is Finalist

Carnival Cruise Lines is a finalist for for the Self-Service Excellence Awards. Carnival is joint customer of NCR Netkey and KIOSK Information Systems. Category is Best Travel/Hospitality....



KioskCom Events - Tech Talk by Red Dot Net

KioskCom Tech Talk Theater -- April 14th @ 11:30AM -- Speaker: Brian Horsley, CTO, RedDotNet Title: “The Top 10 Reasons Kiosk Projects Fail—and How to Avoid Them!” Learn what keeps customers away from the kiosk and how to understand and...



New Lobby Assistant to be shown at KioskCom

New digital lobby assistant will be shown at upcoming KioskCom in Vegas next week. Visit booth #204 and see showcase of new www.Lobstr.net building directory system, a new SMS Coupon kiosk program for retailers and recent kiosk projects and demos....



Cruise Ships - New Photo Management Solution, PicsWare

New metatag image software for photo processing with special application for cruise ships. Nice stuff!...



April 04, 2010

DMV Kiosks cutting costs used in political campaign

Cost and budget cutting measures now include kiosks for DMV according to polics in Massachusetts....



Self-checkout continues to expand

While some deployments haven’t been the most customer friendly, and not everyone loves self-checkout, industry watchers expect deeper adoption and expanded technology use as businesses move forward on projects this year — all while concerns about job displacement fail to...