July 30, 2010

Blackhat News - Triton and Tranax Sing the Blues

Imagine ATMs spewing out all of their cash and letting you view admin passwords and account PINs. The news every year from Blackhat usually includes one of these demos (and it does again)....



NCR at Kiosk Crossroads?

NCR target of 10,000 getting close to completing. Questions on what investment in DVD market comes after those 10,000 being asked now. Last week Camara stepped down and was replaced. Portable formats in retail channels....



Redbox Adds Blu-Ray and Game Rentals to some markets

Redbox adds Blu-Ray and games rentals to rental kiosks in some markets. By fall all kiosks will get Blu-ray. 23,000 kiosks at last count....



July 29, 2010

Coinstar Evaluating Beauty Kiosks?

From WSJ: Coinstar diversifying. Next business in beauty kiosks? Analysts figure good solid 3 or 4 years of solid growth but then they need a new line....



July 28, 2010

Sainsbury’s Becomes First UK Retailer to Install Asteres 24/7 Automated Pharmacy Kiosks

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Asteres Inc. announced today the installation of Express prescription kiosks at UK retailer, Sainsbury’s, for the deposit and collection of patient prescriptions....



Continental Airlines Self-Boarding

Writeup on SSW on buzz that the self-boarding experiment by Continental is generating. Our guess is there is someone from Continental there observing and ready to assist during the process....



July 27, 2010

People - NCR Names New Head of Entertainment

NCR names Justin Hotard VP of Entertainment replacing Alex Camara (ex-Coinstar). Hotard was "instrumental" in acquisitions of TNR and DVDPlay as well as investment in Mod Systems. Metric worth noting to date NCR has installed 6,500 kiosks....



July 26, 2010

Kiosks: Going Green

Kioskmarketplace roundup on "green kiosks". Includes ecoATM, B-Cycle, and the Greenopolis machines....



July 22, 2010

Opinion - Commentary entry on digitalscreenmedia association site

Last month it was commentary on China and kiosk. This month an article from French magazine purports that people prefer people over machines (ticket machines). Digital Screenmedia Association - Craig Keefner...



Airport Debuts Baggage Tracking Kiosk

In the "Looks Like an iPad" corner today we have....Management of the LF Wade International Airport announced today [July 22] the arrival of self-service kiosks uniquely designed to assist passengers who experience baggage delays. These new WorldTracer Kiosks are linked...



July 19, 2010

CSC partners Savience to provide self-service kiosks for patient check-in

News from the UK - CSC national healthcare partners with Savience on patient check-in kiosks. Biggest benefit looks to be time saving of 40% reduction....



July 15, 2010

Computerized Kiosk Provider for Health-care Touts Fingerprint Readers

PR release coupling kiosks and technology. The methadone dispensing kiosks are concept at this point we think....



First Apple iPad Kiosks Set Up by Malaysia Airlines

If you are a frequent user of Asian carriers, traveling will be simpler and more convenient with the presence of new ticketing iPad kiosks. One of the major airlines in Malaysia, Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has released the iPad booths in...



iPad Kiosk - kiosks using iPad

iPad kiosk design enclosure announced by Beyond Kiosks. Smart move on their part....



Company Profiles - Belprog iPad & iPhone Development

New software development resource for iPhone and iPad development. Currently have app(s) on Appstore and have several "kiosk" apps in the works....



July 14, 2010

Kiosk Provider Appoints New CEO

People in the News - Nick Van Wyk named CEO of Meridian Kiosks....



July 13, 2010

Reviews coming in for Wine Kiosks

Long process but not too many complaints. Advantage is consumers can shop one-stop at the grocery store (rather than second stop at liquor store)....



Research Data - Over $740 Billion to be transacted in Self-Service Kiosks for 2010

FRANKLIN, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--North American consumers continue to embrace self-service technology, as transactions at self-service kiosks will surpass $740 billion in 2010. However, the rate of growth going forward may be tempered in favor of enabling consumer smartphones in the future,...



SCA releases new report on smart card market in the Americas

The Smart Card Alliance has released a new report on the state of the smart card market in the Americas, “Smart Cards & Smart Card ICs - Americas - 2010...



July 12, 2010

Merger - DVE & Protouch in UK/Europe Merge

Data Vision and Mike Kellond join forces with Protouch. DVE is known for it's software and Protouch is known for hardware so it makes sense. Gorilla Media is the best known brand for DVE and Protouch marquee clients include Cineworld...



July 06, 2010

Blockbuster Express DVD kiosks come to QuikTrip

Today NCR announced it will deploy BLOCKBUSTER Express kiosks in nearly all 555 QuikTrip convenience stores in nine states: Arizona, Illinois, Iowa, Georgia, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas....



July 05, 2010

ATM vendors threaten researcher, stop his presentation on ATM flaws

ATM Vendors stop presentation on ATM flaws at Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam last week. Not the first time this has happened and all the slides are online anyway. Talks about RBN and new professional generation of hackers...