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VeriFone to focus on security and unattended payment systems at Kiosk Europe

Monday, April 28th, 2008

ESSEN, Germany — VeriFone, a secure electronic payment solutions provider, will be hosting a drop-in Security Advisory Clinic May 6 at Kiosk Europe 2008. Visitors to the show can pick up a step-by-step guide to payment security and best practices and receive one-to-one advice and information about practical procedures that can be implemented to maintain […]

7th annual Global Retail Technology Forum at the Düsseldorf Trade Fair Center from 14 to 16 February 2006.

Saturday, February 11th, 2006

At the 7th annual Global Retail Technology Forum, senior IT and business executives will meet to share ideas and strategies with colleagues from around the world. For the first time, two respected research and events organisations, Retail Systems Alert Group and EHI-Retail Network, have joined together to bring you the best examples of customer-centric retailing.
This […]

Ex-Cranberries guitarist backs music kiosks

Sunday, December 11th, 2005

Former Cranberries guitarist Noel Hogan is backing a multi-million-euro plan to install hundreds of interactive music kiosks throughout Ireland over the next 12 months.
The Digital Jet Kiosk allows customers to download chart music, videos, ring tones and games onto MP3 players, computers and mobile phones.
The first prototypes of the kiosk have just been completed and […]

Noel Hogan Invests in Entertainment Kiosks

Saturday, December 10th, 2005

Ireland’s Sunday Business Post reports today that Noel Hogan has put up the financial backing for a new plan to install hundreds of entertainment kiosks around Ireland.
The “Digital Jet” Kiosks will offer multimedia content — digital books, music, and videos — that users will be able to download by connecting their MP3 players, laptops, and […]

Vodafone launches mobile phone vending machine

Friday, October 28th, 2005

October 2005 - Vodafone, forever trying to boost mobile phone sales in the UK is offering the folk of Manchester the chance to get one from a vending machine.
Called “Quickphone” kiosks, the aim is to have an army of vending machines across the UK, for now however the first two kiosks have been installed […]

Taking the Internet to the People

Sunday, September 25th, 2005

Newswise — Ethnographers Tony Salvador and John Sherry spent nearly four years circling the globe in an effort to understand how the Internet is truly being used in the developing world, and for what good. In the October issue of IEEE Spectrum, they describe three quite different–but successful–models of Internet use.
In India, about 300 franchisees […]

De La Rue Supplies 240 Eurobank Branches with Payment Kiosks Equipped with MEI Note Acceptors

Friday, August 12th, 2005

MEI, the world’s leading developer of electronic payment systems, announced that its MEI note acceptor has been integrated into De La Rue’s Cash Star™ 5110-cash payment kiosk. The kiosks have been deployed in more than 100 Eurobank branches throughout Greece, and will be deployed into a total of 240 Greek Eurobank locations by the end […]

BT Helps To Launch First Touchscreen Wi-Fi Kiosks for Tourists in Scotland

Monday, July 25th, 2005

7/25/05 - Visitors to Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park will be the first to access up-to-the-minute online information via a new network of interactive information kiosks, thanks to a joint initiative between BT Multimedia Solutions, Scottish Enterprise and the National Park Authority.
The terminals have been installed across the Loch Lomond National Park to […]

Triad BillBreaker™ Kiosks with MEI Cash Acceptor Technology are Cleaning Up in Laundromats and Car Washes Nationwide

Thursday, June 30th, 2005

July 30, 2005 – MEI, the world’s leading developer of electronic payment systems, announced that its bill acceptors have been integrated into Triad BillBreaker™ kiosks. Triad BillBreakers, widely used in the casino industry for nearly a decade, were launched in laundromats and car washes earlier this year.
Over the past decade, Triad BillBreakers have been installed […]

AGI Selects FutureLogic GEN2 as a Preferred Gaming Printer for New TITO Slot Machines

Thursday, June 23rd, 2005

Glendale, CA-June 23, 2005-FutureLogic, Inc., the leading manufacturer of thermal ticket printers for cashless gaming, announced today that Austrian Gaming Industries GmbH (AGI), the wholly owned subsidiary of Novomatic Group of Companies, has selected FutureLogic’s GEN2 as a preferred gaming printer for the company’s full range of gaming platforms and slot machines.
As one of the […]