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UK government says AI has been successful so far, but retires one tool

Paul Hill — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 08:02:01 +0000

The UK government has said that its Humphrey AI platform has been successful to date, however, it decided to retire the Redbox tool as it's redundant. Read more...

Redbox, valued at $693 million, set to go public and gatecrash streaming services' party

Subir Kathuria — Mon, 17 May 2021 22:50:02 +0000

Following a deal with Seaport Global Acquisition Corp., Redbox is set to become a publicly-traded company with a value of $693 million. It will be competing against the likes of Netflix and Disney+. Read more...

Redbox Instant will shut down this Tuesday

Christopher White — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 16:06:01 +0000

Redbox Instant, a movie streaming service in direct competition with Netflix, has thrown in the towel and will be shutting down on October 7th with refunds to customers issued later in the week. Read more...

Redbox Instant now supports Chromecast

Christopher White — Sat, 03 May 2014 14:45:03 +0000

Redbox released a minor update to their streaming application, but the update has a big new feature: Streaming to the Google Chromecast is now supported from your Android device. Read more...

Redbox reportedly to offer next-generation gaming titles starting March 25

Timi Cantisano — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:38:29 +0000

A new report claims Redbox will begin offering next generation console titles on its kiosk and online rental service starting March 25 for Wii U and April 1st for the PS4 and XBox One. Read more...

iHeartRadio and Redbox Windows Phone 8 apps released

John Callaham — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 00:18:14 +0000

Two new major apps made their Windows Phone 8 debut recently; the popular movie and game kiosk rental app Redbox and the streaming Internet radio service iHeartRadio. Read more...

Redbox launches website to comment on rental ban of Xbox One games

John Callaham — Sun, 09 Jun 2013 07:28:46 +0000

Redbox has launched GamingFuture.net, a website that lets people comment on next-gen game consoles but also seems to be a campaign by Redbox to allow rentals of Xbox One games. Read more...

Microsoft to get Redbox Instant by Verizon service for Xbox 360 consoles

John Callaham — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:28:24 +0000

Microsoft has announced that its Xbox 360 game console will be the first console to offer an app for the upcoming Redbox Instant by Verizon streaming video service. Read more...

Verizon and Redbox start testing its Netflix killer

John Callaham — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 19:24:44 +0000

Verizon and Redbox have announced they have started internal alpha testing on their streaming video service, which will be called Redbox Instant by Verizon, for a launch later in 2012. Read more...

Verizon and Redbox team up to launch Netflix killer

John Callaham — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:13:11 +0000

Verizon has announced a partnership with Redbox's parent company Coinstar to launch a new streaming video-physical movie rental service that is aimed squarely at Netflix's business. Read more...

Redbox, other kiosks now have more marketshare than retail stores

Michael Collado — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:45:10 +0000

NPD Group released a study today that states, for the first time ever, Redbox and other movie rental kiosks that you'd see at your local Walgreens or supermarket outgrew retail video rental stores in the... Read more...

Redbox to offer video game rentals

Christopher White — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 04:25:27 +0000

Redbox, everyone’s favorite video rental kiosk, is going to try their hand at renting another type of disk - video games. According to their Wikipedia entry, Redbox has over 22,000 kiosks in the United States. The... Read more...

RedBox Organizer 4.2

Steven Parker — Tue, 09 Apr 2002 13:49:58 +0000

RedBox Organizer is an attractive, powerful and user-friendly daily organizer for people from all walks of life. Get ready to make your life simpler and relaxing like never before. The intuitive interface of this complete... Read more...