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more about #mcdonalds fuchikoma: I've never actually tried McD's coffee. There's a lot of talk of Starbucks sucking - I think it's alright, but it had better be, since all the coffee ... more » Gary_7vn: The last time I was at Starbucks, and I mean the LAST time, a 'barrista' (Italian for "snot") would not sell me a "medium" coffee. I had to speak Span... more » Gary_7vn: I love McDonald's coffee. There I said it. Their burgers, not so much, not at all actually. Okay, they make me sick.. Maybe there is just a little bi... more » Scott Waite: As a coffee snob, I disagree with the "coffee sucks" too. When did you have their coffee last? Pretty cool marketing though. more » Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Disagree with the "coffee sucks" part... and yeah, the ad is awesome. If I had a coffee shop or a bakery, I'd do my best to make the coffee and fresh... more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Actually their coffee isn't too bad. Unfortunately Dunkin Donuts hasn't made it to the left coast yet. Whenever I have to go to Cali for work it's M... more » Kaiser-Machead: I'd rather drink coffee from McD's and Dunkin than from Starbucks or equivalent. Only boutique cup-o-joe shack I go to now is Bean&Bean down the block... more » BIGE1312: They should add a coffee smell to the steam. more » Jamez: Their coffee sucks? Last I heard (and I don't drink coffee), reports showed more people like McDonald's coffee more than coffeeshops. And many more th... more » ZaxxonQ.com: LOL!!! I love how some people move AWAY from it! :-D more » yuriythebest3: since this is the US someone will probably call the bomb squad more » MrNaPaLm32: you write the worst articles on this site more » NorwoodIsMyHero: When I first read the "augmented reality" and "coke" in the headlines, I thought it was a different kind of coke. more » Segador: Here's the thing. I really, really wanted Avatar to be amazing. I really did. But from everything I've seen, it looks really bad. Like, a top-10 list ... more » iheartpie: That bestbuy link just comes back to this article ... How do these even work? I would my webcame be able to render a 3D interactive element? I'm as... more » undeadmachine: wow that is pretty cool. useless at this point, but very cool. cant wait to see board games and paper/dice rpg accessories use this tech in the future. more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: And everyone blames the cows for contributing to greenhouse gasses... more » North Star: I'd like to see the map for Starbucks. more » bucho54: Connect the dots, la, la, la. more » photophile: Wow, this makes me hungry. I love McDonald's. more » -
#steam
Your Coffee Is Ready
How do you sell the idea of hot coffee to people freezing in a bus stop? You don't need much, but McDonald's built a steam machine right inside the shelter's marquee itself. Too bad that their coffee sucks. [DirectDaily] -
#augmentedreality
Augmented Reality Goofiness Thanks to Avatar and Coke
There's just no escaping the Avatar marketing machine. Special bottle-shaped Coke Zero cans will soon hit the streets, and when held up to your Webcam, they'll make a controllable helicopter appear on screen. Take a look. More » -
#infographic
13,000 McDonald's Locations Visualized As They Sink US Into Ocean
No, this map isn't charting swine influenza outbreaks but something far more deadly—all 13,000 "or so" McDonald's restaurants in the US. How simultaneously gross and delicious. [Weather Sealed via Neatorama] -
#lighting
McDonald's Lamp Post Makes Me Doubt My Sanity Even More
If I was walking through the streets to find this McDonald's coffee themed lamp post, three would be my thoughts: One, I shouldn't have had that last Manhattan. Two, I need coffee. Three, I need way better coffee than McDonald's. More » -
#ads
No Wonder Darth Vader Has Such a Bad Attitude
It's not that his soul has been overtaken with darkness, it's that he's just really gassy! Those movies make so much more sense now. [Copyranter] -
#fastfood
How to Order at McDonald's Without Killing Your Body
McDonald's: not a place you should eat if you are trying to be healthy. But if you must eat there, there are definitely some better choices on the menu than others. More » -
#tastetest
Fancy Fast Food Is Pure Deep Fried, Greasy, Glazed Culinary Genius
Brilliant. That's the only way to describe the epicurial madness that takes place at Fancy Fast Food, which completely deconstructs real, everyday fast food and rebuilds it into something completely different. And delicious. You'll never guess what this was. More » -
#startrek
The 1979 Klingon Happy Meal
You may think the weird Happy Meal bundling came during the '80s, but McDonalds was already busy making sure kids got their fix of movie-promotion McNuggets by 1979. Today is a good day to supersize. More » -
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#space
McDonalds Menu Features NASA Lunar Footage, Chicken-Scented Tape Player
Inside an abandoned McDonalds on the old Moffet Naval Airfield, one can find a group of dedicated digital archaeologists attempting to restore some 48000 lbs of 70mm tape featuring imagery from the lunar surface. More » -
#food
A Tour of McDonald's Horrifying Mechanized Meat Factories
If you're curious about large-scale meat-processing machinery and sanitation procedures, definitely watch this video. If you ever, ever want to eat fast food again, maybe don't. More » -
#diy
Let Your Hello Kitty Watch Be All It Can Be
On its own, the Hello Kitty McDonalds watch is yet another landfill-bound plastic chotchke. Not very green thinking. Luckily, Instructables has put together a handy how-to for turning yours into a cool custom timepiece. More » -
#mcrib
McRib Locator Helps You Help Me Get a McRib
McRibs are back. They were back last year, but they're back again. Problem is, I have no idea where to get one in the Bay Area. Help me. More » -
#att
AT&T <3's Wi-Fi, Buys Wayport to Bring McDonald's and Fancy Hotels Into the Fold
While having Wi-Fi everywhere is a great way to offload traffic from its 3G network, AT&T's hard Wi-Fi push strikes me as a little anachronistic. Shouldn't we be talking about super fast, ubiquitous 3G, 4G even? Its $275 million pickup of Wi-Fi provider Wayport now gives AT&T customers Wi-Fi access at McDonald's, Four Seasons, Marriott and Wyndham hotels, in addition to everyone's standard Wi-Fi leeching spot, Starbucks. More » -
#zune
Do You Want Wi-Fi with That? Zune Users Get Free Net Access at McDonalds
Zune owners are getting free Wi-Fi access at McDonalds, as well as the 3.0 software today. It's using the Wayport Wi-Fi system at about 10,000 stores, and as a Wayport spokesman puts it, it lets them "attract new customers whose digital lifestyle extends beyond their home and office." Yep, out of the home and office...and into the burger joint. Great if you've got a Zune, and were jealous of the Starbucks/Apple Wi-Fi tie-up (which, and it may be just me, is a far "classier" deal, no?) [Zuneboards. Thanks Joel!] -
#wifi
AT&T LaptopConnect Mobile Broadband Subscribers Getting Free Wi-Fi
Originally free for its U-Verse subscribers, AT&T is now making all of its Wi-Fi hotspots free for subscribers to its LaptopConnect mobile broadband service. Now you won't have to waste precious chunks of your allotted 5GB a month anytime you're in range of a McDonald's or Starbucks. Free Wi-Fi for all AT&T smartphones is expected sometime later this year, probably whenever they finally officially de-cloak the iPhone's magical disappearing free Wi-Fi. [PC World] -
#freewifi
AT&T Wi-Fi Hotspots Now Free for Broadband Subscribers
Good news, AT&T broadband subscribers! You will soon get free access to AT&T's 10,000+ Wi-Fi hotspots, which is nice if you hang out mostly at Barnes & Noble, McDonald's, Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf and airports. [AT&T] -
#nomorelines
Korean McDonald's Becomes First Restaurant to Offer RFID-Based Transactions
Soon you'll be able to skip the lines at Korean McDonald's. Instead, just sit down, pull out your cellphone and pop in an RFID adapter to place an order. All you need is a phone that is compatible with the RFID adapter and can download the McDonald's ordering application. The idea of a fully autonomous Mickey D's is getting closer and closer every day. [KoreaTimes via The Raw Feed] -
#buh
Gates Foundation Announces Investments in McDonald's, Confusingly
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which is dedicated to global health issues among other philanthropic causes, revealed yesterday that it just so happens to hold 740,000 shares of McDonald's stock. Wait, the same McDonald's that contributes to the obesity epidemic in our country? Doesn't that seem, I don't know, counterintuitive? You're paying for both the problem and the solution. That's just poor business sense, Bill. [Reuters via The Raw Feed] -
#cellphones
Weird Combo of the Day: NTT DoCoMo Teams with McDonalds
This definitely falls into our Weird Combo of the Day category. It seems Japan's two largest and highly unrelated companies have joined forces. Japan cellphone giant, NTT DoCoMo is teaming up with the always (not) delicious McDonalds restaurant. No, it won't be McDonalds-branded cellphones, but this agreement with promote DoCoMo's IC-card e-cash system in McDonalds restaurants. If you are part of Japan's McDonalds "membership club" (??) you can begin paying for food using your cellphone's contactless IC card system. Now you can just swipe your phone to receive a heart-attack, to go. More » -
#gadgets
Robosapiens Invade McDonalds Happy Meals
Our favorite robot toys have gone mainstream, as WowWee and McDonalds are teaming up to put tlittle miniature versions of the toys into Happy Meals. More » -
#portablemedia
Microsoft Prepping Zune Filling Stations
According to Microsoft's business chief Chris Stephenson, the company is planning on working with retail chains to provide "filling stations" for the Zune. Such classy places as McDonalds and Starbucks would be the idea place for Zune owners to hop in and download a song or two. More » -
#gadgets
McHacking: iZ IR Repeater
It's no secret that I occasionally frequent the golden arches, but now I've found a more reasonable excuse to partake in the greasy goodness than long term suicide. Apparently some of their happy meal toys can make a fun weekend project if you have a screwdriver and soldering iron. More » -
#gadgets
McDonalds: "I'm Lovin' Malware"
McDonalds Japan recently ran a contest giving away 10,000 MP3 players preloaded with 10 songs. However, the players were preloaded with QQpass malware - which transmits usernames, passwords, etc. off your computer. McDonalds set up a 24-hour hotline to troubleshoot the problem. Most conversations go something like this: More » -
#gadgets
Digital Happy Meals Make Kids Annoy Parents More Than Ever Before
Like they needed another reason to go to McDonalds, kids may be bothering their parents even more to hit the greasy fast-food chain if a recent patent application actually comes to fruition. The patent would involve both Disney and McDonalds and reveals plans to release a portable player that would feed kids bits and pieces of programming every time they came back to eat. Such an incentive could be included along with a Happy Meal, let's say. So you buy three Happy Meals and you get a full installment of a certain game, music album or movie. Forget the Star Wars action figure, this baby's going digital. All McDonalds needs is WiFi (coming soon...) and the actual hardware to make this scheme a reality. The patent suggests the product will have a memory card slot and will allow you to swap content with other devices, including your PC. Maybe they should also include coupons for a treadmill.
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#pcs
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#homeentertainment
McDonalds And Nintendo Partner For WiFi, Big Macs
Nintendo has been making all the moves lately. Now that WiFi for the DS is slowly approaching us from behind, Nintendo decided they needed more fat kids playing DS with WiFi, so they turned to none other than McDonalds. Nintendo has partnered with WiFi provider Wayport to provide free internet access to DS users who are down with going to a McDonalds in the US. Want to hear something funny though? Check this: More »
