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What’s for dinner? That question is asked by uncreative and lazy individuals every night, with the answer usually coming in take-out menu form. However Kraft, now equipped with Minority Report-type scanning technology, will help make the uninspired decision for you.
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Fulton Innovations, the same mad scientists who brought us self-cooking soup, have now focused their eCoupled technology on lighting up the cereal aisle. Using the same type of induction power as cell phone charging stations, they have developed a series of light-up cereal boxes.
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Starbucks, finally succumbing to America’s need for excess, will officially launch their ‘Trenta’ size beverage nationwide May 3. The Trenta is 7 ounces larger than Starbucks’ “Venti”, which currently is its largest size.
With fear of 31 ounces of scorching hot coffee and bigger lawsuits looming, the new size will only be available for iced coffee, iced tea and iced tea lemonade drinks.
And, for those who still don’t participate in Starbucks’ pretentious ordering system, let’s all agree that the ‘Trenta’ will now be ‘Extra Large’. Unless you’d really like to be a wiseass and just order the ‘Big Gulp’. It’s no wonder your barista hates you.
Oliver Noble of Filmdrunk has compiled a Brief History of Conspicuous Product Placement in Movies. Although we’re no stranger to this gratuitous form of advertising, most people may not realize how far back the practice actually goes, or how thoroughly out of control it has spiraled.
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