McDonalds Gets A New Look In Japan

Filed under: Design, Internet

Before you argue that McDonalds is not tech-related, check at your waistline.

Now that that’s settled, let’s talk burger. McDonalds is trying a radical new concept of selling in Japan. See, it just brought the Quarter Pounder over and in an effort to promote it better and more efficiently, two McDonalds stores were rebranded into Quarter Pounder only stores. You’ll see no golden arches or mention of Micky Ds here. The menu includes two items: a Quarter Pounder with Cheese and a (wait for it!) Double Quarter Pounder with Cheese. All cups and packaging include the words “QUARTER POUNDER”, further adding mystique to this radical fast food concept.

McDonalds calls it viral. I call it delicious.

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Zune Users Get Free WiFi At McDonalds

I can sum this post up in a riddle. Everyone loves riddles, especially Joker.

Here it goes:

If McDonalds gives Zune users WiFi for a few years for free, does anyone care?

Didn’t think so. Move it along, folks.

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DoCoMo and McDonalds join hands in Japan

Filed under: Cellphones, Wireless

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Two of Japan’s largest companies and now, oddly paired partners, have joined together in corporate harmony to bring the Japanese public the best of bytes and burgers. This 300 million yen joint agreement will promote the use of DoCoMo’s IC-card e-cash phones in McDonalds’ through out the country of Japan. This agreement will work in conjunction with McDonalds new “membership club”. The DoCoMo technology will be used heavily for McDonalds’ advertising after a payment is made using the IC-card at the in-store terminals. So Japanese McDonalds fans, grab your phones and get an iD credit card. Eating bad food just got easier. — Andrew Dobrow

Press Release (Translated from Japanese) [NTT DoCoMo]

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