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'Tap and go' plastic arrives in London

News Retailers participating in the scheme include Books Etc, Coffee Republic, Eat, McDonalds and Science Museum. MasterCard has launched its contactless payment tech in the UK. The MasterCard PayPass and Maestro PayPass contactless cards allow...

Tags: mastercard, contactless cards

[04 Sep 2007]

McDonalds picks Microsoft for point-of-sale

News McDonalds has announced it has picked Microsoft's retail-specific operating system, XP Embedded, for its new worldwide point-of-sale system. McDonalds will also use a single point-of-sale application which, alongside XP Embedded, will help trim...

Tags: mcdonalds, microsoft

[13 Dec 2005]

Buy a burger with your mobile - the future of payments

Buy a burger with your mobile - the future of payments

News McDonalds is one of a handful of companies to use contactless payments to speed up the process of consumer buying. Buying a Big Mac in the US has never been easier - you slide up to the counter, make your order and tap your wallet on the till...

Tags: contactless payments, contactless payment, contactless cards, contactless

[11 Oct 2005]

Cheat Sheet: Contactless payments

Cheat Sheet The US arm of HSBC is distributing one million of MasterCard's PayPass contactless cards to its customers, who can now use them in McDonalds, 7-Eleven stores, motorway toll booths and cinemas. Contactless payments (CP) - what's that, then?

Tags: contactless payments, contactless payment

[11 Oct 2005]

The Weekly Round-Up: 16.09.05

Round-Up Most of these people asking them for help clearly don't realise the problem they have is probably down to Microsoft in the first place and, as such, asking their friend or family member to sort it out is a little like asking a manager at McDonalds...

[16 Sep 2005]

One million HSBC customers getting contactless cards

News The US arm of international bank HSBC is giving contactless debit cards to one million customers before the end of the year. The bank is planning to reissue all customer debit cards to include MasterCard PayPass technology which allows people to...

Tags: 7-eleven, contactless cards, hsbc, mcdonald's

[15 Sep 2005]

Improves Help Desk Service With NetOp Remote Control

whitepaper McDonalds is the world's leading food service retailer with more than 30,000 restaurants in 119 countries serving 47 million customers each day. NetOp Remote Control software provided McDonalds with a secure means of remote help desk support to...

Tags: help desk, locations, remote control, desk

[08 Jun 2005]

Credit card signatures: Blink and you'll miss them

Credit card signatures: Blink and you'll miss them

News MasterCard jumped on the RFID bandwagon earlier this year, with its chipped credit cards now accepted in various petrol stations and McDonalds drive-thrus. JP MorganChase, the US's second biggest bank, has done away with signatures for its latest...

Tags: jp morgan chase, rfid

[20 May 2005]

Web users don't like Microsoft shocker

Web users don't like Microsoft shocker

News Redmond comes in at number six in the most negatively discussed brands, behind notable corporate behemoths including Coca-Cola, Wal-Mart and McDonalds. While Microsoft may be one of the most widely known brands on the web, it's actually far from...

Tags: brand, ebay, microsoft

[22 Apr 2005]

Has technology finally emptied your wallet?

Has technology finally emptied your wallet?

News However, should e-purses spread interoperability could become a problem - would an Oyster card interact with McDonalds' MasterCard PayPass system? Cash is slowly losing favour as UK consumers' favoured method of payment - could technology kill it...

Tags: e-money, nfc, rfid

[17 Mar 2005]

Credit cards get RFID makeover from MasterCard

News Some Mobil petrol stations and McDonalds in the US are now carrying RFID credit card readers. MasterCard has taken the wraps off its latest RFID-enabled credit card. The OneSMART PayPass card will use both Chip and PIN and RFID technology to enable...

[04 Nov 2004]

Subway's Appetite for Customized Communication Is Satisfied by a Digital Publishing Solution From HP

whitepaper In North America, it is the largest Quick Service Restaurant Chain, operating more units than McDonalds. The Creative Services department, with a staff of nine people is responsible for designing and printing all the menu board inserts and window...

Tags: printers - plotters, subway, printing, publishing

[18 Sep 2004]

Wi-Fi 'hotspots' for web access and crime?

News Respondents were most confident using their laptops at a Starbucks Coffee shop, where just 3.7 per cent said they would feel least safe, while football stadiums (21.8 per cent), McDonalds (15.7 per cent) and pavement cafes (14.5 per cent) all seem...

Tags: laptop, pubs, starbucks, mcdonald's

[15 Sep 2004]

Leader: Where best to get your laptop nicked

Leader Just because your local McDonalds has Wi-Fi doesn't all of a sudden make it somewhere you'd be happy to use your laptop. This isn't for a minute to suggest McDonalds clientele are any more likely to thieve than another restaurant's, or that the...

Tags: hot-spot, wi-fi

[07 Sep 2004]

Leader: Nokia believes the children are our future

Leader It could just as easily have been someone from Mattel or McDonalds. Nokia today announced it is bringing in a big-shot marketing type from the Coca-Cola empire to turn around its brand image and help increase its market share.

Tags: coca-cola, coke, nokia

[20 Aug 2004]

RFID chips with burgers new for <strong>McDonalds</strong> menu

RFID chips with burgers new for McDonalds menu

News Fast-food junkies visiting McDonalds drive-thrus will soon no longer have the choice if they want chips with their orders: the burger behemoth is trialling RFID-chipped cards as a means of payment. The technology will mean that diners desperate for...

[19 Aug 2004]

Tony Hallett's After These Messages: Euro 2004 special

Comment Of course, I don't find it hard to argue that no one does the 'big sporting event' thing better than brands such as Carlsberg, Coca-Cola and McDonalds, all of which are present at Euro 2004. The relationship between major sporting events and...

Tags: advertising, football, euro 2004

[24 Jun 2004]

DoCoMo reveals mobile that's your keys, train ticket, cash...

DoCoMo reveals mobile that's your keys, train ticket, cash...

News DoCoMo has signed up various partners - including a Japanese train company and the ubiquitous McDonalds, as well as a Japanese department store chain - to interact with the phones. Japanese mobile giant NTT DoCoMo has revealed plans that will see...

[17 Jun 2004]

McDonalds to give away Apple tunes?

News Fast-food giant McDonald's is planning to give away 1 billion song downloads from Apple Computer's online music store, according to a report. The New York Post said on Thursday that it is not clear how McDonald's would distribute the music, but...

Tags: itunes, apple, macdonalds

[07 Nov 2003]

Leader: Wi-Fi: Right time, wrong place?

Leader: Wi-Fi: Right time, wrong place?

Leader The very ethos of McDonalds was 'get 'em in, get 'em fed and get 'em out'. So why would McDonalds now start encouraging people to get their laptops out and start working rather than eat up and get moving?

Tags: wi-fi

[28 Oct 2003]

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