An anonymous reader writes “Apple is looking to patent a course of that will store shoppers the effort of waiting to order a cup of coffee at a neighborhood Starbucks. Even higher: The expertise would let you soar the line of those ordering in person. ‘shoppers might faucet a button to order their favourite drink, say a double-shot mocha, as they stroll up to the closest coffee keep. When the drink is ready go to, the software–equivalent to an iPhone–would chime or blink to let the thirsty one understand it’s time to scoop up the order at the counter. The patent puts Apple’s partnership with Starbucks in a brand new gentle. The technology guarantees to morph Apple from the trade of merely selling gadgets and track and flicks that may be performed on those gadgets into an middleman in all kinds of exchanges.'”
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