Coffee

Consumer

Luckin Coffee is Coming to Starbucks’ Home Turf

Photo by Amin via CC BY-SA 4.0

China’s biggest coffee chain, Luckin Coffee, is eyeing an American expansion that could undercut the market for $10 chai lattes.

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Consumer

Climate Change Forces Starbucks Deeper into Coffee R&D

Starbucks is buying two farms in Central America to conduct research on the crop at the heart of its business: coffee.

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Patent Drop

Microsoft Gets Virtual (plus more from Square & Disney)

Roaming in VR, Video analysis of food service counters, and Gaze tracking displays

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Patent Drop

Nike Wants You to Take a Seat (plus more from Uber & Adobe)

Nike’s game chairs, Uber’s walking profiles & Adobe’s real-time content personalization

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Patent Drop

Disney Introduces Smart Toys (plus more from Microsoft & PayPal)

feat. Disney’s Fitbit for kids, Chat bots that mirror their users & AR Commerce3 new patent summaries this week from Disney, Microsoft and PayPal

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