Ironically, coming from the land of the tiny, Japan has beaten the rest of the world with the biggest McDonald's fries you've ever seen. It's not just super-sized anymore, it's simply humongous. Meet the epically-named "Mega Potato". Now you're making me hungry. Read More >>
Resisting the temptation to dig into your french fries after leaving the drive through at McDonald's takes discipline that only a handful of monks on Earth possess. And McDonald's Japan just wants you to stop fighting the urge altogether with the introduction of the potato holder that makes it easy to perch your large fries in your vehicle's cup holders. Read More >>
Featured comment by hughes82:
"erm im pretty sure your not supposed to eat while driving as that means 1 hand on the wheel, I know few people who have had accidents eating while dri..." More »
The golden arches holds a special place in most Westener's hearts (or waistlines). The Big Mac, the Chicken Nuggets, the French Fries—they're all in your face delicious and define McDonald's better than Ronald ever could. But McDonald's overseas get to enjoy more than just the ordinary greatness, they have wonderful menu items like poutine and green tea McFlurrys and Spam and spaghetti too. Read More >>
If you're trusting enough to leave your £36-a-month smartphone resting on a table in McDonalds while you guzzle down some meat and bread, there's about to be a good reward for doing so -- free electricity from embedded tabletop wireless chargers. Read More >>
Most Twitter hackers go after heads of states or companies to stir up some humiliation. But today's target is Burger King, which has been transformed into a combination fo McDonald's and amphetamine addict. Enjoy it while it lasts. Read More >>
Chicken nuggets haven't always been made from pink slime, nor were they invented by McDonalds. Turns out we know surprisingly little about how these ubiquitous golden hunks of deep-fried poultry ever actually made it onto fast food menus. Read More >>
McDonald's french fries are so incredibly addictive that they can't be from this world, right? Wrong! Watching how McDonald's makes its delicious french fries in the video above, you'll see the farms the potatoes grow on, the massive machinery used to break them down and the good ol' fashioned frying that makes 'em pop. I can smell the fries through YouTube, mmm. Read More >>
There's a quite enormous brand clash going on over in part of the US, where a branch of McDonalds is giving its customers iPads to get their greasy fingers all over while they stuff down their reconstituted meat products. Read More >>
McDonald's doesn't exactly have the best reputation for beef quality but if you were expecting to find ammonia-drenched, gut particle-filled pink slime sludge goop de loop, well, you're going to be disappointed. It's all beef. You can see how they make it above. Read More >>
Featured comment by baystar:
"You need more protein than that in your diet though. Most people could eat 8oz of beef or chicken but I couldn't eat 8 tablespoons of peanut butter, y..." More »
While the internet seems like an untamed wilderness much of the time, there are actually a surprising number of measures in place to help your wee ones navigate it unharmed. Like, say, systems to keep big bad corporate wolves from gobbling up the personal information of kids under 13. Read More >>
Featured comment by baystar:
"Lots of childrens' websites do this. It's not to harvest children's data to share with paedophiles - it's so kids can share their favourite games with..." More »
Just as it was announced last week that Square will become the mobile payment platform for Starbucks going forward, PayPal now has revealed it too has designs on the fastfood/payment game—its conquest: McDonalds. Read More >>
Featured comment by PhilipCohen:
"I’m still trying to figure out what the benefit is for Starbucks in the deal with Square ...
Square, like the utterly clunky PayPal, is a middlem..." More »
Having helped the fast food giant improve its image across Europe by revamping the interior design of its restaurants, Patrick Norguet was once again hired by McDonald's to create a more eco-friendly alternative to its disposable coffee cups. Read More >>
Featured comment by Murphy:
"Got similar Bodum ones and they look at lot better than the McD ones, though I now fear that friends think I have kitted my kitchen out with freebies ..." More »
McDonalds has issued a statement regarding the bizarre altercation that took place in a Paris branch of the burger chain, in which Dr Steve Mann claims to have had his augmented reality specs pulled off his head by angry staff members. Read More >>
Featured comment by Ergates:
"Anyone notice how you can't post the blog link to FaceBook, as the link is considered "spam or abusive". Am I just being paranoid, or is that big busi..." More »
Ever wondered what McDonalds actually puts in the legendary Big Mac? Wonder no more, the fast food chain has put up a video showing you precisely how to make one in your own home, including its secret sauce. Lunchtime burger anyone? Read More >>
Featured comment by warriorscot:
"I agree on BK being better, but totally disagree about the fries the limp tasteless thin things you get in McDonalds are vastly inferior to the thicke..." More »
A sneaky con man has managed trick at least three people in Hull into buying a potato, or bottled water, when they thought they were getting a shiny new iPhone. The guy just puts a potato in an iPhone box and makes a quick exit before his mark opens the thing. The same trick has been pulled on the street at different locations, but police believe it's the same guy behind every fraud. Read More >>
Featured comment by Spectater:
"You should not have printed this article. Apple might start to do it.
This con trick is well known. I watched this con at Blackpool like a guy said d..." More »
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