It’s graduation season here in the US, and the job market is busier than ever. For Softbank’s emotion-reading Pepper robot , however, landing a gig seems to have been easy as pie.
MasterCard today announced that Pepper will soon be implemented in Pizza Hut restaurants in Singapore to take orders and process payments. They do so by “greeting” Pepper and pairing a MasterPass account to Pepper’s attached tablet. Then, Pepper will take your order and allow you to customize it however you like without any side-eyeing or risk of getting spit in your food.
You can also verbally say your order instead of tapping it on a touchscreen. If you’re curious about nutrition facts, you can ask Pepper for more info on a menu item, too.
Pepper’s the latest in MasterCard’s efforts to add mobile payments to a variety of gadgets, such as fitness wearables and refrigerators . Just be sure that if Pepper happens to frustrate you, don’t kick it under any circumstances.
LG G Watch R to go on sale from beginning of November in Europe, US and others to follow
LG has announced that its new circular G Watch R announced in August will go on sale in France, Italy, Spain and the UK “in the beginning of November”.
The 1.3-inch device will then go on sale in North America, Asia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) “soon after”, LG said.
Key specs of the device include a 1.2GHz Snapdragon processor, 4GB of on board storage and is water and dust resistant. Handily, it can also be used with any standard 22mm wide watch strap. Under its diminuitive bonnet, it will run the most recent version of Android Wear and comes pre-loaded with six watch faces.
No specific dates, nor prices, were given.
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Jawbone’s fitness tracker now integrates health data from Android Wear and Apple devices
Jawbone, the company behind the UP activity-tracking wearable , is opening its platform to rival services. The company told Reuters that UP users can now import data from a range of devices that includes the iPhone, Fitbit, and Android Wear devices. It could include any ‘iWatch’ that Apple launches, while a Windows Phone app is coming soon.
A spokesperson told Reuters that the company aims to “lead people to the Jawbone hardware” through a more open data policy, which essentially means that people can use its service without actually buying its hardware.
In addition, UP just got a software update that allows the device to run for 2 weeks on a single charge. That’s double its previous battery life.
➤ Jawbone’s activity-tracking wristbands to accept data from rivals [Reuters]
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