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Starbucks, who happens to be the largest coffee shop operator in the world, has certainly taken a fair number of steps in the past to make sure that they will remain on top of things where technology is concerned. In fact, we just talked about how the company’s mobile app will allow you to tip your baristas in a virtual tip jar, and this time around, it seems that Starbucks wants to make life even more convenient for you by letting you place a pre-order for your drink ahead of time at selected U.S. cafes.

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Starbucks Works On Coffee Pre-Orders Via App original content from Ubergizmo.

Whenever one receives good service, it is always the courteous thing to mention “thank you”, as well as leave a tip on the table to boot. Well, in this world where virtual payments are catching on in popularity, we have received word that from next week onwards, iPhone owners will not only be able to continue making their coffee purchases using the Starbucks mobile app, but they also have the option of tipping their barista to boot. Yes sir, Starbucks will be updating their mobile app this coming March 19th to include digital tipping capability for the first time ever, in addition to making the app a whole lot more easy to navigate.

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Starbucks Allows You To Tip Baristas Now original content from Ubergizmo.

The smartphone is a truly wonderful device these days that is more than capable of just functioning as your regular mobile communications device – it is also a computer in your pocket, an alarm clock, a navigation device – the list is virtually endless. Well, there are also plenty of apps as well as accompanying accessories that make the smartphone all the more “powerful” and useful, and Healbe Corporation knows this, having unveiled its flagship product, GoBe. GoBe has been described to be “The Original 100% Automatic Body Manager”, as the GoBe features revolutionary technology that enables users to automatically measure calories consumed and burned during any activity, in addition to hydration, sleep and stress levels without any kind of logging required or leaning on estimates. Just how is this going to be made possible? Through the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo, of course, and it remains to be seen whether at the end of the campaign, enough dough will be raised or not to make it a reality.

Healbe founder and CEO Artem Shipitsyn shared, “We live in an age of information, and yet 98% of diets fail. Wearable technologies are trying to solve this problem, but I found that none had succeeded in making it easy for people to know whether they’re getting the right amount of food, water, exercise and sleep.”

GoBe would rely on Healbe FLOW Technology that happens to be a patented innovation that combines information from three sensors with an advanced algorithm used so that it can calculate calorie intake through the reading of the amount of glucose in your cells, via your skin. Apart from that, it also delivers continuous heart rate monitoring, and is capable of accurately tracking calorie burn and metabolic rate regardless of the activity.

GoBe will communicate via Bluetooth, where you can check out your data on the Healbe web portal, as well as on your corresponding smartphones. Unfortunately, it seems to be limited to iOS and Android devices only at press time.

Press Release
[ GoBe helps measure your calorie intake, leads you to better health (hopefully) copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]

Who knew reading one word at a time could help you read at a faster rate? That’s what you’ll be able to do with the Spritz app. On average, a person reads 220 words a minute. With Spritz, you can double that number or at least increase it by a considerable amount.

The app essentially flashes one word at a time on the screen, just long enough for you to process and read it before moving on to the next word. The app’s developer even claims that it can help some folks read up to a thousand words in sixty seconds! You can find more information on Spritz on their website, and you can even try to practice reading text at up to 600wpm.

However, for obvious reasons, you won’t be able to do this with paperback books (imagine how wasteful it’s going to be if publishers printed a mere word on each page).

[via Dvice]

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