Neowin News Feed for: Food

Online food ordering firm, Deliveroo, had a strong Q4'21

Paul Hill — Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:36:01 +0000

Deliveroo saw strong growth in the fourth quarter as customers continued ordering food online rather than risk catching the coronavirus by going out to a restaurant to grab something to eat. Read more...

Snapchat introduces recipe-finding tool called Food Scan

Paul Hill — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 18:56:01 +0000

Snapchat's Scan feature can now suggest recipes to users based on the ingredients they scan. The data for this feature is provided by Allrecipes and Wikipedia. Food Scan is only available in the U.S. Read more...

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News Staff — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 16:46:02 +0000

Create a stunning website for your blog or business with beautiful photos of food, nature, people, city life and more with today's Pay What You Want deal, pick yourself up a bargain via Neowin Deals! Read more...

Snapchat now lets users scan food and wine labels

Usman Khan Lodhi — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 18:36:01 +0000

Snapchat can now scan food and wine labels. The feature works in a similar manner to other food and wine apps, displaying nutritional details about a product upon scanning its barcode. Read more...

Uber for Business launches Eats in new markets

Paul Hill — Wed, 08 Apr 2020 19:00:01 +0000

Uber for Business has launched its Eats service in Brazil, France, Canada, and the UK. Uber plans to roll out the service to more than 20 countries this year but didn't state which countries. Read more...

Just Eat and Takeaway.com reach agreement on merger

Paul Hill — Mon, 05 Aug 2019 13:40:01 +0000

Just Eat and Takeaway.com have announced that they will merge following the agreement of their terms. Both firms are market leaders in several countries so the merger looks good for shareholders. Read more...

Researchers develop algorithm to help you identify food and find a recipe

Paul Hill — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 16:40:01 +0000

Researchers have launched a new system which aims to give users recipes for a meal of a photo they upload. The researchers trained the AI and managed to achieve a 65% success rate during tests. Read more...

Online catering in China on the rise

Paul Hill — Sun, 09 Jul 2017 23:44:01 +0000

The online catering market is on the rise in China. The head of the China Cuisine Association has called for more smart technology to be used in the market to provide an even better delivery standard. Read more...

New tech tricks your brain into tasting, chewing food in VR

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 04 Nov 2016 12:12:01 +0000

Virtual reality is all fine and well, but real immersion only comes by including other senses. Now scientists have managed to trick our brains into chewing and tasting food that's not actually there. Read more...

Amazon to reportedly begin selling wider range of private-label goods including food

Paul Hill — Mon, 16 May 2016 07:52:01 +0000

Amazon will begin selling a wider range of private-label goods including foods, household products and baby nappies. Popular products may be moved to the Amazon Prime-only Elements line. Read more...

NeoBytes :) The "IKEA Phone-less table" restricts phone usage at the dinner table

Justin Luna — Wed, 03 Feb 2016 06:26:01 +0000

In a world where smartphones are always used, even while dining, IKEA has designed a dining table which utilizes phones to heat up food, promoting more interaction with the people around us. Read more...

Microsoft adds food and drug information to Bing Snapshot

John Callaham — Sat, 17 May 2014 03:06:50 +0000

Microsoft has announced that users of Bing can now see information about specific food and drugs in the website's Bing Snapshot box, including facts about a drug's chemical information. Read more...

Have coffee with Tim Cook for a mere $175,000 [Update: Over $600k!)

Ben Buffone — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 09:36:17 +0000

Bidding to meet Apple CEO Tim Cook for a coffee has reached $175,000. For this you'll get between 30 mins and an hour with Cook, with all proceeds going directly to charity, but would you pay that? Read more...

Review: MealTime for iOS

Mike Brown — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 07:53:32 +0000

Up-and-coming developer Seven Minute Labs gives Neowin an insider look at its latest project. MealTime is a visual representation of nearby restaurants, giving quick access to photos of the food. Read more...

3D printers used to make edible designs

Christopher White — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 04:37:23 +0000

3D printers have been starting to make some waves in the real world and are no longer restricted to the world of big businesses. For a few hundred dollars, you can make your own via... Read more...

O2 brands food shop app 'adult' for iPhone users

Piers Hausjell — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 19:49:44 +0000

The Telefonica-owned mobile network O2 has branded lovefre.sh, a UK start up website selling farmer market foods by location, an adult site. When a user installs the app on their iPhone and tries to access... Read more...

Wrappers smarten up to protect food

Mon, 26 Apr 2004 02:00:13 +0000

Perhaps you may like to read something a bit different this morning... I present you Active Packaging! Unwrapping your shopping to find you have bought mouldy bread, rotten strawberries and sour milk... Read more...

Surfing for food stamps

Mon, 09 Jun 2003 10:31:40 +0000

A new Web site could help low-income families learn whether they qualify for federal food stamps and how much assistance they could get, even if some cannot get on the Internet at home. ... Read more...