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It's not every day that a company you work for gives you a free phone or laptop. Normally, working in a tech-related company is considered pretty normal but never would we thought seeing the promotion on McDonald's giving away a free phone for working!

In a collaboration between Touch ‘n Go eWallet and McDonalds, get RM5 cashback when you pay for your meals at McDonald’s via the Touch ‘n Go eWallet from 2 November until 31 December 2020. However, it is best to note that each user is entitled to 1 cashback throughout the duration of the campaign.

Not long ago, we saw an advertisement from McDonald’s hinting that the fast-food chain was going to release a 5G smartphone, but it turned out to be just a new product on their menu which is fried chicken. However, we definitely agree that was a good and hilarious marketing stun pulled by the company to promote their new product. Now, it looks like KFC is also following the footsteps to promote new stuff from the company as well.

So here's a piece of interesting news, according to McDonald's official WeChat account - the company announced that they will be hosting an online conference on 15 April about a new 5G product. There are several teaser posters found there, which seems to suggest that it's some sort of a new 5G smart product.

McDonald’s recently acquired Apprente, a startup that makes voice-based AI (Artificial Intelligence) conversational systems, perhaps so that an AI would be able to take your order the next time you go through their Drive-Thru. Currently, McDonald’s Drive-Thrus are done via real live people taking your order, but it seems completely possible if we already have Facebook Chat bots in operation.

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