The trend started in 2010 with food truck vendors like Lucky Chip and the MeatWagon which both sell gourmet burgers.

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McDonald's (nyse: MCD - news - people ), the blue chip of fast food, is also finally growing again.

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It said its clients include the major blue chip operators in the food service and vending market.

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At the top of the data food chain is the broadband connected laptop (with a 3G chip in it), of which there are 94 million in use, soaking up the equivalent of 22 smartphones of data.

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