The main architect of Starbucks' expansion is seen as the best person to lead a return to the firm's roots as a specialist coffee shop with a local touch.

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If you want great tasting coffee and beautiful cappuccino at the touch of a button with minimal fuss, minimal cleanup and exacting freshness, then the Jura is perfect.

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Atlanta (CNN) -- Imagine a near future when a single touch on your tablet or smartphone will start your coffee maker, lock your doors, turn on (or off) the lights and open a window.

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Surface--a highly responsive touch-screen computer the size and shape of a coffee table--is the latest attempt in the wireless industry to transform the way consumers shop for mobile devices.

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The coffee supply chain example above illustrates the multiple touch points within the supply chain, and each touch point contains important information about the integrity of the cargo being shipped.

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The ENA makes all the same one-touch options as the J9, cappuccino, latte macchiato, coffee and 1-2 cups at a time of espresso or ristretto, all with highly customizable options such as strength, size and milk to coffee ratios.

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ViewSonic plans to sell small, easy-to-use consoles that can fit in the corner of a kitchen, and touch-sensitive tablets that can be left by a bedside or on a coffee table.

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With a multi-touch display - no keyboard or mouse here -- housed in what looks in size and shape like a chic coffee table, the company hope that the table-style computer will change the face of computing at the office and in the home over the next decade.

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