"Rather than try to bring a lot of infrastructure to them and expect them to learn how to use the Internet, the idea was to make a technology that even Grandma could use, figuring that Grandma could probably walk up to a box and push a button."

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Warner Bros. is hoping that strong foreign box office will make up for a disappointing domestic start.

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The studio is hoping to make up some of the losses with the Asian box office where they feel Life of Pi will do really well.

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But the ubiquity of department stores around Tokyo also make depachika convenient places to pick up a bento box for a quick picnic lunch that feels as decadent as it is inexpensive.

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