Starbucks has published a brand new version of its Android application for devices running Android 2.2 Froyo and up. The app has been completely redesigned and adds several new features. First, users can now top up their Starbucks account via PayPal in addition to credit cards/accounts. The app also allows users to make payments at […]
Friday Night Lights author Buzz Bissinger shared with the New York Times that he had had his sequel book, After Friday Night Lights, pulled by Amazon after it was chosen by Starbucks as a Pick of the Week and given away through Apple’s iBookstore for free through redemption codes. Amazon’s automatic price check forced the […]
British Starbucks did a change in their Free Wi-Fi service this weekend. Similar to the US and Canada, drinkers now just have to visit a single sign-in page, here at BT Openzone, to get access to a hotspot. UK visitors previously had to sign up for a Starbucks Rewards card and login with a username […]
Oct 9 2011 | Posted in
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Apple and Starbucks are expanding the Pick of the Week iTunes promotion to include TV shows and books, the latter company has announced. The coffee brewer has been giving away music download cards for some time, and recently began offering apps. The first non-music offering in the expanded promotion, just made official today, is in […]
Aug 23 2011 | Posted in
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Starbucks has announced the release of its popular mobile payment app to Android users. Starbucks for Android will be available exclusively on the Android Market beginning Wednesday, June 15. The application is optimized specifically for Android, and offers device owners — running version 2.1 or above of the OS — the same pay-by-phone barcode-scanning experience […]
Starbucks has introduced the newest additions to the Starbucks Digital Network, in partnership with Yahoo!, as The Economist, ESPN Insider Rumor Central, Marvel Digital Comics and Mediabistro were revealed on stage at the company’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Building on the Oct. 2010 launch, the network continues to serve up a collection of hand-picked premium […]
Mar 28 2011 | Posted in
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Starbucks has expanded past its limited trial run in the Seattle and bay area of letting users pay for their in-store purchases using an app on their smartphone. The free Starbucks Card mobile apps are now available for iOS devices and certain BlackBerry models for use across the US. A barcode on the screen that’s […]
Starting Today, US Starbucks customers will get an all-new portal page when they log into the internet, offering news, entertainment and health/lifestyle content licensed from premium content providers. All this will be free but only available in on the networks in Starbucks stores. The Starbucks Digital Network (SDN) is built and served by Yahoo. SDN […]
Oct 19 2010 | Posted in
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AT&T today reported a significant second-quarter increase in the number of connections on the AT&T Wi-Fi network, fueled by the rising number of customers with Wi-Fi enabled smartphones and devices, as well as an increasing number of businesses and venues offering Wi-Fi access for their customers. In the second quarter, AT&T handled 68.1 million connections […]
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In response to ideas from their customers, Starbucks has released 2 new apps for the iPhone and iPod touch, the Starbucks Card Mobile Application and the myStarbucks application. The myStabucks application is designed to put Starbucks at your fingertips no matter where you are located. It has an easy to use store locator that […]