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Hipsters Rejoice! Starbucks and Spotify Team up
Starbucks, the hipster place to have an over-priced coffee and work on that auto-biography. They have now ditched the conventional methods of music to jump on the streaming service Spotify, but don’t expect to walk in and use it like WiFi. The service will be used to play a variety…
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Hackers Stealing Money Through Starbucks Accounts
Hackers have been accessing Starbucks accounts, through the coffee seller’s mobile apps, to steal thousands of pounds from unsuspecting customers. The rouse was uncovered by US journalist Bob Sullivan, who wrote on his blog: Criminals are using Starbucks accounts to access consumers’ linked credit cards. Taking advantage of the Starbucks…
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Starbucks Selling Stupidly Overpriced Gift Card for Mothers Day
Mother’s Day is fast approaching for our US readers and if you’re like me; you still haven’t bought a thing. Well good news, Starbucks have us covered. For the amazing price of just $200, you get a special edition metal and ceramic Starbucks Card….with just $50 pre-loaded. “For Mother’s Day,…
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UK to Introduce 25% ‘Google Tax’
George Osborne, Britain’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, announced during his Autumn Statement that the Conservative government are to introduce a 25% ‘Google tax’ to prevent multinational corporations from tax dodging. Companies such as Google, Amazon, Starbucks, and Vodafone have all been accused of paying less tax than should be expected…
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Wireless Charging Could Soon be the Norm at Starbucks
Wireless charging is the way to go when it comes to charging your mobile phone or tablet, but Starbucks is big enough to make it go mainstream, no? The coffee shop chain is reportedly set to roll out wireless charging stations in its shops in the San Francisco Bay Area,…
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Free WiFi Is Best at Starbucks and McDonald’s According to Study
We’ve all been in that situation, stuck somewhere just out of reach of your 3G signal and you are so desperate to get on the internet whilst on the go, you have to connect to “Free WiFi”. The horror! Anyway, free WiFi usually sucks 9 times out of 10, mostly…
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Bing Rewards App for Windows Phone Launched, 5 Months after iOS and Android
Latest news from Microsoft point to having its Bing Rewards app being released (finally) for Windows Phone, having it come out for its own handset operating system almost 5 months after the release on Android and iOS. The company’s reward program has been around since 2010, having it be launched…
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Mobile Phones Could Connect to Public Wi-Fi Automatically in The Near Future
Whenever you are in a metropolitan area, having lots of shops, restaurants, coffee shops, etc. most likely means free Wi-Fi. The only big downside is the endless process of connecting to it. Apparently Google is looking to simplify this process with an app that automatically authenticates the user whenever a…
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