Your local Starbucks has a new gizmo in stock, that you can buy alongside your morning latte. As part of the ongoing partnership between Starbucks and Square , you can now pick up a Square card reader in-store. As with purchasing from Apple, it'll cost you $10 to pick one up, but they come loaded … [Read more...]
You Can Now Pay For Starbucks With Square
November 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Remember how Starbucks dropped $25 million on Square? The first stage of that partnership has now kicked in, and you can pay for your daily frappuccino by using Square Wallet at 7,000 Starbucks stores. … [Read more...]
Starbucks iOS App Gets Passbook Support
October 4, 2012 by Leave a Comment
An update for the Starbucks app means that people might actually start to use Passbook. That's right, everyone's favorite enormous coffee chain has updated their iPhone app, and now it integrates with Passbook. … [Read more...]
Starbucks Signs Up With Square, Invests $25 Million
August 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment
The mobile payment Square has just made it's biggest expansion by getting up close and personal with Starbucks. The enormous coffee chain is pumping $25 million into Square, and turning to the company to process transactions. Here's what the deal entails: … [Read more...]
Starbucks Rolls Out Free Apps, TV Shows, Books This Week
August 22, 2011 by 1 Comment
Last week we reported that Starbucks was adding free apps to their already well known free iTunes music downloads, but if you're anything like me, when you went to your local Starbucks they had no idea what you were talking about. According to CNET, the new cards don't kick off officially until this … [Read more...]
Starbucks Now Giving Away Free Apps
August 16, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Starbucks has been giving away individual songs for years now, all it takes is picking up that little card or hitting their WiFi connection, and you'll soon grab a single from an artist you've never heard of, and in two days you'll completely forget the song until it turns up completely out of place … [Read more...]
Starbucks Combines Two Apps Into One
July 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
Starbucks has cottoned on to the idea that having two apps for their customers is perhaps a little silly, and has combined them into just a single version. Gone are myStarbucks, and Starbucks Card Mobile, and in their place is just...well...Starbucks. The newly redesigned app takes the Starbucks … [Read more...]
Starbucks Mobile Payment Goes National
January 19, 2011 by 5 Comments
Starbucks has been working on a mobile payment app since 2009, starting in Seattle and Silicone Valley, spreading to various Targets, then all of New York, and is now finally rolling out nationally. The free app functions just like a Starbucks card. You can load it with money from your Credit Card … [Read more...]
Starbucks New York Lets You Pay For Coffee By Phone
October 26, 2010 by Leave a Comment
If you live in New York, have an iPhone or Blackberry, and drink Starbucks — so pretty much the entire population of Manhattan — then you'll soon be able to pay for your Pumpkin Spice Latte from your phone. Starbucks has expanded their mobile payment fieldtests to The City, covering 300 stores … [Read more...]
Starbucks Teams Up With Apple, Yahoo To Deliver Digital Content
October 20, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Everyone's favorite utterly homogenous coffee megacorp has teamed up with Apple and Yahoo to offer free movies, books and music to their customers. Starting today, the coffee chain will roll out a new digital network, with free ebooks, movies, and access to certain websites, like the WSJ. When … [Read more...]
