Posts

Only a week afterlaunching free WiFi across 650 outletsin the UK, Starbucks today launched its iTunes ‘Pick of the Week’ feature in the country, according toa report byThe Telegraph. Henceforth, customers visiting Starbucks coffee shops will be given an iTunes gift card that they can redeem on the iTunes Store within 60 days to grab the free download. The service kicks off withJames Morrison’sIn My Dreamsand is also giving out the bookLimitlessby Alan Glynn(ordinarily priced at $9....

Last year, Starbucksrolled outfree WiFi in its US coffeeshops, and today it’s been extended to the UK. Whereas previously, a Starbucks card and a log-in was required for free WiFi access, from today anyone can jump on the chain’s network freely. Starbucks confirmed the move in atweettoday, saying that hundreds of its locations were covered by the move, so this isn’t a complete country-wide rollout as yet. (Update:A press release just sent out confirms that 650 locations are currently covered)....

Starbucks is refusing to directly comment on a rumour that its Digital Network of free Web content available to customers in the US is set to launch in the UK. In October, the coffee shop chainlaunchedan exclusivenetworkof digital content available to anyone connected to Starbucks in-house wi-fi. This “hand-picked premium content” includes selected free iTunes downloads, exclusive movie clips and more, divided into six channels that feature brands like the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and Yahoo....

Wereportedback in January that McDonalds was to be the first fast food chain to roll out contactless payments systems in the UK. Well, coffee chain Starbucks has justannouncedthat it too is jumping on the near-field communication (NFC) bandwagon and will be trialling contactless credit and debit card payments in its UK stores. Starbucks’ deal with Barclaycard, in partnership with Visa Europe, will let customers pay for goods up to £15 simply by scanning their card across a special payment terminal....

We usually wait until we are able to actually test an app before we bring you word of it, but today is a special day. Today we bring to you the hype-video for Starfront: Collision, a bald-faced rip of Blizzard’s Starcraft, but for iOS devices instead of PC. The computer game is so popular that its professional leagues around the world are still going strong more than a decade after its launch....