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Daily Tech: Starbucks Debuts Two Handy iPhone Apps
- Starbucks now has an iPhone app that will help you view store locations and menus and another one that lets you use your iPhone as a Starbucks card — The Wall Street Journal
- Check out some video game deals and steals for this week — Green Pixels
- Oh wow. Pee-Wee Herman has resurfaced and he now wants you to follow him on Twitter — Mashable
- A company in Tokyo is starting to sell apartments with built-in solar panels — CrunchGear
- Facebook could very well be that high-school reunion you didn't want to attend, but had no choice — Switched
- What what? Microsoft is creating a tablet-like device called the Courier?
Free WiFi Arrives at Starbucks
It's been a long time coming, but it has been well worth the wait because Starbucks is kicking off their AT&T free WiFi service today!
According to USA Today, customers that register online for the Starbucks Rewards Card program and purchase a $5 prepaid card will receive two (consecutive) hours a day of free WiFi.
Double bonus — new members will also receive a voucher for a free drink!
Website of the Day: My Starbucks Idea
Any Starbucks regular can attest that it must be doing something right, but that doesn't mean they are doing it all. The company has created a virtual idea and complaint box of sorts: My Starbucks Idea allows customers to share ideas, ask questions, and learn about what they're doing behind the scenes.
It's a PR stint in most senses, but it does allow you the satisfaction of knowing you're putting your genius ideas out there.
Starbucks to Offer Free WiFi This Spring
Talk about a great way to start the week! Starbucks has just announced that they plan to deliver free WiFi to 7,000 Starbucks across the US by early Spring.
Starbucks Card holders (basically just prepay cards for coffee, tea, etc., purchases), will be entitled to two hours of free WiFi a day, while current AT&T broadband users will have unlimited free access to the WiFi service.
McDonald's and Starbucks to Both Offer Free WiFi?
With more than 15,000 WiFi enabled McDonald's around the globe (including the one across from Sugar Headquarters), Computer World is predicting that Starbucks will start rolling out free WiFi access within a year to compete with McDonald's growing fan base. Although Starbucks already offers free WiFi access to iTunes music stores, you still have to pay for the music download and any additional Internet surfing.
The competition between Starbucks and McDonald's is definitely apparent, with Starbucks adding more variety to their breakfast menu and McDonald's offering upscale coffee.
Starbucks To Give Away Millions Of iTunes Tracks
In an effort to get the ball rolling following Steve Jobs' announcement that Starbucks will offer free access to the iTunes store, Starbucks has just announced that it will give away over 50 million free iTunes downloads to customers with "Song of the Day" cards. According to Switched, these cards will be distributed between October 2 and November 7 and customers will have until the end of the year to redeem them.
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Starbucks and Apple To Offer Free Wi-Fi Access to iTunes Music Store
With so many exciting Apple announcements yesterday like the hot new shuffle colors, a thin new nano, 80/160GB iPods and an iPod touch, I almost let the huge Starbucks news slip through the cracks! Thanks to Engadget's live blogging, we were able to learn that on October 2nd, 5800 wi-fi enabled Starbucks stores nationwide will be offering free access to the iTunes store, with many more to follow in the upcoming months. So whenever you have a wi-fi powered Apple product like an iPhone, the new iPod Touch or a laptop, a pop-up will appear allowing you to play songs recently played in that Starbucks, or purchase songs from iTunes, with no hotspot login required!
Need A Cup Of Joe? Text Starbucks!
Apparently, Starbucks receives thousands of calls each year from thirsty coffee drinks in search of the nearest coffee spot. Now, the caffeine-craving masses can send a text message with the area's zip code to MYSBUX (or 697289), and a list of nearby Starbucks stores will pop back. Customers using mobile devices with Web access will find a store locater by typing Starbucks.com.
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McDonald's, Starbucks, and Jack in the Box Offering Free WiFi?
Starbucks has yet to roll out its free WiFi across the country, but in the meantime, it looks as though other franchises are jumping on board the free WiFi initiative.
With over 15,000 McDonald's already offering free WiFi, the competition between Starbucks and McDonald's is growing stiffer, and it doesn't seem to be ending there. Although there hasn't been an official announcement, Jack in the Box restaurants across California and Arizona now have free wireless Internet.
Daily Tech: Funny Geeks Take Their Own Desktops Into Starbucks
- Three pranksters took giant desktops into Starbucks to see people's reactions as they surfed the web. — Gizmodo
- With HDTV, stars put their best "face" forward at last night's Academy Awards. — Switched
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