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Starbucks, an international chain of coffee shops that usually have highly attractive young women serving coffee that can no longer be called coffee since so many additional mystical, magical, and foreign substances have been added to it, has released two iPhone applications. The first is called “myStarbucks” [iTunes link] and it can be used to find your local Starbucks, create drinks that have more names than a four time married Mexican priest, and also has the ability put a look of terror on your face by displaying nutritional information of your daily poison of choice. That’s the boring one. The second app is called “Starbucks Card Mobile” [iTunes link] and allows you to pay for your distilled capitalistic brew with your iPhone, along with viewing your transaction history and allowing you to top up your Starbucks card with your credit card. It isn’t a very complicated concept: you simply enter your Starbucks card number, and password, and the application displays a special barcode that the cashier can scan. This doesn’t work at all Starbucks locations however, it is being tested in 16 stores in Seattle, Washington and San Francisco, California, and pending the results of the trial, Starbucks will decide whether or not to roll this out nationally. Excited?
[Via: Read Write Web, Wall Street Journal]
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
