The Power Matters Alliance, which is a wireless power standards group formed by Duracell's Powermat and Procter & Gamble (parent company of Duracell), is aiming to create wireless power standards for smartphones and other devices under the IEEE's guidelines. Big companies such as AT&T, Google, and Starbucks have signed up and are now backing the group.
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Square hits Starbucks in early-November; Save your tips until Summer 2013
Starbucks will kick off its Square payments system in early November, with the system expanding to support digital tipping for your favorite barista in summer 2013. The news follows the addition of Starbucks loyalty card to Apple's Passbook in iOS 6, and will see around 7,000 US locations taking the Square Wallet payments from next month.
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Starbucks iOS app now supports Apple’s Passbook
We all know you have a secret Starbucks addiction that you just can't seem to kick, but that's okay -- we're right there with you. If you happen to have a new iPhone 5 or if you upgraded to iOS 6, you'll be pleased to know that the Starbucks iOS app has added support for Passbooks, meaning you can pay for that Venti White Chocolate Mocha right through your phone.
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SlashGear Evening Wrap-Up: August 8, 2012
We've officially reached the middle of the week, folks - only two more days to go and then the weekend is here once again. Today we didn't have too many stories about the ongoing trial between Apple and Samsung, but what we did get was huge. A rather damning 132-page report surfaced in court today, which shows Samsung attempting to differentiate the original Galaxy S from the iPhone specifically, and we looked at the difference between competitive analysis and flat out copying as a result of the report. On the lighter side of things, Conan O' Brien had a bit of fun with the trial on last night's show, so be sure to give that a look.
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SlashGear 101: How will I pay for Starbucks with my iPhone in the near future?
This week eBay board member and CEO of Starbucks Howard Schultz spearheaded an investment by the coffee giant in the mobile payment company Square. This is not the same acquisition-type situation that occurred back in 2002 when eBay picked up PayPal, but it could end up having many of the same giant results as that deal did. Speaking with Wired on the subject of this business tie, Schultz noted that after seeing a presentation about Square earlier this year, “it was very obvious to me that this was a game-changer.”
Starbucks gets a shot of Square for in-store payments; Invests $25m
Starbucks has inked a deal to use the Square payments system in its 7,000 US stores, as well as splashing out $25m of investment into the Square company itself. The deal, which will see credit and debit card transactions made using Square's Pay with Square app for iOS and Android as of this fall, is expected to increase the number of times card payments are made for smaller transactions that might traditionally have demanded cash or not met a minimum payment threshold for the retailer.
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Starbucks launches Android app in UK and Canada
Coffee addicts in the United States have been able to pay for their fix using Starbucks’ mobile application for quite some time, but now the same functionality has been extended to customers in Canada and the UK with the launch of an Android app. Anyone who downloads the Starbucks Android app will be able to pay for their orders using a linked Starbucks Card, and also check their balance, locate stores, and transfer balances.
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Starbucks mobile payments hit 42 million
Anyone who has to question the viability of using a smartphone instead of a credit card to pay at the register need look no further than Starbucks, a company that has already been allowing customers to do just that for more than a year. And in those past 15 months, it has managed to process 42 million mobile payment transactions. Not bad for a little coffeehouse, right?
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Starbucks Card Mobile Payment App Is A Winner
In the beginning of the year, we reported that Starbucks had launched a nationwide mobile payments program with the Starbucks Card Mobile iPhone and BlackBerry apps. Despite warnings of a security flaw, the app has remained popular. In fact, its so popular that the company revealed today at a shareholders meeting that more than 3 million people have paid using the Starbucks Card Mobile.
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The Daily Slash: February 10, 2011
First get your giggle on in a column by yours truly over on Android Community by the name of Waves of Impact and No Lines for Verizon’s iPhone. Next, if you haven't already, grab the Angry Birds Seasons update for the Valentine's Day levels, OR check out the Full Spoiler Post [including secret Facebook levels]. Get a confirmed release date on the HTC ThunderBolt. Have a good time transforming into an LG Optimus Pad. Hope for the best as a Nokia Windows Phone 7 deal is tipped by insiders. Blast off into outer space with speed as the LG VL600 LTE Modem for Verizon is now Mac-Compatible. Check out a column by Don Reisinger by the name of Google TV is Dying, and an Apple TV with Apps will Finish it Off. Place your eyeballs on an On Time Analysis by Ben Bajarin by the title of Is the Market too Crowded for webOS to be Successful? Know the truth in a review of the Nokia E7 by Chris Davies. And check out all the REST of the content we've got flying around here on The Daily Slash!
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SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up: February 10 2011
It's iPhone 4 day. This phone has been out for months on AT&T's mobile network, but the release on Verizon will today create a whole new meaning for fervor. Next, Guitar Hero is Over - if you want it. Grab yourself a rumor not about iPhone 5, not about iPad 2, but about some sort of iPad 3 iPad 3 this fall tips latest batch of frantic Apple refresh rumorscoming out this fall. Grant yourself a moment to discover the Stabucks mobile payment app easily scammed by simple screengrabStarbucks mobile scam, read some choice words as delivered by the Nokia CEO It’s not just differentiation but sustainable differentiation”, and see the newest tip on the upcoming HTC adding Facebook button to social networking phone?HTC Facebook phone. All this and MORE on SlashGear Morning Wrap-Up!
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Stabucks mobile payment app easily scammed by simple screengrab
It appears someone at the dev center for the Starbucks app for smartphones that allows payments from mobile phones should have thought things through a bit more. If you use the app on your iPhone you need to be aware of the simple hack that will let a nefarious coffee fiend rob your account dry.
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