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AT&T/Starbucks Free Wi-Fi Disabled... For Now
AT&T's free Starbucks Wi-Fi for iPhone usersdeal didn't last very long. Users on the MacRumors forum say that locations where Wi-Fi worked just days ago now have the free iPhone access removed. Considering AT&T never made an official mention of the service, it's possible somebody at the Death Star jumped the gun and the mistake has been corrected. Or maybe the company found out that a simple hack would let anybody with a friend's iPhone number get a free ride. [MacRumors]
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AT&T Giving Free Starbucks Wi-Fi to iPhone Users?
Some Macrumors readers are reporting that AT&T's Starbucks and Barnes and Noble Wi-Fi hotspots are coughing up free internet access for iPhone users. When you hit up the wireless at these locations, you get directed to a special iPhone-formatted page that asks for your phone number. Once you punch that in, you're free to check email and Facebook at decent speeds. AT&T declined to comment, but didn't officially deny anything. [MacRumors]
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Starbucks/AT&T Wi-Fi Launches May 1 for AT&T Customers (But Not the Rest of Us)
AT&T officially began rolling out their Starbucks Wi-Fi hotspots today (and confirmed the first one spotted in the wild). AT&T broadband customers get free Wi-Fi at all 7,000 Starbucks starting May 1 but the rest of us have to wait as it's deployed on a market-by-market basis throughout the year. (Which means the spots for AT&T customers are probably running on T-Mo's boxes.) We tried to get a more clear timeline, at least for major markets, but they aren't elaborating right now. [AT&T] More »
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Starbucks' New "High Performance" Mastrena Espresso Machine
I don't know if you follow Starbucks news, but as much as I prefer local coffeehouses, I've been intently watching their recent efforts to get back the soul they've commoditized away. Here's their new espresso machine, the Mastrena, which they call a "high-performance Italian sports car," set to roll out this year. It's shorter than the ones now, so baristas can look you in the eye while they press buttons to auto-mechanically spit out your espresso. More »
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Starbucks' First AT&T Wi-Fi Hotspot Pops Up In San Antonio
Starbucks' great Wi-Fi transition begins as a Starbucks in San Antonio is the first to recieve an AT&T Wi-Fi hotspot. Looks like Starbucks is giving the old T-Mobile ball and chain the boot in favor of its new AT&T mistress. Screenshot below. [3Screens] More »
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Pranksters Bring "Grande" Desktops to Starbucks
While most of us would consider bringing little more than a large laptop to Starbucks, the fun-loving folks at Improv Everywhere decided to kick it old school and bring in some full sized desktops...complete with classic CRT monitors. Surprisingly enough, Starbucks was quite accommodating...even though a few customers were less than pleased. Here's a pretty hilarious vid of the experience:
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Apple and Starbucks Sued Over "Song of the Day" Gift Cards
While James and Marguerite Driessen's patent covers a sort of vaguely broad concept—gift cards for pre-defined items that you buy at a B&M store but use online—I kind of feel for them, given that Apple apparently dropped iTunes custom cards in the US (while continuing to offer them in the UK) to get around licensing the patent after they asked. Then Apple brought it back with Starbucks under their "Song of the Day" program, which gives you a gift card for a pre-set song at Starbucks. More »
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The Street Says Mac Users are Snobs, PC Users are Cheapskates
The Street is running a new video that cites research from Mindset Media, which pretty much says Mac users are "snobs." The company surveyed 7500 Mac and PC owners, and what they found seems ok for the most part... until they talk about the five pair of sneakers. More »
The Street is running a new video that cites research from Mindset Media, which pretty much says Mac users are "snobs." The company surveyed 7500 Mac and PC owners, and what they found seems ok for the most part... until they talk about the five pair of sneakers.
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Coffee-Tasting Robot Makes Our Tongues Obsolete
Coffee lovers everywhere should just give up now, the automation of coffee is complete. Scientists have come up with a machine that can taste how good (or swill-like) a cup is, and even sniff out particular types about as well as highly trained human tasters. More »
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AT&T Bringing Free Wi-Fi to Starbucks (Finally!)
AT&T is popping Wi-Fi hotspots at over 7,000 Starbucks stores, exploding their own network and razing T-Mobile's biggest Wi-Fi front in one fell swoop. And they're offering the true killer app: Two hours of free Wi-Fi a day to Starbucks Card holders (like the gift cards, so just pre-pay for your fix) and unlimited internets to AT&T's broadband customers and Starbucks slaves. Update: Even though T-Mobile has actually gotten the boot from Starbucks, AT&T is letting T-Mo customers keep using the hotspots for no extra fee. More »
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iPhone Starbucks Ordering Screens Look Like the Real Thing, Precede Apple Patent
If you wanted to know how Apple's iPhone ordering and paying patent could work in Starbucks, check these amazing screens created by designer Phil Lu. They not only look like the real thing, but the most impressive thing is that they were actually made before the Apple patent was publicized:
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If you have a Tassimo single-serve coffee brewer and can't get enough of Starbucks coffee, now those little TDisc pods are available with four different varieties of Starbucks brew. Tassimo has teamed up with Starbucks to offer Breakfast Blend, House Blend, Caffé Verona and Africa Kitamu coffees in pod form. We went to our local Starbucks and got a steaming cup of Breakfast Blend coffee, while our comely assistant brewed up a cup of the same blend back at the office in this Braun Tassimo brewer. Let's do a taste test.
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Taste Test: Starbucks Coffee in Tassimo Single-Serve Pods
If you have a Tassimo single-serve coffee brewer and can't get enough of Starbucks coffee, now those little TDisc pods are available with four different varieties of Starbucks brew. Tassimo has teamed up with Starbucks to offer Breakfast Blend, House Blend, Caffé Verona and Africa Kitamu coffees in pod form. We went to our local Starbucks and got a steaming cup of Breakfast Blend coffee, while our comely assistant brewed up a cup of the same blend back at the office in this Braun Tassimo brewer. Let's do a taste test.
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Apple was on hand in downtown San Francisco today to launch the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store in Starbucks locations across the nation. This is the third major city to launch the service, with New York and Seattle launching back in October. Los Angeles and Chicago are due up in February and March of 2008, with many cities to follow after. For more info, check out our coverage of the New York launch. [Starbucks-iTunes Alliance on Giz]
Starbucks-iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store Launches In SF
Apple was on hand in downtown San Francisco today to launch the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store in Starbucks locations across the nation. This is the third major city to launch the service, with New York and Seattle launching back in October. Los Angeles and Chicago are due up in February and March of 2008, with many cities to follow after. For more info, check out our coverage of the New York launch. [Starbucks-iTunes Alliance on Giz]
First Hands-On with Starbucks iTunes Wireless Music Store (Video)
Though the service officially launches tomorrow, Starbucks and Apple gave us a chance to test out the caffeine-fueled Wi-Fi service today.
Though the service officially launches tomorrow, Starbucks and Apple gave us a chance to test out the caffeine-fueled Wi-Fi service today.
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Starbucks To Start Up iTunes Wi-Fi Store with 50 Million Free Songs
From Oct. 2 to Nov. 7, more than 10,000 Starbucks shops will be handing out free "Song of the Day" iTunes download cards. Starbucks estimates it will hand out 1.5 million songs per day, over 50 million in all, to promote the iTunes Wi-Fi store to which Starbucks will grant free access over its T-Mobile Wi-Fi networks. More »
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Living on planet Earth, you get used to seeing a Starbucks every 5-10 ft, but what's truly amazing is the fact that there is always a ridiculously long line to wait in. However, these lines may soon become a thing of the past, that is if you live in the UK and have a laptop with you.
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UK Starbucks Lets You Place Orders From Your Laptop
Living on planet Earth, you get used to seeing a Starbucks every 5-10 ft, but what's truly amazing is the fact that there is always a ridiculously long line to wait in. However, these lines may soon become a thing of the past, that is if you live in the UK and have a laptop with you.
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