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AT&T, Google and Starbucks join wireless power standards group PMA

AT&T, Google and Starbucks join wireless power standards group PMA
  • Posted October 29, 2012, 4:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
  • AT&T, Google and Starbucks are the latest companies to announce they’ve joined the Power Matters Alliance (PMA). The PMA, founded by Powermat Technologies and Proctor & Gamble (the parent company of Duracell), is a standards group intent on creating wireless…

Is Facebook Gifts the next big revenue source for the social network?

Is Facebook Gifts the next big revenue source for the social network?
  • Posted September 27, 2012, 6:30 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
  • Facebook has unveiled a new service called Facebook Gifts that will allow users to purchase and send real-life gifts to other members. The social network said members would be able to buy gifts as part of birthday reminders or by…

Square to process credit cards with no swipe fees for $275/mo

Square to process credit cards with no swipe fees for $275/mo
  • Posted August 16, 2012, 6:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Mobile Computing, Industry News
  • Popular mobile payment processor Square has debuted a new plan which promises to do away with swipe fees. For small businesses generating less than $250,000 annually in credit card payments, Square now offers the option to either stick with its…

Square to become payment processor for Starbucks

Square to become payment processor for Starbucks
  • Posted August 8, 2012, 5:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • Starbucks, a company known for its forward-thinking nature and $1.95 cups of coffee, has made a deal with credit card processing outfit Square. Square will be providing the popular caffeine-based franchise with its payment processing services while Starbucks invests a…

Starbucks launches largest mobile payment program in the US

  • Posted January 19, 2011, 10:42 AM by Emil Protalinski | Filed in Mobile Computing
  • Starbucks has started accepting mobile payments. Customers can use the Starbucks Card Mobile app on their iPhone, iPod touch, or BlackBerry at nearly 6,800 company-operated Starbucks stores in the US plus more than 1,000 outlets inside Target stores. To pay…

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