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…
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…
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…
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…
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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