55 posts and columns on Starbucks

Visa Places Bet on New Approach to Payments With Rare Investment in TrialPay

in Commerce on January 31 at 7:00 am PT

Visa, Greylock’s Reid Hoffman and others are pouring $40 million into TrialPay, which helps companies like Facebook, Gap and Fandango increase sales through the use of incentives.
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News Byte

Wal-Mart Acquires Small Mobile Agency to Beef Up Tech Team

in Commerce on January 4 at 10:08 am PT

Wal-Mart’s technology division, @WalmartLabs, has acquired Small Society, a mobile agency in Portland, Ore. In a blog post, Wal-Mart said the company will join another acquisition it made in the Northwest, and both will work closely with its Silicon Valley offices. Small Society has developed apps for large organizations, including the Democratic National Committee, Zipcar and Starbucks. Terms were not disclosed.

Yahoo Okays Initial Term Sheet to Sell Stakes Back to Asian Partners — While Also Hoping to Keep PE Firms in Fray

in News on December 23, 2011 at 11:23 am PT

It’s on.
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The Mobile Coupon Is Broken and Procter & Gamble Has Found a Solution

in Commerce on December 19, 2011 at 2:00 am PT

Procter & Gamble thinks it has found a solution to distributing coupons on mobile phones.
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Hearsay CEO Clara Shih Named to Starbucks Board

in Social on December 14, 2011 at 1:05 pm PT

Starbucks has named Clara Shih, the CEO of Hearsay Social, to its board of directors.
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MasterCard Makes Its First Mobile Payments Investment in mFoundry

in Commerce on November 30, 2011 at 9:03 pm PT

MasterCard has made a strategic investment in seven-year-old mobile banking start-up mFoundry.
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Apple, Starbucks Expanding iTunes Giveaways to Include Apps, Books and TV Shows

in Mobile on September 15, 2011 at 4:46 pm PT

The program, which traditionally has given coffee-shop customers a free song, has expanded in recent weeks to include apps and book samples; TV shows are expected soon.
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Don’t Look Away From the Devastation of the Netflix Price Hike (Video)

in News on July 28, 2011 at 10:18 am PT

Is the higher cost of DVD rental “literally the worst thing that has ever happened to white people”? If this spoof is right, give until it hurts!
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Twitter Pumps Up Its Ads Today With “Promoted Tweets to Followers”

in News on July 28, 2011 at 8:48 am PT

Twitter’s slow-moving ad business takes another step forward today: Advertisers will get a better shot at delivering their messages directly into users’ timelines.
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Twitter Ads Will Get Harder to Ignore: ‘Promoted Tweets’ Coming to Your Timeline This Summer

in Media on July 8, 2011 at 4:01 pm PT

As Twitter raises even more money, it’s getting more serious about making money. It’s going to let brands deliver ads to users’ “timelines” by early August, following through on plans it has talked about for more than a year.
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Groupon Appoints Mellody Hobson to Board of Directors

Starbucks Serves Up Mobile Payments to Millions of Android Users

in Commerce, June 15, 2011 at 10:28 am PT

More Executive Moves At HP: Peter Bocian Out, Dave Donatelli Moving Up

in News, June 13, 2011 at 12:58 pm PT

Groupon Sees Half of All Sales Coming From Mobile in Two Years

in Commerce, May 16, 2011 at 11:09 am PT

It’s Not a Bug, It’s a Feature.

in News, April 22, 2011 at 11:38 am PT

Video: After Cisco Sacrifices His Baby to the Gods of Wall Street, Flip Founder Jon Kaplan Speaks!

in News, April 12, 2011 at 1:08 pm PT

Seven More Questions for Gil Elbaz, CEO of the Data Mercenary Factual

in Enterprise, April 1, 2011 at 7:00 am PT

Can Social Media Predict Companies' Share Prices?

in News, March 24, 2011 at 2:42 pm PT

Seven Questions for Sunny Gupta, CEO of Apptio, the CIO's New Best Friend

in Enterprise, January 28, 2011 at 6:30 am PT

Facebook Brings Back (Part of) Beacon, and No One Blinks

in Media, January 26, 2011 at 4:30 am PT

Liveblogging the Facebook Mobile Event: Single Sign-On for Social

in News, November 3, 2010 at 10:55 am PT

Starbucks' Pay-By-App Test Grinds Away

Starbucks Now Serving Special Blend of Digital Content

BoomTown as Judge Judy, Um, Judge BigApps

in News, October 13, 2010 at 2:37 am PT

To Advertisers, Twitter's a Fledgling

in News, September 27, 2010 at 8:20 am PT