This coffee machine tries to figure out your age, gender A new coffee vending machine, unveiled today by U.K. coffee company Costa Coffee, will use facial recognition and other technologies… Read More
Starbucks steel gift card going for over $1K on Ebay First Twinkies, now Starbucks gift cards. On Thursday, Starbucks unveiled 5,000 special edition $450 gift cards made of steel and… Read More
What’s percolating at SURF? Startup incubator opens unique geek coffee shop You’re a budding entrepreneur quietly building a potential million-dollar business and working long hours in the basement or local coffee… Read More
Seattle’s Best CD/Record Store is … Starbucks? Seattle Weekly is out with its annual “Best of Seattle” awards, and in a city that takes pride in its… Read More
The barista of the future? Coinstar and Starbucks unveil the Rubi, an automated coffee drink machine A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to stop by Coinstar’s annual analyst day, checking out some of the… Read More
Video: Watch the ‘Textspresso’ machine brew the geekiest cup of coffee ever Seattle is really known for two things: coffee and tech geeks. And I’ve never seen those two worlds collide in… Read More
Your next cup of coffee, brewed by Redbox? Coinstar will seek to build on the success of its Redbox $1 movie rental kiosks with a line of automated machines… Read More
Maker of the fastest espresso machine in the world perks up with $6.5 million in funding Now here’s an entrepreneurial story that’s perfectly brewed for Seattle. Concordia Coffee Systems on Monday announced that it raised $6.5… Read More
Success is brewing in Seattle’s vibrant coffee shop culture Living in the Northwest, we’re far enough removed from the majority of the populace to sit back and notice the… Read More
Angry Birds: Landing soon at a Starbucks near you? The maker of the blockbuster Angry Birds action puzzle game is in talks with Starbucks to partner on promotions for… Read More
The ‘Fourth Place’: Starbucks as a technology giant Starbucks has always aspired to be the quintessential “third place,” giving people another place to settle in apart from home… Read More
