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Going digital: Starbucks ‘Pick of the Week’ card now available through iOS app

Starbucks’ mobile app is becoming a little more robust, as the Seattle-based coffee giant is now incorporating the “Pick of… Read More

Starbucks roasted over Square confusion, glitches

Have you tried Square to pay for your coffee at Starbucks? If your experience was anything like what FastCompany’s correspondents… Read More

How to bypass the New York Times paywall: Go to Starbucks

Those who like reading the New York Times but don’t want to pay for an online subscription have a new… Read More

Fortune’s most-admired companies: Amazon 3rd, Starbucks 5th, Microsoft 17th

According to Fortune, the state of Washington has some admirable companies. Fortune released its 2013 “World’s Most Admired Companies” list… Read More

The Howard Schultz Starbucks story now in comic form

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz has had a pretty interesting career thusfar. So much so, in fact, that he’s already written… Read More

Analyst: Starbucks to let customers order from car dashboard

Last week, we wrote about a Seattle-based startup allowing people to order coffee from their mobile phones. Now, another local… Read More

Square COO resigns over sexual harassment claims

Square COO Keith Rabois is departing the mobile payments company due to sexual harassment allegations. Rabois penned a blog post about his decision,… Read More

Cash-based payment platform PayNearMe lands funding from Maveron

PayNearMe, a cash-based payment platform based in Silicon Valley, just raised a $10 million Series D round from investors including… Read More

Microsoft, Nordstrom, Starbucks make Fortune’s 100 best companies to work for

Six Washington companies made it to Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list this year, with Microsoft (75), Nordstrom (88)… Read More

Now for sale at Starbucks: Square mobile card readers

Starbucks offers much more than coffee; food, CD’s and mugs, just to name a few. Now, you’ll be able to… Read More

Best Buy’s top geek Stephen Gillett resigns after 9 months

It was a big deal earlier this year when Best Buy lured Stephen Gillett away from Starbucks to lead digital… 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

Starbucks vets emerge with $10 million for mobile payments startup Cardfree

Cardfree, a San Francisco startup led by the team who previously worked on Starbucks’ mobile app, today is emerging with… Read More

Newsmakers: Adam Brotman gives Starbucks a digital jolt

Typically, around these parts at least, technological innovation is associated with tech titans like Microsoft, Amazon and Boeing. But there’s… Read More

Is this how you’ll buy your next cup of Joe? Square mobile wallet arrives at 7,000 Starbucks stores

You’ve now got a new way to pay for that tall vanilla decaf latte. Starbucks and Square today formally rolled… Read More

A Starbucks jolt for your phone: Coffee giant tests wireless charging in tables

Caffeine for you, electricity for your device? Starbucks will be testing wireless charging mats for mobile phones in selected Boston-area… Read More

Podcast

Podcast: Xbox tries politics, tipping goes digital, and a chat with new LiquidPlanner CEO Liz Pearce

What happens when Microsoft’s Xbox Live tries politics? It gets a little confusing, and reveals a few things about the… Read More

Baristas rejoice: Digital tipping coming to Starbucks apps next year

Purchasing a tall vanilla latte at Starbucks could get a little easier beginning next month thanks in part to the… Read More

Starbucks invests in Square at reported $3.25B valuation

Square, which has developed a portable credit card reader for iPhones, iPads and Android, has closed out its series D… Read More

Battle of the mobile wallet: Target, Wal-Mart and others team up against Google

It sounds like such a simply great idea, a mobile wallet in your smartphone, right? Major retailers, including Wal-Mart, Target,… Read More

Starbucks teams with Square for payments, invests $25M

Starbucks is partnering with Square to process transactions in its stores, and investing $25 million in the mobile payments company —… 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

Starbucks’ latest perk: A discount on Google Offers to help boost American jobs

Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz may sit on Groupon’s board. But the Seattle coffee retailer appears to have developed a taste… Read More

Starbucks chief geek leaves for new role at Best Buy

Stephen Gillett has stepped down as executive vice president of digital ventures and chief information officer of Starbucks to take… 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

Howard Schultz: How Twitter and Facebook are saving Starbucks money

Starbucks just turned in a record quarter, posting $3.4 billion in revenue and the highest quarterly earnings in the company’s… Read More

Starbucks appoints 29-year-old social media expert with Microsoft and Google roots to its board

Starbucks is getting more serious about its social media efforts, and the Seattle coffee giant just named a 29-year-old rising… Read More

How do you pay for your lattes? Starbucks says customers increasingly use mobile phones

Starbucks customers are increasingly paying for their coffee drinks and snacks with their mobile phones. The Seattle coffee retailer said… Read More