Posts Tagged ‘ Starbucks ’

AT&T Site Spills Secrets On 3G iPhone, Free WiFi Access

May 8th, 2008 | By James Lewin | Category: iPhone

Though we haven’t seen any official announcement from AT&T, its site is already touting 3G iPhone coverage and free wireless access at the company’s 17,000 hotspots.
The AT&T site now touts 3G support for the iPhone:

Data Access
In order to use data such as email, Google Maps, YouTube videos and web browsing, AT&T recommends using iPhone in [...]



Congress Wants Starbucks To Spy On You

Dec 6th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: General

The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the SAFE Act, a bill saying that anyone offering a Wi-Fi connection to the public must report illegal images including “obscene” cartoons and drawings–or face fines of up to $300,000.
The bill covers individuals, coffee shops, libraries, hotels, government agencies, social-networking sites, domain name registrars, Internet service providers, [...]



Starbucks to Give Away 50 Million Songs….But They’re Picking The Songs

Sep 24th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Music

Starbucks plans to give away 50 million free digital songs to promote a new wireless iTunes music service that’s about to debut in select markets. Unfortunately - they’re picking the songs.
From Oct. 2 to Nov. 7, baristas in the company’s more than 10,000 U.S. stores will hand out about 1.5 million “Song of the Day” [...]



Apple Announces Wi-Fi Collaboration With Starbucks

Sep 5th, 2007 | By James Lewin | Category: Digital Music

Apple and Starbucks today announced a partnership that lets customers wirelessly browse, search for, preview, buy and download music from the iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store at Starbucks onto their iPod touch, iPhone or PC or Mac running iTunes while at a participating location.
When you go to a participating Starbucks, your Apple device should automatically [...]