15

Aug

2012

Motorola cuts jobs, Digia acquires Qt and Starbucks partners with Square

Podcast - 15th August 2012

Author: The Fonecast

This week's edition of The Fonecast starts with news that Motorola Mobility is to lose around a fifth of its staff worldwide. There's also more reorganisation at Nokia, which is passing its Qt software business to Digia.

In addition we're talking about a new US partnership between Starbucks and Square, some good news for Research In Motion, a worrying report for Samsung and a major milestone for Shazam.

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8

Aug

2012

Starbucks partners with Square for mobile payments in USA

Author: The Fonecast

Coffee chain Starbucks has partnered with mobile payment company Square to introduce the ‘Pay with Square’ app at around 7.000 US Starbucks stores. In addition, Square will process Starbucks’ US credit and debit card transactions.

Starbucks is investing $25 million in Square with its chairman, Howard Schultz, joining Square’s Board of Directors.

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11

Jul

2012

Starbucks expands its UK payment app to Android devices

Author: The Fonecast

Earlier this year Starbucks introduced its iPhone mobile payment app to the UK - and the coffee company has now added an Android app as well.

The new Android app, which is also launching in Canada, enables customers to pay via a Starbucks Card account using an on-screen barcode. It’s also possible to manage a card account, check loyalty rewards and find local stores.

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8

Dec

2011

Starbucks USA sees 26 million mobile transactions within a year

Author: The Fonecast

The Starbucks Coffee Company says it’s conducted over 26 million transactions this year via its mobile app.

The payment application was launched across the USA in January, with a Canadian app introduced last month and the UK set to launch on 5th January 2012.

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24

Nov

2011

Starbucks plans UK mobile payment app in January

Author: The Fonecast

It’s reported that Starbucks will launch an iPhone app for mobile payments in January next year.

Customers who already have a Starbucks payment card will be able to link the card to the app. It’ll enable them to pay for items in 700 coffee shops by using an on-screen barcode.

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