Tech and social media news
An unlikely partnership could soon be formed, smash hit game Angry Birds and coffee giant Starbucks. Rovio who develop the game are reportedly in talks with Starbucks over a deal which could see Angry Birds as a playable game on large displays installed in participating outlets. What better way to … [Read more...]
Facebook has branched their social networking service out into a number of directions, location based being one of them. Facebook Places allows users to check in to various locations around the world, sharing these with your friends. The site has now published its check in results, with coffee … [Read more...]
In this social media and digital age, more and more ingenious and elaborate marketing campaigns are being seen, such as the promotion for Jay-Z’s book Decoded, and news today involves a collaboration between singing superstar Lady Gaga and Starbucks the coffee chain. A two-week scavenger hunt has … [Read more...]
Facebook has become the place to be for sports and brands amongst a lot of other companies. More and more of them are signing up and communicating with the fans of their company and talking to them about up and coming products and all sorts of other things … [Read more...]
Not long ago we told you about how Starbucks had launched it’s own eGift card which seemed like a pretty good idea to us, and now we’ve heard about a new promotion from Starbucks and Foursquare which will see $40 Starbucks gift cards being awarded in the U.S. … [Read more...]
Starbucks renowned across 50 countries for being one of the largest chain of coffee house retailers, is today offering its customers not just fantastic food and drinks, but the chance for people to give that special someone in their life a new “gift card.” Be it a birthday, holiday occasion, … [Read more...]
Starbucks one of the biggest coffee shops in over 49 countries, has now released a new payment method for customers. It recently tried out a new program in some of its outlets in San Francisco, Seattle and Target stores using a Starbucks Card Mobile payment scheme. The idea behind this new concept … [Read more...]
Starbucks has now become the first consumer brand in the world to reach 10 million Facebook fans or likes, as most of us know it by. The coffee shop chain overtook its closet rival, Coca-Cola over a year ago. Starbucks has managed to pull in another 2.3 million fans this month, and we are only half … [Read more...]
Today is July 1, 2010 and is the first day that Starbucks started offering free Wi-Fi. This is great if you want to go on Twitter and tweet about your latte but not good if you want to go in and enjoy your drink as you will find it hard to find a vacant seat. … [Read more...]
It looks like the location-based social networking website Foursquare, is definitely meaning business. It appears that the 1-year old start-up now has a huge brand under its belt, in the form of international coffeehouse chain Starbucks. … [Read more...]
