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If Credit Cards Aren’t The Future, What Is?
The use of credit cards to buy things online is declining, and with good reason — there are the constant security risks, not to mention the inefficiency of entering and re-entering all those numbers on...
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Starbucks Mobile Payments a Huge Success
During the Starbucks Annual Meeting of Shareholders yesterday, CEO Howard Schultz revealed an impressive statistic: the coffee chain’s new mobile payment app has been used more than 3 million times...
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Mobile Payment Systems Are Taking Over (Slowly)
First came the decline in online credit card payments. Then came the rise of mobile payments and ultimately, the existence of the mobile wallet. Now, it’s only fitting to take a look at how those...
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Soon We Will Pay For Clothes with Our Phones
A new study predicts that one in five smartphones will be equipped for near field communication, or NFC (a short-distance wireless technology used to make payments via mobile phone) by 2014. The...
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Would You Tag a Brand in Your Facebook Photos?
Last week, Facebook added a new functionality to their photo tagging system: Now, in addition to tagging friends in your photos, you can also tag brands. In a launch statement, the company said that...
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Designers Collaborating With…Starbucks
Starbucks’ 40th anniversary tees by Sophie Theallet, Alexander Wang, and Billy Reid. For $85, celebrate Starbucks’ 40th anniversary. Three noted designers — Alexander Wang, Sophie Theallet, and Billy...
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The 9 Best Designer/Mass Retailer Team-Ups
Next month, Versace is set to release its newest line for H&M. While the fashion world eagerly awaits the couture designer’s affordable new collection, we took a look at our nine favorite designer...
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Facebook Launches “Gifts” For Your Convenience
Could Facebook’s latest development put it into direct competition with Amazon? Yesterday, the site began rolling out Facebook Gifts, which mines user data to suggest things to buy for your friends....
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5 Under-the-Radar Fall/Winter Collabs Not to Forget
This fall has seen an over-saturation of collaborations, starting with Neiman Marcus-Target-eBay-every designer under the sun. Oh, it’s just exhausting. Whatever happened to those easy-to-grasp (and...
View ArticleStarbucks Tests Mobile Ordering, Tipping
Beginning March 19th, Starbucks is updating its iPhone app to include a tipping option, in fifty cent to one dollar increments (starting with zero). The addition is part of a plan to cater more...
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