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Google to begin offering free Wi-Fi Internet access at all 7,000 U.S. Starbucks locations in August

You may or may not have mixed feelings about Google, but hey, free Wi-Fi access at all Starbucks locations across the U.S. Per 9to5Google, Google has announced that it will soon be supplying WiFi to all Starbucks locations in the United States as a means of advertising its Google Play music service. The offer also […]

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Apple receives NFC-driven “iTravel” patent

This could be interesting. Per Free Patents Online, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday officially awarded Apple ownership of its “iTravel” concept for e-ticketing with an NFC-equipped iPhone. U.S. Patent No. 8,215,546, entitled “System and Method for Transportation Check-In,” was granted to Apple this week. First filed with the USPTO in 2008, the […]

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Apple taps Benjamin Vigier as new Product Manager of Mobile Commerce, speculation emerges

Per a quick release on the Near Field Communications World web site and his LinkedIn profile, Apple has tapped telecom guru Benjamin Vigier as its new Product Manager of Mobile Commerce. The hire immediately follows his handiwork on PayPal Mobile, Sprint MyMoneyManager and the iPhone-based Starbucks Card. Prior to this, he spent two years heading […]