*"Caffeine behemoth Starbucks on Tuesday finally unveiled its revamped Web
hub, a landing page that's only accessible from its in-store Wi-Fi networks
in the U.S. Teaming with the likes of Yahoo (the main technology partner),
The Wall Street Journal, GOOD, The New York Times, iTunes, LinkedIn, and
Foursquare, Starbucks has packed the new site full of news both local and
mainstream (including content that would normally be behind paywalls), free
music download promos, local information like weather and bike trails, and
movie trailers.*
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*"The Starbucks Digital Network will, quite likely, be visited by many
people. Through a new deal with AT&T this summer, Starbucks Wi-Fi has gone from
paid to free <http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20009613-261.html> Brotman
told CNET that there are now about 30 million logins to the chain's Wi-Fi
each month and that the majority are on mobile devices like cell phones and
iPads.*
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Chris Berendes
@citizentools