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Two 'Starbucks iPhone app' stories May 2015 - September 2015

Starbucks completes U.S. rollout of ‘order ahead’ feature, will hit Canada & UK next month

Ben Lovejoy Sep 22 2015 - 6:12 am PT

If you haven’t got time to stand around in a Starbucks queue to place your order, the good news is that the company has completed the U.S. rollout of its ‘order ahead’ service, which allows you to place and pay for your order on your iPhone before reaching the store.

The service started as a test in Portland before gradually expanding across the USA. It says that it is now available in all 7,400 wholly-owned stores. Note that it is not supported by franchised stores, which tend to be smaller.

Starbucks says that the service will be introduced in Canada and the UK next month. The app is a free download from iTunes.

Hundreds of dollars being stolen from Starbucks app users – weak/duplicated passwords blamed

Ben Lovejoy May 14 2015 - 7:16 am PT

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Starbucks has confirmed multiple reports of users of its smartphone app having three-figure sums stolen from their accounts in the form of gift certificates, reports CNN.

One user lost $550 in a matter of minutes, his account auto-reloaded each time it was emptied by a hacker sending a series of $50 gift cards. Other users have also reported three-figure losses within a matter of seconds or minutes …
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