In case you haven’t gone into a Starbucks [SBUX] store lately, there’s been a change to the look of the joint media offering card format.
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This is one of those rare moments, the eleventh minute of the eleventh hour of the eleventh day in the year “11″ (2011) that makes extra special this original commemoration of Armistice Day and the additional recognition for military veterans. Let’s observe a moment of silence at this time for our servicemen and servicewomen who [...]
In case you’re just tuning in… Welcome! Premiering tonight is a new CBS drama called Person of Interest, which brings JJ Abrams back to nighttime TV once again. Immediately, I was struck with its premise sounding hauntingly familiar. Lessee… A guy who has unique talents, fairly communicative, is being positioned in place and time to [...]
Hi, intrepid Starbucks [SBUX] iTunes promotion fans: It’s been a loooong time since we discussed the favorably fun Starbucks iTunes weekly offerings, that have morphed from a simple joint experimental item between Starbucks and Apple [AAPL] into a lucrative people-attracting feature in so many Starbucks outlets worldwide. So, here’s a new, welcome twist on the [...]
While Apple’s [AAPL] online store was offline for a few hours earlier today, as reported by various news outlets, and even some blogs, it seems that it has resumed online operations. What Happened to the Quad-Core Mac Pro? When I went to check on the online site myself, I certainly did see the new drop [...]
If you’re a Capital One [COF] Bank customer, you may have noticed some inklings of trouble in the company today. As one of the latest of a series of customer-facing snafus and negative actions, as of less than one-half hour ago, the entire bank network is still down. When I went to check on this, [...]
Steve Jobs of Apple [AAPL] fame has sent out an E-mail stating his intention to take another sick leave, and he is once again relying on Tim Cook to keep the company running along until his return. Thus far, having Steve step away from active duty for a finite period of time seems to be [...]
Once again, Starbucks [SBUX] is changing its famous logo for its cupware and branding. But you most likely are already quite familiar with its new mascot: the Mermaid. But now, she is going to be a bit more prominently displayed. In a nouveau simplification, perhaps even spartan, maneuver, the new logo boldly shows the Mermaid, [...]
Welcome to 2011. Although the modern celebration of New Year’s Day typically involves a lot of commercial ventures and advertising and party-going, the roots of the holiday predates this by several centuries.
Not to be outdone by other e-tailers and even brick-and-mortar retailers, Amazon.com [AMZN] has furthered its reach, since the “online” Black Friday deals and yesterday’s Cyber Monday sale… by adding yet more deals as the winter holiday sales season rages onward, toward the inevitable Christmas splurginess (yeah, not really a universally recognized term yet, but [...]
