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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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 [...]
Whoa. If you’ve been wondering what that cryptic banner on Apple.com has been. Well, now you know…
The answer to that question, “Will the Starbucks iTunes cards be discontinued?“: No. According to Starbucks [SBUX], the online Starbucks iTunes code redemption mechanism is in addition to the traditional physical card offering that has graced Starbucks outlets for the past few years. However, for folks who have historically had difficulty getting the Starbucks iTunes [...]
If you have been a frequent Wi-Fi user at Starbucks [SBUX] and also a fan of the Starbucks-iTunes free media (music and videos) card promotion, you may have noticed that some stores have had recent troubles in keeping the physical cards in stock or, even worse, up-to-date. How are you going to keep abreast of [...]
Apple’s [AAPL] iPhone OS 3.0, shipping on the new iPhone 3G S devices, is also available today as software upgrades for the iPhone and iPod touch devices. A lot of people are unfortunately reporting a lot of errors when trying to fetch their upgrades via iTunes, getting that less-than-helpful error dialog. The (somewhat) good news [...]
I noticed today, when I was updating several of the apps for my iPod touch, that the iTunes licensing terms had changed. While most of the verbiage is essentially comparable to what was presented on the previous TOS, the big change involves the statement that the paid HD content from the iTunes Store is only [...]
As several of you know, we were following the Starbucks [SBUX] iTunes Pick of the Week hiccup over Dido’s “Quiet Times” song. It seems that now even the Sony [SNE] Music Dido site has picked up on the story, announcing that the Pick of the Week for the “Quiet Times” song is available. Which is [...]
As I was traveling around among the several Starbucks outlets in my area, I picked up another Dido Pick of the Week card to see if the SKU-to-code association in the iTunes database had been fixed yet. And, lo and behold, yes… or is it? There are two possibilities here: All of the redemption codes [...]
Here’s the start of the 2009 Starbucks-iTunes Picks of the Week list of cards that I’ve accumulated thus far. As many of you already know, I’ve been tracking and collecting the iTunes freebies that are offered periodically at Starbucks [SBUX] outlets. Without further ado, here’s my new list for 2009 list… presented in order of chronological [...]
