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OMG Cool: Starbucks App Lets You Pay For That Latte With Your iPhone

In a move taking us one step closer to Japan, Starbucks’ new iPhone app lets you pay for your purchase at the register by displaying a scannable barcode linked to your account:

It is only live in the Bay Area and Seattle for now, but I can see this taking off as users flock [...]

Facebook Mobile Now Connecting 65 Million People

In an astounding announcement, Facebook reveals that 65 million users now interact with the site through mobile applications:

Facebook Mobile first started as a simple mobile site in English with a few of the core site features built in, such as status updates and photo uploads. Since then, we’ve grown far beyond what was [...]

How iPhone Users Discover Apps: Cross-App Ads

According to AdMob, iPhone and iPod Touch users discovered the 1.5 billion apps they’ve downloaded through search and browsing, which is hardly surprising. (What else could it be? Recommendation engine? Social recs?)

The surprising nugget was that a full 20% of respondents claimed they discovered apps through ads in other apps. If true, this could [...]