Tag: PAY

While paying for goods from your phone my be common elsewhere in the world, it's been slow to catch on here in North America. Starbucks, however, may well have gotten the ball rolling, with the release of a pair of apps for iPhone and BlackBerry users. Drop Starbucks Card Mobile onto your smartphone, and you'll be able to load it with funds and pay at more than 7,500 locations in the U.S. Just ...

Haven't we been through this before? The New York Times is apparently getting ready to charge readers for online access. According to sources close to Times chairman Arthur Sulzberger, Jr. Two main models are being considered. One is the Wall Street Journal's part-free, part-paywalled plan, where users pay for access to a lot of the paper's content. The other, more likely solution is a metered ...

Google has just announced a discount for users of the Google Checkout system. Google will be giving a bonus of $10 on purchases of $30 or more at participating Checkout stores like Timberland, Buy.com, Gamefly, Zales, GNC, and Starbucks. This is another great way by Google to get people fired up [again] about the Google Checkout system, since people have been bashing and banning the system, like ...