Starbucks Frees the Wi-Fi!

In what might be the first of my blog requests to actually come true, Starbucks has set its Wi-Fi free.
All you have to do is buy a reloadable Starbucks card and register it at Starbucks.com.  Voila…you get up to two hours of consecutive free Wi-Fi daily at Starbucks stores, via AT&T.  No catch (that I [...]

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Breaking Down the Best Companies to Work For

Shouldn’t it be “The Best Companies For Whom to Work?”
Whatever. Let’s take a look at the companies making this highly-publicized list for 2008:

Number of publishers: Zero.  That’s unfortunate now, isn’t it?

Number of retailers: 11.  Wegman’s, Starbucks, Whole Foods, Nugget Markets, eBay, The Container Store, Stew Leonard’s, Recreational Equipment, Nordstrom, CarMax and Publix.  (Six grocery store chains?  Well OK then.)  Wegman’s [...]

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Set Free Your Wi-Fi, Starbucks

 McDonald’s is chasing Starbucks’ business.  I’m skeptical that they can take away much of the empire Starbucks has built.  And I honestly hope they can’t.  Yes, I’m a Starbucks fan.  I still root hard for mom & pop coffee shops too, honestly.  But I won’t be buying my coffee from McDonald’s, much like I won’t [...]

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i Before G, Which One for Me?

The iPhone was the toast of 2007.  Will the GPhone be the toast of 2008?  The rumor mill says that a Google powered phone could arrive as early as February.
Last year, Google downplayed the potential of a Google phone.  Instead, they created the Open Handset Alliance.  Which still confuses me at this point. 
“The Open Handset [...]

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