It's not a voice assistant. Not with an interface like Google Allo's. Not even with Amazon Alexa helping out. It's a glorified drink pre-order system.
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Starbucks and Niantic toss in another 7,800 stops for Pokemon GO
Beyond the green and red cups, useless wireless charging pads and the never-ending line of Macbooks taking up space at table upon worktable, you’ll find teenagers with their smartphones out ordering a Frappuccino®.
Starbucks and Niantic Labs have teamed up to offer 7,800 coffee shop locations as PokeStops and gyms. Sprint and its related brands did just the same for their 10,500 or so retail spots yesterday. McDonald’s Japan started off the trend with its 3,000 restaurants.
But the most important news today is that Starbucks is debuting “a special-edition Pokémon GO Frappuccino® for everyone!”
What a time we live in.
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Starbucks Windows 10 app expected soon
The Windows 10 app ecosystem might appreciate this jolt of java. After more than a month of delay, a launch could be imminent for a Starbucks app.The coffee shop chain has a new splash page on its website promoting “The Starbucks® app for Windows® 10”. If you have a device with that new OS, you can pretty much do anything that your Android and iOS friends can, including (from the site):Pay for your orderEarn and track Star
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