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Just so you remember. Not everyone has an iPhone either.
This will work while we all wait for the Near-Field Communication chips to become commonplace in all phones.
We’ve covered the green lady’s apps before, and it was about eight months ago that the company expanded a small pilot program in Seattle and Silicon Valley to all of their caffeine-dispensing outlets in U.S. Target stores. Now you can pay for your Venti Double-Shot Caramel Macchiato by simply waving your iPhone — loaded with the Starbucks app — at that emo teenage barista who is trying very hard to look intellectual and off-put.
The payment system doesn’t use Bluetooth or Wi-Fi to send your bank account numbers to Starbucks headquarters. Instead, the app is linked to your Starbucks Card account, and you use it to display a barcode that is unique to your account. Point that at the scanner in your Starbucks, and your digital wallet becomes magically lighter.
I have to admit that at first, I really did not like Massive Attack. Although their hit Unfinished Sympathy obviously was a good song, the band did not properly register with me. And then the 1998 Soccer World Championship happened, where Adidas used ‘Angel’ for their commercials. I was hooked right there and then and immediately got the album (Mezzanine). The CD stuck in my CD player for a long, long time, and I still listen to it frequently.
Actually, it does not feel completely right to just pick out this one song from that magnificent album, but it was this sound that gave the Adidas commercials that extra edge that brought me back to this band. So there.
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