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One in Four Starbucks Transactions Now Done Via MobileStarbucks customers apparently are finding buying via mobile as addictive as the company’s coffee. Less than a year after Starbucks launched an app that allows mobile payments, it has hosted 26 million such transactions on iOS, BlackBerry and Android, according to the chain. One in four St... One in Four Starbucks Transactions Now Done Via Card, Including MobileStarbucks customers apparently are finding buying via mobile as addictive as the company’s coffee. Less than a year after Starbucks launched an app that allows mobile payments, it has hosted 26 million such transactions on iOS, BlackBerry and Android, according to the chain. One in four St... 42 Big-Name Twitter Accounts Launched in 2011@simoncowell TV personality and music executive Simon Cowell is Twitter's newest celebrity. Cowell, who became a household name in 2002 as the brutally honest judge on American Idol, used his first tweet on Nov. 16 to pimp the U.S. version of The X Factor for which... Teen Sexting Not as Common as Once Thought [REPORT]As earlier reports indicated last month, teen sexting may not be as prevalent as once believed. Data from two new studies suggests that the behavior may be on the decline. Research from the University of New Hampshire’s Crimes Against Children Research Center suggests that although teen sextin... Earth, Meet Your Long-Lost Sibling: The Christmas PlanetIt may sound like something from a very special episode of Doctor Who, but the Christmas planet is real. What’s more, it’s the most Earth-like world yet discovered. The planet, more properly known as Kepler 22-b, was revealed to the world Monday via a press conference at NASA Ames R... Is This the Flexible Tablet of the Future? [VIDEO]Yes, the tablets of today are cool, handy devices, but if Samsung makes good on the promises from its latest video, showing a conceptual tablet with a flexible AMOLED screen, then the tablets of the future will make the current ones look ancient in comparison. In the video, a see-through device ... Carrier IQ Speaks: 5 Key TakeawaysAs the Carrier IQ scandal continues to heat up — now with even more lawsuits — the company has chosen to break its silence by speaking with the press. Dieter Bohn and Sean Hollister from The Verge managed to score a big interview with Carrier IQ VP Andrew Coward. Coward reaffirms Carr... Alien Worlds Explained: From Rogue Planets to Super-Earths [INFOGRAPHIC]NASA scientists announced Monday they’ve found the most Earth-like world ever discovered. Kepler 22-b, as it’s called, is located in the Goldilocks zone – not too far from its sun, and not too close, which means it might have the perfect conditions for life to be formed. But wh... Facebook for Android Update Coming With Dedicated Places App?What you see in the image above is what the new Facebook application for Android might look like. The 1.8 version of the software bit is reportedly codenamed “Katana” and while the final version might be somewhat different, the screenshots are rather telling. You can see revamped na... Mashable Weekend Recap: 32 Stories You May Have MissedWe gave you a plethora of news, views and weekend hullabaloo here at Mashable over the past couple of days — but if you missed it, the Weekend Recap is your humble servant. We published helpful hints, online shopping tips, a unique look at a boatload of colorful and techie Christmas ornamen... |