According to the reader, the Starbucks application, which lets consumers pay for in-store purchases via their smartphones in 6,800 stores, lacks the simple protections that should be there.

The developer of the Find Starbucks location-based search application for Google's Android decided to release it independently when Starbucks Coffee Co. declined to partner with him. Find ...

Starbucks Corp. plans to ride the U.S. success of its in-store mobile-payment method by introducing the application to customers in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Jan. 5, the Seattle-based ...