Starbucks to support Passbook in iOS 6 by end of September

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Starbucks said Friday it will update Passbook in iOS 6 at the end of September, presumably meaning it will integrate its existing Starbucks digital payment card into the new app for users to pay for coffee. In a tweet, the company said: “Updated to iOS 6? Our Passbook update is coming at the end of this month! 00111010 00101001″ The tweet ends with a two-part binary code sequence that translates into a commonplace smiley face emoticon using the colon and a close parenthesis, like this :) Read the full story at Computer World.

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