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August 16, 2012 11:06 pm GMT

Dunkin Donuts App Lets You Buy Coffee For a Friend


Dunkin' Donuts has one-upped rival Starbucks with a new mobile app that lets you buy a coffee for a friend.

The Dunkin' app allows you send $2 to $100 to friends to buy Dunkin' goods via text, email or Facebook. Though Starbucks doesn't yet offer that feature, both Coca-Cola and Pepsi have experimented with a gifting feature. In those cases, the gifting was to strangers via vending machines.

Meanwhile, the app -- available for iOS and Android -- also allows you pay for your coffee and treats with your smartphone, a capability Starbucks has offered for some time.

Starbucks began accepting mobile payments nationally in January 2011 with in-store 2-D scanners. Starbucks CEO Howard Sch…
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