Now anyone can enjoy free, unlimited WiFi at Starbucks with just one click rather than having to pay or enter AT&T or Starbucks Card information to get just two hours of free time. Sounds like a good deal, and can possibly get Starbucks more money if people stay longer and buy more. {Mashable}

Starbucks isn’t stopping at the free wireless, though. Those who use the WiFi at Starbucks soon will be able to enjoy a full Starbucks-branded online experience. That means a Starbucks splash page when you first connect that leads to aggregated news from different sections. It could also link to the Starbucks iTunes “Pick of The Week,” so you can get the song for free without having to use the code on the cards at the register.

The biggest news, though, is that with that Starbucks experience, you’ll be able to get around pay-walls at places like the Wall Street Journal. Starbucks is aiming to bring those services to uses of WiFi at stores. Of course, buying Starbucks everyday to get WSJ for free just might end up being more expensive than getting a subscription to the newspaper.

Wi-fi.

As the airlines struggle to keep afloat, a few have decided to forge ahead and trick-out their jumbo jets with the latest technology in the hopes of luring back loyal customers. So far, Lufthansa has announced that their flights will have internet connectivity by mid-2010, and Virgin America is right on their heels, saying that their fleet should have in-flight wi-fi by 2011.

But the king of in-flight technology? Emirates, an airline that already allows you to check your email and SMS through a dial-up connection, is not only looking to provide wi-fi to their flyers, but also to pioneer the use of cell phones in flight.

Yup, it seems that by 2011, there’s going to be nowhere you can go to escape technology. Great for you obsessive email checkers out there – not so great when you have to listen to your seat-mate’s entire phone conversation 18,000 feet over the Atlantic…

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