Square, the mobile payments company founded by Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, has scored a real win – placement in the Apple Store. Apple is now selling the Square hardware which hooks into an iPhone/iPod touch and lets anyone process and manage credit card payments.
The Square device is the only payments product featured in US Apple stores. It’s selling for $9.95 but users get $10 of credit when they sign up for an account and the apps are free.
Mobile World Congress is the biggest event of the year for smartphone fanatics, and while the next Barcelona shindig isn’t scheduled until February of next year, the organisers have given word of the keynote speakers already – and they include two of Twitter‘s founders, and under different banners. What are they going to say?
You’ve made it through the snow drifts to the end of the week and we have a reward for you – this handy recap on all of the best gadget news you might have missed. We’ll have our CES catch-up for you at 9.30 but first, here’s your nourishing Techie Breakie…
Square, the iPhone payment start-up lead by Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, has grabbed one of the Google engineer’s behind the creation of Google Android. What does that mean for Square’s Android future?
Square, the new payments service founded by Twitter creator Jack Dorsey, sees Apple as a competitor. Dorsey made the admission today at the LeWeb conference in Paris.
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s Square is, nearly, open for business. Clearly not content with having just one world-changing innovation under his belt, his new mobile payment service lets vendors collect cash from a usual credit card using a mobile phone.
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