Posts tagged Jack Dorsey
PAYware mobilizes credit card buying, takes on Square
Feb 2nd
As business and commerce go mobile, payment technology is playing catch-up, trying to come up with a simple and powerful way to allow businesses to accept credit card payments on the go (because who even uses cash anymore?).
One possible answer is PAYware, the mobile-payment system coming from point-of-sale giant VeriFone. PAYware finally saw its app [...]
Professor claims Square took his credit card reading technology
Dec 16th
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Square, a new company that makes a small device to let anyone make a credit card payment from their mobile phone, has probably stirred up more excitement than any other startup launching in recent months.
But Bob Morley, an associate professor of electrical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis, says there’s a big hitch: [...]
Q & A with Twitter, Square creator Jack Dorsey
Dec 9th
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Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter who just launched a new payments startup called Square, is on-stage at the Le Web conference in Paris today. I’m live-blogging as we go:
Loic Le Meur: How did you get the idea of Twitter
Jack Dorsey: It took a long, long time. When I turned 15 years old, [...]
Jack Dorsey says he’ll give away Square devices for free
Dec 9th
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Jack Dorsey, the creator of Twitter and co-founder of a new payments startup called Square, said the company will give away its credit card-swiping devices for free. It’s a move that should help overcome the biggest hurdle for the startup, and probably help make its money back if it can take a small [...]
Week in review: Knocking app shares your iPhone camera, Twitter debuts new mobile page
Dec 6th
Here’s our rundown of the week’s business and tech news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days:
Knocking app lets you see through your friend’s iPhone camera — Knocking, a new application for the iPhone, lets you share footage from your iPhone camera with friends who have the app.
3 ways Bing [...]
