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Square’s New Reader Takes NFC Mobile Payments, Launches Today

Kellen November 23, 2015 11

Square, the payment dongle that you see stuffed into iPads at all of your favorite overpriced coffee shops in hipster neighborhoods across the US, has a new reader out today that allows merchants to accept mobile payments over NFC. Square has teamed up with...

Tired of Sending Nudes With Snapchat? Try Sending Money Instead With Snapcash

Tim November 17, 2014 27

If Snapchat is safe enough for you to send your nude selfies, then why not transfer cash from your bank account while you are at it? Today, Snapchat announced Snapcash, in partnership with Square, which allows users to send money to each other through the...

Thursday Poll: Should a Smartwatch be Round or Square?

Kellen September 11, 2014 147

Square or round? That seems to be the debate about smartwatches in 2014. Motorola decided long ago that they were ditching the rectangular smartwatch design for something closer to a traditional, circular time piece with the Moto 360. We have even seen LG...

Square Cash Publicly Launched, Could be the Easiest Way to Send Cash Via Email

Tim October 16, 2013 37

Could sending money to a friend be as easy as sending an email? Apparently, the answer is yes. Square, the company best known for its little square card readers that many merchants have been adopting for the past couple of years, launched a new program called...

Forget NFC Payments, Pay With Square Wants You to Pay Just by Saying Your Name

Kellen March 26, 2012 49

NFC and Google Wallet seem to be all the rage these days, but mobile payment machine Square has figured out a way to make things even simpler than tapping your phone to a terminal. Pay With Square is their new app which allows you to pay without anything but...

Square Receives Update to Version 2.1, Fast Transactions and Easier Tipping are Go

Kellen August 23, 2011 19

Food truck owners, Saturday market entrepreneurs, musicians, and all other transactional based businesses, be aware that Square has been updated to version 2.1 to make your life so much easier. For those not familiar, Square is that little white box that you...