Thanks to the continued growth of credit cards, it’s easier than ever to get through the day without touching a dollar bill. As someone who prefers to keep as minimal… Read More
Taxi drivers, at least from my experience, typically don’t like it when riders ask to pay with credit card and prefer to accept cash instead. But my past two experiences… Read More
Well, here’s a new way to unlock your Mac: Tap on your iPhone. Yes, that’s right: There’s now a way to access your Apple laptop with two simple taps on… Read More
Have you tried Square to pay for your coffee at Starbucks? If your experience was anything like what FastCompany’s correspondents and volunteers have gone through, you might not want to… Read More
Many paper products are moving to the digital world. Buck, a Seattle-based mobile payments company, is following suit and helping businesses save time with paperless mobile invoices. The latest product from… Read More
Square COO Keith Rabois is departing the mobile payments company due to sexual harassment allegations. Rabois penned a blog post about his decision, denying the allegations but saying that he did not want… Read More
Starbucks offers much more than coffee; food, CD’s and mugs, just to name a few. Now, you’ll be able to buy mobile card readers as well. Less than two months… Read More
Zillow has hired Chris Crocker as vice president of strategic partnerships, bringing 16 years of experience to the online real estate company. Crocker, who will develop partnerships with brokers, previously… Read More
Are you using Windows Phone but missing a favorite app? Maybe an online petition will do the trick. That’s the strategy being tried by some Windows Phone users in an… Read More
Typically, around these parts at least, technological innovation is associated with tech titans like Microsoft, Amazon and Boeing. But there’s a bit of a technological revolution brewing at one of… Read More
You’ve now got a new way to pay for that tall vanilla decaf latte. Starbucks and Square today formally rolled out their partnership, allowing coffee lovers a new way to… Read More
Purchasing a tall vanilla latte at Starbucks could get a little easier beginning next month thanks in part to the company’s partnership with mobile payments technology provider Square. In a… Read More
Square, which has developed a portable credit card reader for iPhones, iPads and Android, has closed out its series D financing round from Citi Ventures, Rizvi Traverse Management, Starbucks and others.… Read More
It sounds like such a simply great idea, a mobile wallet in your smartphone, right? Major retailers, including Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, among others, think so. That’s why they announced… Read More
Starbucks is partnering with Square to process transactions in its stores, and investing $25 million in the mobile payments company — promising to change the way people pay for their coffee… Read More
T-Mobile USA says it will start offering the Square mobile credit-card reader in selected stores as part of an effort to court small business customers. The company says it’s the… Read More
Guest Post: Summing up a conference with an agenda as broad as GigaOM’s Mobilize 2011 in San Francisco is no easy task. The breadth of topics covered and companies represented… Read More
Inner Fence, the Redmond company taking on high-profile San Francisco startup Square in mobile payments, today released a credit-card reader accessory for merchants on Apple’s iPad. The accessory plugs into the iPad… Read More