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Does Square Have A Doppelganger In The UK? Meet mPowa

By Ingrid Lunden Jan. 25, 2012, 12:01am Comments Off

Square, the high-profile mobile payments company started by Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, has yet to launch outside the U.S. But in the meantime, a… Read More »

Branson's Next Mobile Act: An Investment In Mobile Payments Startup Square

By Ingrid Lunden Nov. 8, 2011, 9:47pm Comments Off

Richard Branson is no stranger to investing in mobile media: among his more notable moves have been establishing *Virgin Mobile* years ago,… Read More »

Not So Square Anymore: Dorsey’s Payment Startup Gets $100M, Valued At $1Bn

By Ingrid Lunden Jun. 29, 2011, 10:46am Comments Off

The game is on for mobile payments. Square has announced that it has picked up $100 million in a third round of funding, which now values th… Read More »

Square’s New Mobile Payment Apps Let You Ring Up A Tab

By Tom Krazit May. 23, 2011, 11:36pm Comments Off

While the big players in the payments industry haggle over the best way to turn mobile phones into credit cards, Square is doubling down on… Read More »

Twitter Co-Founder Dorsey Returns To Head Product Development

By Joseph Tartakoff Mar. 28, 2011, 9:33pm Comments Off

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who stepped down as CEO of the company two and a half years ago, is returning to a day-to-day role at the co… Read More »

Daily Mobile Lowdown: Square; OpenFeint; OpenText/WeComm

By Ingrid Lunden Mar. 10, 2011, 4:54pm Comments Off

Our look at some of the big stories in mobile: Square fends off accusations from VeriFone; OpenFeint launches a fund with The9 to bring more… Read More »

Mobile Payments: Paydiant Gets $7.6 Million; Square Drops Its Fees

By Ingrid Lunden Feb. 23, 2011, 4:24pm Comments Off

It’s still very early days for mobile payments, but with operators, handset makers and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) jumping on the NFC bandwagon, the… Read More »

Mobile Payment Startup Square Raises $27.5 Million As Mobile Shopping Booms

By Ingrid Lunden Jan. 11, 2011, 2:19am Comments Off

Off the back of the strongest holiday season yet for mobile shopping, mobile payment startup Square has raised a round of funding worth $27.… Read More »

Industry Moves: Twitter CEO And Chairman Switch Roles

By Matt Kapko Oct. 17, 2008, 2:41am Comments Off

Changes are afoot at Twitter, still in search of a business. Now it is trying to see if changing/switching management will help: Evan Willia… Read More »