Ingrid Lunden
Jan 24, 2012 1:01 PM
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, another, similar-looking competitor has sprung up in the UK: mPowa.
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Ingrid Lunden
Nov 8, 2011 10:47 AM
Richard Branson is no stranger to investing in mobile media: among his more notable moves have been establishing *Virgin Mobile* years ago, and more recently moving into iPad publishing with Project magazine. Today comes news of his latest foray into the wireless world: an investment in the mobile payments startup…
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Ingrid Lunden
Jun 29, 2011 1:46 AM
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 the dongle-based payment startup, founded by Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, at a cool $1 billion.
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Tom Krazit
May 23, 2011 2:36 PM
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 its payment applications, launching a new feature for its mobile phone app that lets you open a tab with local businesses and an iPad application…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Mar 28, 2011 12:33 PM
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 company in order to lead its product development, according to a Tweet by CEO Dick Costolo. Dorsey’s title will be executive chairman.
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Ingrid Lunden
Mar 10, 2011 5:54 AM
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 games to Android; and OpenText moves into mobile apps with the acquisition of weComm.
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Ingrid Lunden
Feb 23, 2011 5:24 AM
It’s still very early days for mobile payments, but with operators, handset makers and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) jumping on the NFC bandwagon, the larger field is getting crowded with speculators looking to strike gold, in particular by pinning hopes (and investment) on to entrepreneurs with strong track records. Yesterday, Paydiant,…
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Ingrid Lunden
Jan 10, 2011 3:19 PM
Off the back of the strongest holiday season yet for mobile shopping, mobile payment startup Square has raised a round of funding worth $27.5 million. This brings the company’s total valuation to $240 million.
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Matt Kapko
Oct 16, 2008 4:41 PM
Changes are afoot at Twitter, still in search of a business. Now it is trying to see if changing/switching management will help: Evan Williams and Jack Dorsey are switching roles at the company, with Williams moving from chairman of the board to CEO and Dorsey relinquishing the CEO post to…
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