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Jack Dorsey is recruiting his own personal bitcoin posse

sudshr47 March 21, 2019

If reporting directly to an eccentric billionaire and getting paid in bitcoin sounds like your cup of tea, then does Jack Dorsey have an offer for you.

On March 20, the CEO of both Twitter and Square made use of the former to announce a new and very specific job opportunity in the land of cryptocurrency. Specifically, Dorsey wants you to join his personal super crypto posse — saving the bitcoin-maximalist world one open source contribution at a time.

“Square is hiring 3-4 crypto engineers and 1 designer to work full-time on open source contributions to the bitcoin/crypto ecosystem,” he wrote. “Work from anywhere, report directly to me, and we can even pay you in bitcoin!” Read more…

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WashU announces donation from Square co-founder to grow engineering school

sudshr47 January 31, 2019

Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) announced today that its engineering school received its largest single donation in history. The donation was offered by Square co-founder and WashU alumni Jim McKelvey, for whom the school will be renamed, from the School of Engineering & Applied Science to The James McKelvey School of Engineering. WashU did […]

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A new Square debit card makes it easy for businesses to spend their Square revenue

sudshr47 January 17, 2019

Square is announcing a new debit card, called the Square Card, which will allow businesses to withdraw and spend the money they’re bringing in through Square payments. In a conference call with reporters, the company laid out a number of benefits that the card should offer to Square sellers. The big one: It could help […]

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Square loses another key executive as Mary Kay Bowman joins Visa

sudshr47 January 11, 2019

The news comes shortly after Jack Dorsey’s merchant services and mobile payments company lost long-time CFO Sarah Friar to Nextdoor.

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Square launches its in-app payments SDK

sudshr47 January 9, 2019

Square today announced the launch of its in-app payments SDK that allows developers to build Square-powered payments right into their mobile apps. While Square remains best known for its offline payments solutions that grace virtually ever independent coffee shop and quirky corner store, the company has long offered APIs for taking online payments on the […]

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Square finds its Sarah Friar replacement with new CFO Amrita Ahuja

sudshr47 January 3, 2019

The mobile payments company has tapped former Blizzard Entertainment CFO Amrita Ahuja.

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Despite a strong Q3 earnings report, Square’s Q4 forecast disappoints investors

sudshr47 November 8, 2018

Despite a strong third-quarter earnings report, Square’s forecast for the final quarter of this year gave investors pause, sending its share price down 6 percent in after hours trading before it gradually climbed up again. Square’s adjusted revenue grew 68 percent year-over-year to $431 million, beating expectations from analysts polled by Refinitiv (formerly the financial […]

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Square details compensation and promotion practices

sudshr47 October 22, 2018

When tech companies explore diversity and inclusion initiatives, there’s a risk that marginalized groups may feel “othered” and reduced to a number. That’s what Square has found, the company revealed in the first of a series of posts on Square’s diversity and inclusion efforts. So instead of emphasizing demographic data, Square is taking a new approach that […]

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Square unveils the Square Terminal, designed to replace old keypad credit card machines

sudshr47 October 18, 2018

Square is launching a new piece of hardware today — the Square Terminal. As explained to me by the company’s Head of Hardware Jesse Dorogusker, the Terminal fills a gap the company’s product lineup — unlike the basic card reader, it provides an all-in-one hardware experience (no phone or tablet required), but more affordable than the […]

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Twitter’s Jack Dorsey doesn’t use a computer or a tablet, apparently

sudshr47 October 11, 2018

You think you really need that shiny new MacBook Pro? Well, if Jack Dorsey can run Twitter and Square — both multi-billion-dollar companies — without a computer, laptop or a tablet, then you probably don’t need one, either.

So how was this incredible fact discovered? Well, Dorsey’s tweets do typically seem like they’re all posted from a mobile phone. So Quartz reporter Dave Gershgorn straight up asked Dorsey whether he uses a computer or a laptop, to which Dorsey simply replied “no.”

No

— jack (@jack) October 10, 2018

Later in the thread, Dorsey was asked whether he at least uses a tablet, but the answer was, again, negative. Read more…

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Square sellers can now offer their customers payment plans

sudshr47 October 4, 2018

Square today launched a new service that will allow its small business sellers to offer financing to their customers. Square Installments, as the service is called, will be available at launch to sellers in 22 U.S. states for purchases between $250 and $10,000. Customers can apply to pay for their purchase over 3, 6, or […]

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Weebly brings more e-commerce features to mobile

sudshr47 August 30, 2018

Weebly is part of Square now, but it continues to update as a standalone product. This week, for example, the company announced a number of new e-commerce features for the Weebly mobile app. Those features include the ability to ship and print labels, to respond to customer questions (via Facebook Messenger, which can be embedded […]