Tech Week in Review 1-7-2011
Mac App Store The Mac App Store officially launched yesterday, giving you access to a bunch of Mac OS X applications for your Apple desktop or laptop. The Mac App Store makes it easy to find and install applications, but the implications of this new software distribution method are still unknown. Lifehacker tells us both [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 10-22-2010
INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY Today is CAPS LOCK DAY, so feel free to hit caps lock and yell at everyone for the duration. This special day is actually celebrated twice a year. The original date is the 22nd of October (today). June 28th was added later to honor the “Infomercial King” Billy Mays who, before [...]
Read MoreHow Square Mobile Can Help Close the “Local Divide”
Do you have a favorite local restaurant or street vendor that always has your favorite items? But your biggest frustration is that they only take cash and you always forget to grab some on the way. There is a new company that is aiming to end that problem. Square, founded by Jack Dorsey, the guy [...]
Read MoreAccept Credit Card Payments With Square
Square, a mobile credit card terminal app, is out of Beta and officially in business. They covered all their bases, with apps for iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch and now Android (2.1 phones only). This free app works with any US-issued credit, debit, pre-paid, or gift card from Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover. Simply process [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 3-19-2010
Google Nexus Coming To Sprint A lot of people I know have Sprint, which boast the largest voice calling area in the US. This is twice the coverage of AT&T and 10x the coverage of T-Mobile. If you’ve been waiting in the wings, hoping that by some miracle Google would make it’s phone available in [...]
Read MoreSquare-up, Process Payments on Your iPhone
Square is an iPhone application that allows anyone to accept payment by credit or debit card using the signature Square Swiper. The person paying for the transaction can then sign for the items right on the iPhone screen, and choose whether or not to receive the receipt via email or SMS message. No paper is necessary.
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