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At one-square inch - not counting the connector post - Square Register is a tiny gizmo that has attracted attention from several Kamloops businesses.

So juicing is a thing. Practitioners range from DIYers who occasionally liquefy a sheaf of kale to the sort of person who has bottles of cucumber-watercress delivered each morning.

A Middle Tennessee shopping mall has become among the few nationwide to use canine security patrols, a tactic that's gaining popularity despite disagreement over its effectiveness.

Ex-Groupon CEO Mason Moving to San Francisco to Start New Company Former Groupon Inc.

Google Wallet Android API. Openmind creates a mobile communications platform API.

A year after collecting feedback from community outreach meetings, the developer of a project on El Camino Real returned to the community with an updated plan to share with neighbors.

A hello to Square , and greetings to their newest innovation, the Square Stand. which turns an ordinary iPad into a complete point of sale system.

Apple Advances their Future Shopping App Again & More - Patently Apple - "Today's patent application adds at least five major aspects to the "Shopping" apps patent claims." Half of Visa's payments will be via mobile by 2020, says Visa Europe VP - The Drum - "...Hawkett said that Visa views mobile as the opportunity to "redefine" payments." Can ... (more)

Under construction scaffolding covering the entry of the American Eagle Outfitters store in Times Square recently, temporary signs were set up to alert the crowds that they could still shop at the multi-level emporium packed with the Pittsburgh company's wares.

Groupon Inc., whose deal vouchers are designed to drive traffic to local stores and restaurants, is offering a tool that could lower payment processing costs for those merchants.

The Nigerian National Identity Management Commission and MasterCard have announced the roll-out of 13 million MasterCard-branded National Identity Smart Cards with electronic payment capability as a pilot programme.

All of the winning companies have best demonstrated how Paymetric's solutions, XiPay On-Demand or XiSecure On-Demand solution helped the organization to: "We are working with the world's most prominent and highly respected brands to implement Paymetric solutions to process electronic payments and secure sensitive data.

Apple has submitted plans to open a new retail store on Union Square, replacing its nine-year-old store at Stockton and Ellis streets a few blocks away.

At a press conference yesterday at revered Germantown eatery City House, Kings of Leon's Caleb and Nathan Followill announced they'll spearhead Music City Eats - a local food and music festival to overtake Nashville's Public Square Park on Sept.

Square Inc, a closely watched payment-processing company, made a significant push into the hardware business on Tuesday, unveiling a new credit-card reader that it claimed could be the centerpiece of the next-generation checkout counter.

Mayor Ralph Becker has a bold new plan to regain the widespread popular support he's squandered the past couple of years with various boneheaded projects, among them plans to impose a vehicle diet on Sunnyside Avenue, shoehorn police headquarters into Library Square and, most recently, shove a streetcar down 11th East.

The National Park Service -- which administers the National Register of Historic Places -- rejected the plans for a skywalk from the historic Higbee building, which houses the casino, to a parking garage.

Square, a mobile payment startup, last week tweaked its terms of use to prevent gun retailers from using its technology.

Square, which started with a small card reader that plugged into an iPhone's audio jack has made an iPad-based point of sale system, that is a warning shot across the bow of competitors such as and Verifone.

With local businesses increasingly tearing out their old point of sale systems to run Square Register, Square Stand gives merchants a remarkable new way to manage and grow their business, all for the price of a cash register.