Description: Square, an application that turns a smartphone into a mobile cash register, is open for business. Source: CNN.com TechDate: Oct 25, 2010 Created by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, Square uses a free download and plastic card reader to let users accept credit card payments. The app charges users 2.75 percent of the transaction cost plus… Read more »
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Google admits to accidentally collecting e-mails, URLs, passwords
Description: Thousands of websites and millions of pieces of private data are increasingly in one big cloud, where some of the old rules of data security are out the window. Source: CNN.Tech Date: Oct 23, 2010 Google admitted in a blog post Friday that external regulators have discovered that e-mails, URLs and passwords were collected and stored… Read more »
Tech Companies See Dearth of Mobile-Software Developers
Description: A survey by online job board Dice shows that tech employers and recruiters face a shortage of qualified mobile-software designers Source: Businessweek.com Date: Oct 21, 2010 Almost 57 percent of employers and outside recruiters that hired for mobile-related jobs this year plan to boost such hires in the next 12 months, the survey, conducted on behalf… Read more »
In 2010, what counts as a smartphone?
Description: The term “smartphone” may sound cool and hip, but it’s actually been around since at least the mid-1990s. Source: CNN.com Tech Date: Oct 18, 2010 The ’90s version of the smartphone was nothing like the gadgets many of us tote around in our pockets today. It was the size of a brick, it didn’t… Read more »