Tag: JACKDORSEY

A black, nine-inch tattoo, in the shape of a thick S, runs down Jack Dorsey's left forearm. But one can ignore the outlaw implications: this is a man whose first act each day is to text his mother. Dorsey intends the tattoo as a reference to his interests in math, music, and anatomy. First, it represents an integral. "It symbolizes integrating everything," explains Dorsey, somewhat ...

The Square hype started back in December when Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey announced a new mobile payment system. It lets any business plug a small box into a mobile device's headphone jack for fast, easy swiping and payment. Receipts, signatures and accounts are all handled and stored electronically. Square is finally going live today for businesses and customers who use iPhones, iPads or the ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. Business Insider rounds up 12 awesome things you can do on Bloomberg terminals, those financial computers that look drastically different from modern OS's like Windows ...

After changing the way we thought about social-networking with Twitter, co-founder Jack Dorsey needed another system to revolutionize, tackling the tired system of credit and debit cards. Today, Dorsey unveiled his new project, Square, for all the world to see, launching a Web site and giving Tech Crunch a firsthand look at how his new product works. Here's the basic idea: Square is a tiny ...