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Square branches out into food ordering with new Square Order service [Updated]

May12
by on May 12, 2014 at 7:45 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, square, square order

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Update: Recode reports that as part of its Square Order launch, the company has decided to shutter its Square Wallet check-in and mobile payments app. Square will reportedly support the app for the time being, but it’s already been pulled from the App Store and Google Play. US payments giant Square is expanding its services after it launched Square Order, a new mobile service that lets users order and pay for food pickups from their mobile device. The service is initially available in New York and San Francisco only, and it follows a closed trial that has run in the two…

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Couple social network Between makes it easier to buy gifts by launching an e-commerce store

May12
by on May 12, 2014 at 3:57 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Asia, Product Updates, South Korea

Between, an app that originated from South Korea for couples to share their moments in a private social network, is developing its platform as it launched an e-commerce store today first in South Korea, where 60 percent of its users are. This comes after billion-dollar Japanese mobile games firm DeNA invested in Between earlier this year, which we predicted would lead to an array of other services including mobile commerce and games, as DeNA is most well-known for that. Between is teaming up with local Korean partners such as 10×10 and Wincube Marketing to launch a gift shop for couples, where mobile coupons…

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Couple social network Between makes it easier to buy gifts by launching an e-commerce store

May12
by on May 12, 2014 at 3:57 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Asia, Product Updates, South Korea

Between, an app that originated from South Korea for couples to share their moments in a private social network, is developing its platform as it launched an e-commerce store today first in South Korea, where 60 percent of its users are. This comes after billion-dollar Japanese mobile games firm DeNA invested in Between earlier this year, which we predicted would lead to an array of other services including mobile commerce and games, as DeNA is most well-known for that. Between is teaming up with local Korean partners such as 10×10 and Wincube Marketing to launch a gift shop for couples, where mobile coupons…

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Video: LG teases the G Watch, the first smartwatch powered by Android Wear

May12
by on May 12, 2014 at 3:32 am
Posted In: android wear, Around the Web, Gadgets, lg

The rumors are that LG’s first smartwatch will go on sale within the next few months, and now the company has published its first video teaser of the upcoming G Watch. The device is not only notable for being LG’s first foray into the smartwatch segment, but the G Watch promises to be the first commercial device powered by Google’s Android Wear platform. We know that the G Watch will take advantage of the Google Now integration in Android Wear, it will be water and dust resistant, and will include an always-on display — the only real question now is when it will launch. It’s…

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