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Square launches in Japan in first overseas expansion
Two weeks after signaling plans for a major international expansion with the hiring of the top United States trade representative , Square made its first push overseas Thursday by launching service in Japan.
Turning 1 Dachshund Outreach Giving and Socialization marks the occasion with the debut of its premiere T-shirt. D.O.G.S and Sugar Bear Designs collaborated for charity by joining the forces of photographers Johnny Ortez-Tibbels and Kristin Adams .
PayPal taking more steps into offline payments
PayPal Inc. estimates that its efforts to extend its offline payment-processing technologies to traditional retailers will see a nearly ten-fold increase in users by the end of the year and will eventually lead to the end of the retail cash register.
The drumbeats announcing death are getting louder around Google Wallet , at least as regards its use at point of sale via smartphones.
Atypical Career Path Works for Yelp's GC
San Francisco's Yelp Inc. has so far been a typical Silicon Valley success story.
Silicon Valley's unlikely new favorite cause: Gov. Christie
The hottest new trend in Silicon Valley isn't inventing a gadget, developing an app, or investing in an IPO.
Facebook's First Investor Pays Teens to Not Go to College
The accomplished hacker and startup founder who initially enrolled in college in India quickly decided he would learn more by moving here and immersing himself in the Silicon Valley entrepreneurial scene.
Atypical Career Path Works for Yelp's GC
San Francisco's Yelp Inc. has so far been a typical Silicon Valley success story.
BitPay Raises $2 Mln Seed Round Led by Founders Fund
May 16, 2013 - BitPay Inc, the world's leading payment processor for bitcoin, announces it has raised an additional $2M in seed round financing led by Founders Fund, which includes three founders of PayPal.
Granite State trio counting on virtual currency
Bitcom founders, from left, Matt Whitlock, of Weare, and Josh Harvey and Zach Harvey, of Manchester, in Washington, D.C., at the International Students for Liberty Conference in February, with an earlier version of their Bitcoin Machine.
PayPal exec aims to "obliterate passwords from the face of the planet"
"Our intention is to really obliterate, within a certain number of years, both passwords and PINs and see the whole Internet-including internally in enterprises-obliterate user IDs and passwords and PINs from the face of the planet." That's what Michael Barrett, chief information security officer at PayPal, told the network industry today at the ... (more)
Google Wallet chief Osama Bedier leaves company
"We can confirm that Osama Bedier has decided to leave Google this year to pursue other opportunities," Google spokesman Nate Tyler said in a statement.
Shooting and Maintaining Your Muzzleloader - Now in eBook Format
Shooting and Maintaining your Muzzleloader is the third of Wm. Hovey Smith's eight E-books in the Muzzleloading Short Shots series to be published in 2013.
Orange Curtain Music Festival June 1 at Heritage Museum of Orange County, CA
The Heritage Museum of Orange County is welcoming the summer season with its Orange Curtain Music Festival Saturday, June 1, featuring a variety of local alternative rock bands, gourmet food trucks and reminders of the county's colorful history.
As an Integration Engineer , your primary responsibility will be assisting our merchants and helping to resolve inquiries with the integration of the PayPal payment processing services.
"PayPal Inc in Consumer Finance (World)" Published
Acquired in 2002 by eBay, PayPal has benefited from the online marketplace's high volume and brand recognition in the US.
PayPal Ups Ante in Mobile Payments War
PayPal is not going to let Square win the mobile payments war without a fight. Now it's upped the ante, by strengthening its partnership with Discover Financial Services PayPal is now currently accepted in 250,000 with the help of Discover, and could reach more than 2 million by the end of the year.
PERFORMANCE/TOUR: Ancient Future Performs at Halanda Studio in San Jose, May 11, 2013
Halanda Studio Presents Ancient Future In Concert Celtic Raga Program Featuring Matthew Montfort and Ferhan Qureshi Saturday, May 11, 7 pm Halanda Studio for Dance and Fitness 1062 Lincoln Avenue San Jose, CA 95125 Registration: $20 in advance through Halanda Studio PayPal , $25 at the door.