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Square Beefs Up Its Register for Restaurants

Mike Isaac in Commerce on April 29 at 12:00 am PT

Commerce startup Square on Monday rolled out an update to its Register product, the software given freely to merchants to use as a point-of-sale system in conjunction with the Square card reader. The update makes the software more amenable to short-order restaurants by giving them the ability to create customized kitchen tickets and order modifications, essentially an attempt to make its software useful to more types of businesses in the SMB demographic.

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Social Commerce Start-Up Chirpify Extends Payments Platform to Instagram

Mike Isaac in Commerce on October 23, 2012 at 12:24 am PT

Social Web commerce platform Chirpify now supports in-stream payments on Instagram, the company announced on Tuesday. The company first began as a way for merchants to sell items to followers on Twitter from within the stream, only requiring buyers to “@reply” to sellers with simple commands like “Buy” or “Donate.” The launch on the new Instagram platform comes complete with a number of celebrity merchants touting their wares.

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Facebook Commerce Lead Leaves for Mayfield Fund EIR Position

Mike Isaac in Social on October 15, 2012 at 12:45 pm PT

Facebook product management director Prashant Fuloria has left the company, a Facebook spokesman confirmed to AllThingsD. Fuloria will join Mayfield Fund as an entrepreneur in residence, as was first reported by Dow Jones VentureWire. Previously, Fuloria spent three and a half years working at Facebook in charge of its Credits e-commerce initiative, as well as managing Facebook ad products. Before Facebook, he spent more than six years at Google in various roles.

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Google to Bring Web Store Gift Cards to Retailers

Mike Isaac in Media on August 21, 2012 at 12:01 pm PT

Brick-and-mortar retailers will soon offer Google Play gift cards for sale, the company announced Tuesday. They’re akin to akin to Apple’s iTunes cards; customers purchase the cards from physical retailers, then use them to buy digital media online through Google’s Web store. The cards will come to Target, GameStop and RadioShack this month, with more stores to follow.