Keith Rabois

Square’s Next Round Could Swipe a $4 Billion Valuation

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 18 at 4:00 am PT

Square is seeking to raise a fresh round of capital at a valuation of up to $4 billion, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.

First Class Ticket: Social Travel Start-Up Gogobot Raises $15M in Funding at $70M Valuation

Kara Swisher in Social on November 3, 2011 at 12:00 pm PT

Around the world in $15 million.

Gogobot Goes Mobile With New iPhone App

Kara Swisher in Mobile on October 18, 2011 at 9:00 am PT

The innovative social travel site Gogobot is unveiling its iPhone app today.

Square Makes It Easier for Big Businesses to Sign Up for Mobile Payments

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on October 10, 2011 at 11:00 am PT

Square is eliminating a hurdle that may have been a turnoff for bigger businesses looking at adopting its service, which allows people to collect payments using a mobile phone and card reader.

Exclusive: Max Levchin to Leave Google as Slide Is Shut Down

Liz Gannes in Social on August 25, 2011 at 5:35 pm PT

Slide, the social apps company that Google bought just over a year ago for about $200 million, will be dissolved; its well-regarded leader Max Levchin will depart Google.

Gogobot Unveils Flipboard-Like Web Travel Scrapbook

Kara Swisher in Social on July 20, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

The social travel start-up Gogobot has launched an eye-catching new feature to its site to allow users to make visually striking collections of their destinations on the fly. Get it? A travel site and on the fly!

Meet Evan Reas of LAL and His Proximity-Based Social Graph for Colleges (Video)

Liz Gannes in Social on May 2, 2011 at 6:20 pm PT

The start-up LikeALittle, or LAL, had fended off NetworkEffect’s reportorial advances for weeks. Funny, considering the site helps people flirt with one another.

VeriFone Claims Victory Now That Square Is Adding Encryption to Its Card Readers

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 29, 2011 at 4:35 pm PT

A day after Square announced it had received an investment from Visa, it said it would be adding an additional level of encryption into its card reader that plugs into smartphones. But, it insisted, the decision had nothing to do with the accusations of security flaws that VeriFone raised last month.

Topguest Hustles Its Way into Making Travel Loyalty Pay (Video)

Liz Gannes in Social on April 6, 2011 at 10:17 am PT

“Just hustling,” as CEO Geoff Lewis described it, has helped a small, less-than-a-year-old start-up with relatively few users score deals with the likes of Virgin America, Hilton and InterContinental Hotels Group to tie customers’ geo-located social media activity with existing loyalty rewards programs.

Twitter Still Hunting For Its Product Boss

Liz Gannes in Social on March 24, 2011 at 11:25 am PT

Twitter has spent months looking for a product leader, and had multiple high-profile potential hires turn down its offers for that job. But it is starting to make some progress.