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October 19, 2016 01:38 am GMT

Why an ex-Apple design chief got Square to abandon the audio jack

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Think of the Square Reader as an argument for ruthless simplicity.

"It's iconic, it's simple, it does exactly what it's supposed to do and nothing more." Or so says Jesse Dorogusker, head of hardware at the U.S. payment technology company and veteran of more than eight years of Apple design.

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Square launched its contactless and chip card reader in Australia back in September, which can accept tap-and-go payments and mobile wallets. Shocking absolutely no one, both items are square. They're also white, screen-less, wireless (in the latter's case) and they have one job: Taking money. Read more...

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