Square has lost two executives in a move that sees their roles consolidated under a single individual. As reported by All Things D, and confirmed by the company, Vice President of Partnerships Alex Petrov and Vice President of International Alyssa Cutright have left the company, seeing their jobs move to Francoise Brougher, Square’s Business Lead. What makes the management changes noteworthy is that Petrov hadn’t even stepped foot into Square’s office — he was one of the newest hires to help the mobile payment processing company expand internationally. In Cutright’s case, she was the one that was responsible for Square’s expansion into Canada, its first international country. With the consolidation of power around Brougher, no word yet on whether the Continue reading →

Clear, a simple and incredibly beautiful productivity app for iOS and Mac OS X, has been updated today with the ability to send to-do lists to another user by email. When TNW’s Matthew Panzarino first looked at Clear on the iPhone back in February last year, he gave it a pretty glowing review. “There are apps that make you re-think the way that you’ve been using apps altogether, breaking the mold and re-forming it with just a few minutes of use,” he said. “Clear is that kind of app.” It’s a straight-forward, if relatively limited list app for managing your workflow and getting things done. It’s separated into three levels – a main menu, list view and item view – where Continue reading →

Google on Wednesday announced it is deprecating almost all download options for Project Hosting on Google Code. The company is blaming “increasing misuse” for the move. This is not a complete deprecation, and Google has a timeline that is worth laying out: As of May 22, 2013 (today), existing projects that do not have any downloads and all new projects have lost the ability to create downloads. On January 15, 2014, existing projects with downloads will lose the ability to create new downloads. All existing downloads in existing projects will continue to be accessible for the foreseeable future. You might be wondering what misuse exactly forced Google to make this move. The company wouldn’t say anything beyond that downloads “have Continue reading →

Earlier Today, Twitter announced its Lead Generation product, making it easy for anyone to post offers to Twitter and have people claim them without having to leave Twitter.com. Shortly after, a job ad posted to Twitter, with the ability to apply for the position without leaving Twitter.com was brought to our attention. We believe it’s the first job listing to allows candidates to apply for the role without having to venture anywhere but the tweet page itself. We’ve attempted to get absolute confirmation from Twitter but the company’s response was “this isn’t something we can help you with.” Given the fact that Twitter’s Lead Generation features only launched a few hours ago, I think it’s fair to say this is Continue reading →

Docstoc, an online resource for starting and running a business, today launched a new service called ExpertCircle. With it, small and medium-sized businesses can get expert reviews about products and vendors across a host of different industries, all vetted by peer professionals. Originally geared towards being a document-sharing service, Docstoc has slowly been moving beyond simply providing files to companies to a one-stop shop for anyone looking to create, manage, and wind down their business, anywhere in the United States. In January, the company released License 123, a database service that helps businesses find and file licenses and permits with their local government. License 123 has gone on to partner with multiple city governments to create a centralized spot where Continue reading →

Rdio on Wednesday announced it has updated its native Android and iOS apps with user interface changes and new features. You can download the latest versions now directly from Apple’s App Store and Google Play. First and foremost, the new “Find People” feature (available on the side navigation) gives you a curated list of recommended friends and their music taste, based on your connected Twitter and Facebook accounts, as well as hand-picked artists and influencers. If you use Rdio for music discovery – this is definitely for you. Next up are the new label Pages. Just like on Rdio’s Web and desktop apps, you can now search for a record label and find its top albums and artists. Last but Continue reading →

Tripping has carved a sizable niche for itself in the online accommodation-booking space, and now offers more than 850,000 rentals in 36,000 cities around the world. Founded in 2010 by veterans from Expedia, Travelzoo and StubHub, Tripping has evolved as an online travel site and is now what you’d call a MetaSearch engine, or an aggregator. Indeed, it trawls the likes of HomeAway, Wimdu and Flipkey to pull in listings and compare by price, reviews, ratings and location. So, if one property is listed for a cheaper price on one platform over another (which does happen), Tripping will tell you. You could call it a Kayak for home rentals and, indeed, many have. Instant karma Now, Tripping is integrating ZenRentals Continue reading →

Today Hewlett-Packard reported its second quarter financial performance for the 2013 fiscal year, including revenue of $27.58 billion and non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.87. Analysts had predicted that HP would earn $0.81 per share on revenue of $28 billion. HP missed its revenue expectations, but the market has yet to penalize the company. In regular trading, HP was up by just half a percent. In after-hours trading, the company is up more than 12%. In the release, CEO Meg Whitman credited “better than expected performance in Enterprise Services and Printing” for its high EPS. As for its low revenues, HP reported that its PC revenue was down 20% year over year with a 3.2% operating margin. More on HP’s poor PC performance: Commercial revenue decreased 14%, Continue reading →

Twitter unveiled today a new security measure it hopes will better protect user accounts from hacking and unauthorized entries. Called login verification, once enabled, users will be prompted to verify their phone number and email address to confirm their identity. In light of the recent phishing scams, hacks, and takeovers by either Anonymous or the Syrian Electronic Army, Twitter has started to take measures to ensure user data and privacy is ensured. While acknowledging that most login attempts come from “genuine account owners”, there are those that Twitter hears from that have been compromised from password leaks. This feature is beginning to roll out today so if you don’t see it right away, be patient. I checked my Twitter account Continue reading →

Thumb Labs, the New York-based digital agency that developed Behance’s official mobile apps, has announced that it is joining Adobe full time to work with the Behance team. The terms of this deal were not disclosed, but Thumb Labs called it a “talent acquisition” — an acqui-hire, if you can stand the term. Thumb Labs tells us it has maintained a close relationship with Behance since 2011. Aside from building Behance’s main app, the agency also built Behance’s Creative Portfolio app, which we reviewed here. Beyond Behance, Thumb Labs has worked on a number of other projects, including the ReadyForZero financial app, a Dribble client dubbed ‘Travveling‘ and BPM, a metronome and tap tempo app. “Thumb Labs will be blended into the Continue reading →