Payments company Square has acquired BookFresh for an undisclosed sum. BookFresh is the company behind the eponymous scheduling software used for appointment management for small businesses. The two products will operate separately for the time being.

Whole Foods will start offering Square payment options in its retail stores. In-store venues, including sandwich counters, juice and coffee bars, pizzerias, and beer...

Square has released the next generation of its credit card reader. The new reader is built with custom-designed components, and comes with a custom magnetic readhead and spring. It is powered by the phone into which it is plugged, and Square says its the thinnest mobile card reader on the market.

Square has launched a Square stand that is now available in Apple retail stores and Best Buy outlets, as well as online. The stand is a...

Product director of Ads at Facebook, Gokul Rajaram, has joined Square as the company's Product Engineering Lead. Mr. Rajaram will lead software development for Square Register,...