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In the 99% conference we had the possibility to see Square in action. Square is a new venture by Jack Dorsey, the founder of Twitter. It makes credit card payments possible with iPhones and iPads in a convenient way. The real catch is that there is no contracts or monthly payments. You just pay a fee of the payments you accept.

The service also has an interface for the shopkeeper, in which you can create a collection of items to sell and have all the receipts archived. It helps even with the customer loyalty programs.

All the conference stuff was sold in a booth, and the credit card payments were received with a small device connected to iPhone’s miniplug. A swipe and they sent the receipt to my email. This is a simple innovation which combines the bits and atoms, and I love it!