Square ditches $1,000 per week limits, has 800,000 merchants processing $2 billion per year

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Until now, when a merchant using Square racked up over $1,000 in payments in the course of a week, everything above that limit was held for a period of time, ranging from just a few hours up to a whole month. As of today, roughly a year and a half after the company’s founding, that restriction has been lifted. Now all payments will be processed immediately and merchants will have access to the funds the next day. Square also announced that, in the year or so since it started offering its wares to the public, it has signed up 800,000 merchants who have processed over $2 billion in transactions. After ditching the $0.15 per-transaction charge and with the $1,000 per-week restriction limit lifted, we’re sure those numbers will only increase in the year ahead.

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Wilson Electronics debuts the AWS 70 signal booster to bring life to your office’s T-Mobile dead zone

See that beauty up above? That, dear friends, is the Wilson Electronics AWS 70 signal booster. We know, it doesn’t look like the standard-issue 50-cent sticker that you slap underneath your battery, right? This beefy guy is meant to be a thousand times more effective, aiming to amplify your office’s poor AWS signal — most notably T-Mobile, but any 1700 / 2100 AWS connection can benefit — by a total gain of 70dB. The booster offers the ability to manually adjust the amount of gain for uplink and downlink separately, so you can optimize it however you deem fit. With a MSRP of $360, it’s not for the weak-walleted — you’ll likely want to put it on the company tab. If you’re interested in how this all goes down, check out the presser below.

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We’re live from CTIA Enterprise & Applications 2011!

We’re gathering at the San Diego Convention Center to attend the fall edition of CTIA Wireless, also known as CTIA Wireless Enterprise & Applications 2011. Sure, the name’s a mouthful, but we can’t wait to check out the show floor and get a handful of the latest and greatest gadgets. The biggest news so far is what won’t be shown off at this week’s event, but we’re certain this shindig’s got plenty more to take our attention away from good ol’ Nexus whats-his-face. So be sure to follow Engadget’s CTIA 2011 tag to get all the action!

We’re live from CTIA Enterprise & Applications 2011! originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 Oct 2011 18:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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BlackBerry Tag: touch-to-share for… multimedia?

Research in Motion’s Jim Balsillie’s currently in Dubai, gassing about how amazing the latest update to BlackBerry 7 OS will be — probably between trips to the beach. When it arrives, those crackberries equipped with NFC (Bold 9900 / 9930 and Curve 9350 / 9360 / 9370) will get BlackBerry Tag. You’ll be able to tap two phones together to share contact details, multimedia content or add new friends to your BBM. RIM is planning to open up the relevant APIs so developers can use the facility in any number of interesting ways, like bringing touch-to-share to the system. Considering the speed constraints of NFC, it’s difficult to believe that big files like images could be carried by the technology — it’s more likely that NFC will pair the devices and then send your files down a larger pipe, like Bluetooth. There’s an enigmatic press release after the break, and hopefully the company will explain how this works in a little more detail before the update arrives.

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The iPad gets a Facebook app, finally

Kind of like eating a peanut butter sandwich with no jelly, the most obvious app missing from the iPad has been Facebook — until today. The New York Times reports that the site has finally confirmed the app’s availability just in time for eager social networkers to like, subscribe and stalk from their slates. According to software engineer Leon Dubinsky, the app will highlight the multitouch awesomeness of the iPad, something that’s unavailable from the website alone even from a touchscreen device. The folks at FB also added that some of the newly released features will be integrated into the iPhone app as well, making it a win / win for iOS fanatics. Consider it liked. Check out the brief PR after the break.

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Details on the Samsung Galaxy S III leak out: 1.8GHz dual-core CPU and 12MP camera? (Update: wrong terminology)

We’re still awaiting the release of the Samsung Galaxy S II on T-Mobile this week, and yet it’s already starting to look like yesterday’s half-eaten breakfast. That’s because some fuzzy details are now leaking out about its inevitable successor, the mystical Galaxy S III. The leaked presentation slide above, uncovered by Phandroid, shows a phone that’s packing a 1.8GHz dual-core Exynos 4212 CPU with 2GB of RAM and a 12 megapixel rear-facing camera. Oh, and a 4.6-inch Super AMOLED Plus HD display isn’t too shabby either. If this ends up being true, we’re a bit puzzled by the inclusion of four buttons on the bottom — a departure from the first two Galaxy S devices — and why the slide refers to the original Galaxy S as running on an Exynos processor, rather than Hummingbird. Color us a shade of skeptic since we’re still a few months out from CES and MWC, but it’s never too early to start getting excited over an upcoming device, right?

Update: One other piece of evidence that leads us to believe this is fake is the fact that the term “Super AMOLED Plus HD” is used; if this were real, Samsung would likely use its proper terminology, which is HD Super AMOLED.

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Shocker! Microsoft to produce dual-core, LTE Windows Phones, other modern things

This just in: Microsoft is ready to take the plunge into mobile modernity… at its own pace. During a recent interview with All Things D, Windows Phone President Andy Lees revealed a few details about Redmond’s future crop of handsets, which will apparently include both LTE capabilities and dual-core processors. The exec confirmed that LTE-equipped devices are indeed in the pipeline, but declined to specify whether they’d hit the market this year or next. Turns out, Microsoft wants to wait until current LTE networks prove capable of supporting more power-efficient smartphones. “The first LTE phones were big and big [users] of the battery,” Lees said. “I think it’s possible to do it in a way that is far more efficient, and that’s what we will be doing.”

Lees was similarly opaque about Microsoft’s plans to incorporate dual-core CPUs into its mobile lineup, saying only that they’re on the way. According to him, however, even single-core Windows Phones can hold their own against the dual-core competition: “They’re all single core, but I suspect that they will be faster in usage than any dual-core phone that you put against it, and that’s the point.” Lees went on to wax Panglossian about Microsoft’s strategy, claiming that the absence of LTE and dual-core processing doesn’t necessarily mean that his company is behind the times. “I think that what our strategy is is to put things in place that allow us to leapfrog, and I think that’s how we’ve gone from worse [sic] browser to the best browser,” he explained, “and I think the same is true with hardware.” Check out the full interview for yourself, at the source link below.

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iPhone 4S pre-orders are in the mail

iPhone 4S shipment notification

If you were one of the impatient million who jumped to pre-order an iPhone 4S, well, chances are your fancy new handset is already in the mail. A number of tipsters have reached out to us to share their shipment notification emails that just came in from Apple. All the packages we’ve seen are scheduled for delivery on October 14th, but we wouldn’t be shocked if a few of those landed in customers hands a bit early. If you haven’t already handed over your billing info, you’ll be waiting at least a week or two longer. But, if you weren’t camped out at your computer waiting for the 3am sale to begin, we’re gonna assume you’re not terribly concerned.

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iPhone 4S pre-orders are in the mail originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:41:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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T-Mobile Galaxy S II pre-orders begin today, should land in stores October 12th

Samsung Galaxy S II at T-Mobile

T-Mo customers, don’t get jealous of everyone pre-ordering an iPhone 4S, you’ve got your own super phone ready to hit retail channels — the Galaxy S II. As promised, the 4.5-inch variant of Samsung’s current flagship device hit T-Mobile’s site today for pre-order and is expected to start popping up on retail shelves on Wednesday, October 12th. If you want to make sure you’re one of the first on Big Magenta to leave your fingerprints on its sizable Super AMOLED Plus screen, head on over to the carrier’s site now to put in your order. The privilege will set you back $230 with a two-year contract.

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Samsung Stratosphere lands on Verizon October 13th: LTE and QWERTY for $150

We had a pretty clear indication that the Samsung Stratosphere was headed to Verizon soon, and the carrier has now made it official. As expected, the Android 2.3-based phone will be available on October 13th, when it’ll set you back $149.99 after the usual rebate / two-year contract business. In addition to LTE capabilities and a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, that will buy you a 4-inch Super AMOLED screen, a 1GHz Hummingbird processor, and a 5 megapixel camera with an LED flash ’round back that’s paired with a 1.3 megapixel counterpart up front. Press release is after the break.

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