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title: Twitter Co-founder To Transform iPhone Into Credit Card Terminal
description: Twitter Co-founder To Transform iPhone Into Credit Card Terminal
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# [Twitter Co-founder To Transform iPhone Into Credit Card Terminal](https://www.ironpaper.com/current/2009/10/twitter-co-founder-to-transform-iphone-into-credit-card-terminal)

 Written by [Ironpaper](https://www.ironpaper.com/current/author/admin) | Oct 18, 2009 1:16:38 AM

Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter, has been tinkering with the iPhone.

His latest project is a hardware iPhone accessory that will transform the iPhone into a credit card processing terminal.

This is clearly a small business-oriented project that will certainly have broad appeal. The project has been named "Square."

Source: Engadget.com "Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's Squirrel project revealed..." Oct 17th 2009

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