Advertisement Articles for 10/23/2012 Social Commerce Start-Up Chirpify Extends Payments Platform to Instagram | Mike Isaac | Oct 23, 2012 12:24 am | | Social Web commerce platform Chirpify now supports in-stream payments on Instagram, the company announced on Tuesday. The company first began as a way for merchants to sell items to followers on Twitter from within the stream, only requiring buyers to "@reply" to sellers with simple commands like "buy" or "donate." The launch on the new Instagram platform comes complete with a number of celebrity merchants touting their wares. read more » | Square Secures New Offices as Headcount Soars to 1,000 in 2013 | Tricia Duryee | Oct 22, 2012 10:33 am | | Square, the mobile payments company started by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, announced today that it will be moving its corporate headquarters next year to 1455 Market Street in San Francisco's Central Market neighborhood (next to Twitter). The move will help accommodate the company's hiring plans, which include adding about 600 employees over the next year to reach a total of 1,000. Square expects to move into its new location, which will have a chef's kitchen and rooftop deck, by mid 2013. read more » | Twitter Poaches Another Googler for Biz Dev Position | Mike Isaac | Oct 22, 2012 09:25 am | | Twitter has snatched up Matthew Derrella, a former Google business development director, Derella announced Monday morning via his Twitter account. As was first reported by AdAge, Derella will head up ad agency partner relations, working under global revenue president Adam Bain. The hire comes in the wake of Twitter luring away a number of Googlers for high-ranking positions, including comms chief Gabriel Stricker and VP of global online sales Richard Alfonsi. read more » | AOL's Patch Adds Two Execs in Strategy and Sales | Kara Swisher | Oct 22, 2012 09:00 am | | AOL's local Patch unit has added two new execs to its roster: Leigh Zarelli Lewis, who will join head of strategy and business development; and Jim Lipuma, who will run U.S. sales. Lewis was most recently VP of emerging businesses at Disney, and had also worked at IAC. Lipuma was most recently head of sales at Restaurant.com, and has also worked at Monster.com and R.H. Donnelley. read more » | Education Start-Up Clever Scores $3 Million | Mike Isaac | Oct 22, 2012 08:26 am | | Online education start-up Clever closed a $3 million seed round of funding, the company announced on Monday. Investors participating in the round include those from SV Angel, Y Combinator, Mike Maples, Jeff Clavier, Google, Ashton Kutcher and others. Clever -- a company which provides tools to third-party ed-tech developers in order to better integrate into school system software -- first launched at the end of June, a product of the Y Combinator startup-accelerator program. read more » | CrowdSource Raises $12.5 Million for Enterprise Tasks | Kara Swisher | Oct 22, 2012 07:39 am | | CrowdSource, which uses hundreds of thousands of workers to manage labor-intensive tasks at scale, raised $12.5 million in a Series A funding round. The funding was led by Highland Capital Partners. The start-up, which focuses on content creation and structuring big data, said it will use the funds to expand offerings, add workers and increase sales and marketing. read more » | Get the latest news & reviews on AllThingsD.com: News | Reviews | Mobile | Media | Social | Enterprise | Commerce | Conferences | Voices | Video | Jobs About Us | Contact Us | FAQ | Privacy Policy | Advertise | Send a Tip | | |
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