11.12.2013 00:35 Uhr, Quelle: The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Former Apple accessories engineer is behind Square's new svelte credit card reader

Square yesterday unveiled its next-gen credit card reader, set to be released in 2014. The new design is super thin, with the peripheral's thickness being slashed by an impressive 45%. As it turns out, there's a strong Apple connection to the new, super svelte Square reader. Shrinking down a device that's already quite thin is no small feat. It requires an incredible amount of engineering acumen, a complete re-thinking of the original design, and in Square's case, even custom designing some of the device's components. The man at Square tasked with slimming down the popular card reader was Jesse Dorogusker, the company's VP of Hardware. Before joining Square in 2011, Dorogusker, an electromechanical engineer by training,

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