Square Updates Mobile Payments App

By Lauren Goode Mobile payments start-up Square is aiming to make payments with smartphones even easier by introducing an updated app that allows users to pay without taking their phone or credit card out of their pocket. In addition, the company plans to update its app on the Google Android mobile operating system to incorporate …

On Call: What we’d really lose in an AT&T-T-Mobile merger

On Call runs every two weeks, alternating between answering reader questions and discussing hot topics in the cell phone world. Those all are valid points, but I’m more worried about something that hasn’t received a lot of attention. If this merger goes through, I fear that T-Mobile’s gutsy approach to expanding its smartphone lineup will …