Square Processing $10 Billion Per Year

Square announced that they are hitting around $10 billion in annual payments.  There are around 7,000 Starbucks stores that are now accepting Square Wallet, which is helping drive those payments.  Square raised $200 million in Series D this past September.  The company was processing $6 billion as of June 2012 and $5 billion as of April 2012.

Today we’re processing $10B in payments annually, an amazing and humbling milestone. To the small businesses growing with Square, thank you.

— Square, Inc. (@Square) November 14, 2012

Facebook Launches Social Jobs App

Facebook is strengthening their ability to get into the job search and recruiting marketing by launching a new application that aggregates job postings from about 1.7 million jobs that are open in the United States.  I believe that the more job resources there are, the better it will be in helping the unemployment problems we have in this country.  The Social Jobs App was created through a partnership between Facebook, the U.S. Department of Labor, the National Association of Colleges and Employers, the Direct Employers Association and the National Association of State Workforce Agencies.

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The Best Electric Cars

Since the Pulse2 founders were raised near the Motor City, we have naturally become car enthusiasts. We have tons of family and friends that work at the big auto companies and their suppliers. After the Department of Energy and the Obama administration pushed billions of dollars in the auto industry, we saw some changes in the environment around us. The optimism from Detroit companies grew since they were getting into the electric vehicle game. We have seen Henrik Fisker and Elon Musk build some great automobiles over the last few years too. This is why we have compiled a list of some of the best electric cars available on the market right now along with their specs. If there are some details that we have missed, let us know in the comments.
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Chevy Spark EV Debuting At The L.A. Auto Show

General Motors brand Chevrolet will be debuting the Spark EV at the L.A. Auto Show at the end of this month.  The Chevy Spark EV will be available on the market next year.  GM will also demo expanded functionality of the MyLink system at the auto show.

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70+ Useful GIMP Tutorials

GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is an image retouching and editing tool that was released under the GPLv3 license as free and open-source software.  GIMP can be used on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and GNU/Linux.  GIMP’s tools have the ability to retouch images and edit them.  However it can be just as challenging to use as Adobe Photoshop.  This is why we have put together a massive collection of GIMP tutorials below:

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NoSQL DB Company 10gen Raises $81 Million Total

Intel Capital and Red Hat has invested in NoSQL database company 10gen.  10gen has now raised a total of $81 million.  10gen is known as being the sponsor for popular open source NoSQL database MongoDB.  This round of funding was undisclosed.  According to TechCrunch, the company now has a total of $81 million in funding.

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TaskRabbit Acquires Kids Clothing Startup Company One Jackson

TaskRabbit is an online marketplace startup that gives people the opportunity to outsource small jobs and tasks.  The company has acquired an e-commerce website for kids’ clothing called OneJackson.  The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but we suspect that it was higher than the $2 million in funding that the company raised from Accel Partners, Trinity Ventures, Next View, Floodgate, and Cowboy Ventures.  TaskRabbit raised a total of $37.7 million.  One Jackson is TaskRabbit’s second acquisition — their first was SkillShare.