As a Sikh American that wears a turban every day [https://www.facebook.com/satjot], it's great to see a positive piece on Turbans in the US. For the most part I've dealt with comments like, "Hey Osama", "You Towel Head", "Taliban!"...
@allantyoung there are a few ways Facebook can compile this data :
(1) They could make calls to app url schemes that are publicly known (i.e. http://handleopenurl.com/) to check for a response
(2) Facebook will become the largest data set of app url schemes as more apps register their url schema with Facebook when enabling deep-linking
(3) Facebook bought Parse, and over 100,000 apps use Parse and many of those apps use FB connect, so Facebook knows which apps those users have
My friend has a 25 minute timer, during which time, he only focuses on the task in front of him. It is more to curb ADD but ends up helping with productivity.
All signs point to no. Square wants to be a prominent brand in the eyes of SMBs and consumers (e.g. Square Register, Square Wallet.) They don't seem interested in offering APIs or other white-label tools that help app developers feature their own brands and experiences. Seems like Cardflight clients can integrate payments into their own app experience, rather than having to push CardFlight's, Square's or anyone else's brand.
I have a friend who runs Zuldi Co has probably spent month and months (and thousands of dollars) looking for a solution like this. He sells point of sale ordering systems so waiters and waitresses can take orders and accept payment at bars/restaurants/casinos etc.
