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divdiv class=postBody txtWrap section=txt readability=16pSquare's latest acquisition could shine some light on where the mobile commerce provider's strategy is going next./ppThe San Francisco-headquartered merchants services aggregator has bought Viewfinder, a platform for organizing and sharing photos./ppSquare Chief Technology Officer Bob Lee a href=http://corner.squareup.com/2013/12/viewfinder-joins-square.htmlconfirmed the deal in an announcement/a on the company engineering team's blog on Tuesday. Financial terms of the deal has not been disclosed./ppSelf-described as crafted in New York and Seattle, Viewfinder's platform promises intuitive photo organization as well as high security controls./ppLee praised the Viewfinder team's expertise in building simple, elegant mobile applications, positing that this will help Square in its mission to make commerce easy for everyone./ppOther than this note, it's not quite clear how Square plans to make use of Viewfinder, whether they be apps for organizing customer images for businesses or to help boost Square's own location-based app for end users./ppThe Viewfinder team will work on seller initiatives out of Square's New York office, also serving as senior members of the company's East Coast operations./ppLee also revealed that the additional manpower will contribute to Square's goal of tripling the size of its engineering team in New York City within the next year./ppiThis story originally appeared as a href=http://www.zdnet.com/square-picks-up-photo-sharing-startup-viewfinder-7000023890/Square picks up photo sharing startup Viewfinder/a on ZDNet./i/p/div/divbrbrcentera href=http://www.wizardrss.comPowered By WizardRSS.com/a | a href=http://www.wizardrss.comFull Text RSS Feed/a | a href=http://www.amazon.com/RFID-Blocking-Cards-Identity-Protector/dp/B00CJHZLEWRFID/a | a href=http://www.wpzonbuilder.comAmazon Affiliate/a/center