Google Keep—Save what's on your mind  —  Every day we all see, hear or think of things we need to remember.  Usually we grab a pad of sticky-notes, scribble a reminder and put it on the desk, the fridge or the relevant page of a magazine.  Unfortunately, if you're like me you probably often discover …

Preview of New Google Play Version 4.0  —  The Google Play store is an ever-evolving marketplace that has seen its fair share of changes throughout the last few years.  It was once incredibly fussy and difficult to navigate while lacking features, but over time, has become much more polished …

Celebrating #Twitter7  —  There's an old English saying, “Keep a thing seven years, and you'll always find a use for it.”  Today is Twitter's 7th birthday, which we observe on the day @jack first tweeted.  Since then, we've seen breathtaking velocity in Twitter's growth, which is due entirely to your many uses of it.

Exclusive: US DoD to purchase 650,000 iOS devices  —  Sequester holding up purchase, intended to replace failing devices  —  Electronista has discovered that the mobile device testing program currently underway at the Department of Defense has produced a pending purchase order for Apple hardware.

YouTube reaches 1 billion unique monthly users, almost 15% of planet Earth  —  Google has announced that YouTube is now at 1 billion monthly users.  Assuming Wolfram Alpha's estimate of 6.79 billion people on Earth, that means roughly 14.7% of the world watches something on YouTube every month.

Sapphire Could Replace Gorilla Glass in the iPhone and other Smartphones  —  Your Next Smartphone Screen May Be Made of Sapphire  —  Manufactured sapphire is incredibly strong and scratch resistant.  Now falling costs and technology improvements could make it competitive with glass.  —  WHY IT MATTERS

Wealthfront, The Investing Service That Has Made Me Money, Raises $20M From Index, Greylock and Social+Capital Partnership  —  Wealthfront is one of my favorite startups out there today — because it has actually made me money.  I'm not alone.  The automated investments company has been growing …

Walmart adds iPhone scan-and-checkout feature to 12 more markets  —  (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc said it is tripling the number of U.S. stores in a pilot program that lets shoppers scan items with their iPhones and pay at self-checkout counters.  —  Walmart's “Scan & Go” …

The Bacon-Wrapped Economy  —  Tech has brought very young, very rich people to the Bay Area like never before.  And the changes to our cultural and economic landscape aren't necessarily for the better.  —  Last July, Google threw an office party.  But this being Google …

New iPhone lock screen bypass bug found on iOS 6.1.3, gives access to contacts and photos  —  Another iPhone lock screen bypass bug has been discovered and this one affects the latest version of iOS: 6.1.3.  This version was just released and contained a fix for vulnerabilities that allowed users …

New Study Confirms Correlation Between Twitter and TV Ratings  —  U.S. TV viewers are taking to Twitter to talk about TV, and the digital chatter is building steam.  According to SocialGuide, 32 million unique people in the U.S. Tweeted about TV in 2012.  That's quite the confab, but what does it all really mean for the TV industry?

An Open Letter to Google: Google Alerts Broken, Now Useless To Financial Marketers  —  For years, you maintained one of the simplest, most powerful tools on the internet: Google Alerts.  Anyone with a Google account could just sign in and create an email alert for any subject that interested them.

MacBook Pro with Retina display: Problems in every dimension  —  When Apple unveiled its first Retina MacBook Pro with the 15.4-inch model in June, it came with an all-new, slimmed down design, all-flash architecture, and its flagship Retina display with over 5 million pixels.

Under CISPA, Who Can Get Your Data?  —  Under CISPA, companies can collect your information in order to “protect the rights and property” of the company, and then share that information with third parties, including the government, so long as it is for “cybersecurity purposes.”

Corona Labs launches Corona Cloud for mobile developers  —  Today, Corona Labs launched Corona Cloud, a suite of cloud services partnered with the Corona SDK for mobile development.  —  The new backend as a service is open to anyone to use, but it's designed to be extra appealing to those already using Corona SDK.

Starbucks's Shoddy Square Rollout Baffles Baristas, Confuses Customers  —  The Starbucks clerk was at a loss.  I had just ordered a mocha Frappuccino and asked to pay with Square, a service that allows customers to purchase goods at the coffeehouse chain via their smartphone.  “What?

Oracle's Q3 falls short, revenue misses mark; Hardware systems tank again  —  Summary: Oracle's fiscal third quarter misses on many fronts as revenue comes in way short of expectations.  Hardware systems sales continue to fall.  —  Oracle's third quarter earnings had a big buildup …