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March 20, 2013, 6:00 PM

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Katherine Kuan / The Official Google Blog:

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 …

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Tweets: @dannysullivan, @mattbuchanan, @stevekovach and @levie

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Google launches Evernote rival Keep for the Web, Android 4.0 and above — Google on Wednesday announced Google Keep, a note-taking service similar to Evernote, for both the Web and Android 4.0+ (Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean) devices. You can try the service out now for yourself at Drive.Google.com/Keep.

More: Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Inside Mobile Apps, AllThingsD and MobileBurn.com

Jessica Wohl / Reuters:

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” …

More: MacRumors, AllThingsD, GigaOM, Examiner, Gotta Be Mobile, Mobile Marketing Watch, iPhone Hacks, everythingiCafe, iDownloadBlog.com, AppleInsider, App Advice and 9to5Mac

Business Insider:

Amazon On The $99 Kindle Fire HD Tablet: 'It's Not Happening' — So much for all that! — Amazon is not doing a $99 Kindle Fire HD tablet, a company spokesperson tells us: “It's not happening—we are already at the lowest price points possible for that hardware.”

More: TechHive, digitaltrends.com, GeekWire, Ars Technica, 9to5Mac, 9to5Google and iDownloadBlog.com. Tweets: @stevekovach

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:

Amazon Rumored To Be Working On A $99 7-Inch Kindle Fire HD — How low will Amazon's tablets go? We're now hearing that a $99 Kindle Fire 7″ tablet is in production, and will be shipping this year. At a price that low, the Kindle Fire would be able to more easily compete at the tail end …

Larry Dignan / ZDNet:

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 …

More: AllThingsD, Business Insider, Tech Trader Daily, TechCrunch and Yahoo! Finance

Colleen Taylor / TechCrunch:

Pinterest Acquires Livestar, The Mobile Recommendation Startup Founded By Fritz Lanman — Pinterest said today it's acquired Livestar, the mobile recommendations app founded by noted Microsoft alum (and Square and Pinterest investor) Fritz Lanman. — Pinterest tells TechCrunch …

More: GigaOM, VentureBeat, GeekWire, Screenwerk, CNET, AllThingsD and The Verge

Daniel Eran Dilger / AppleInsider:

Why did Apple hire Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch? — Just hours after word leaked that Apple had poached Adobe's chief technology officer, the Internet is ablaze with the question of what, exactly, the iPhone maker plans to do with Kevin Lynch. — Source: Adobe — No Flash in the pan

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John Gruber / Daring Fireball:

Exhibit A in the Case That Newly-Hired Apple VP of Technology Kevin Lynch Is a Bozo, a Bad Hire

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Todd Bishop / GeekWire:

Microsoft pokes at Samsung Galaxy S3 in high-profile Windows Phone ad — Microsoft is getting more aggressive in its attempt to drum up attention for Windows Phone. — The company announced today that it's planning to air the “Windows Phone Challenge” ad above starting this week during …

More: TechHive, Macworld, Pocket-lint, VentureBeat, CNET, Gotta Be Mobile, The Verge, Examiner, MobileSyrup.com and ValueWalk

BBC:

South Korea network attack ‘a computer virus’ — Staff at broadcaster YTN were faced with error messages on computer screens — Disruption that paralysed the computer networks of broadcasters and banks in South Korea appears to have been caused by a virus, an official close to the investigation has told the BBC.

More: Reuters, NK News, Guardian, Inquirer and NPR

Agence France Presse:

S. Korean TV networks, banks report cyber attack

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Austin Carr / Fast Company:

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?

More: VentureBeat and SplatF. Tweets: @bridgetcarey

Adrianne Jeffries / The Verge:

Disconnect: why Andy Rubin and Android called it quits — Rubin created Google's mobile operating system and outgunned the iPhone. So why is he moving on after almost a decade at the helm?

More: SplatF and SiliconANGLE. Tweets: @piercedavid and @stevekovach. Thanks:@sidharthdassani

Matthew Panzarino / The Next Web:

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 …

More: iPhone in Canada Blog, CNET, VentureBeat, iMore, AppleInsider, MacRumors, App Advice, iHackintosh and Omio

Robin Wauters / The Next Web:

After getting booted from the Google Play store, Adblock Plus releases new Android app with automatic updates — Google recently started removing several ad-blocking applications from its mobile app marketplace, Google Play, claiming that they violate part (section 4.4) of its Developer Distribution Agreement.

More: PhoneArena, Lifehacker, WebProNews and Geek.com. Tweets: @adblockplus

Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:

Yahoo acquires personalized recommendation startup Jybe, started by five former Yahoo employees — Yahoo on Wednesday announced it has acquired personalized recommendation company Jybe, which aimed to help people find new interests based on what's trending in their social circles.

More: Jybe, The Yahoo! Yodel, The Verge, VatorNews, Search Engine Land, PC Magazine, Associated Press, SiliconBeat, GigaOM, CNET, ZDNet, AllThingsD, bizjournals, TechCrunch, WebProNews, ValueWalk and VentureBeat. Tweets: @marissamayer

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Xbox ‘Durango’ leak claims console is ‘always connected,’ games must be installed to hard disk — Last month we heard rumors of an anti-used game system for Microsoft's next-generation ‘Durango’ Xbox console, but an additional leak this week appears to reinforce those claims.

Alex Wilhelm / The Next Web:

Microsoft releases Windows 8 Embedded in a rolling fashion between now and April 1st — Microsoft today announced the availability of Windows Embedded 8 Standard and Windows Embedded 8 Pro, and detailed coming availability of Windows 8 Embedded Industry for Point of Sale systems which will land on April 1st.

More: The Register, Engadget, Microsoft, ZDNet, STBlogs Alpha and SuperSite for Windows

JP Mangalindan / Fortune:

Klout launches business portal, is gunning for brands — The social scoring startup is making a play for business users with new enterprise features that begin rolling out today. — FORTUNE — Klout, the analytics startup that aims to measure users' influence across their social networks, is going after businesses.

More: The Official Klout Blog, CNET, Marketing Land, ZDNet, GigaOM, AllThingsD and Mashable!. Thanks:@jpmanga

Mike Isaac / AllThingsD:

Twitter Untangles Its Overgrown Org Chart — Twitter isn't such a little bird anymore. The company has ballooned in a short time, adding more than 1,000 employees to its ranks in the span of just one year. — And like any company going through a growth spurt, Twitter's organizational structure has become complicated.

Kevin Allocca / YouTube Trends:

YouTube Searches Now on Google Trends — Here's a trivia question: Based on YouTube searches, what was the top trending animal on YouTube this month in the United States? It's not what you might think... Yes, goats. (If you missed this one and want to know more about how exactly screaming goats became …

More: The Next Web, GigaOM, Engadget, 9to5Google, Search Engine Land, 9to5Google and BuzzFeed

Juli Clover / MacRumors:

DRM Software Development Company Intertrust Files Lawsuit Against Apple for Patent Infringement — The Wall Street Journal reports that patent holding company Intertrust Technologies Corp. has filed suit against Apple, accusing the Cupertino-based company of infringing on 15 …

More: Wall Street Journal, Intertrust, AllThingsD, CNET, NYT Bits, The Next Web, AppleInsider, Forbes, Ars Technica, GigaOM and iDownloadBlog.com

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