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March 20, 2013, 9:00 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 …
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.
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” …
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Amazon Rumored To Be Working On A $99 7-Inch Kindle Fire HD
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?
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Alistair Barr / Reuters:
Visa CEO calls digital wallet fee on PayPal “appropriate”  —  (Reuters) - Visa Inc Chief Executive Charlie Scharf suggested on Wednesday that the payment network may impose a fee on digital wallet operators like PayPal, following rival MasterCard Inc.  —  MasterCard said earlier this year …
Aaron Ricadela / Bloomberg:
Blackstone Said to Approach Hurd About Running Dell After Buyout  —  Blackstone Group LP, which is considering a bid for Dell Inc. (DELL), has approached Oracle Corp. President Mark Hurd about running the computer maker, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
Mark Wilson / Co.Design:
NYC Subways Deploy A Touch-Screen Network, Complete With Apps  —  Not so long ago, we featured a radical proposal for New York City's payphones.  The criticism we sensed was that this networked, touch-screen system—equipped with cameras and Wi-Fi—was too too sci-fi for a city of today.
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.
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.
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.
Dennis Fisher:
Researchers Uncover ‘TeamSpy’ Attack Campaign Against Government, Research Targets  —  Researchers have uncovered a long-term cyber-espionage campaign that used a combination of legitimate software packages and commodity malware tools to target a variety of heavy industry, government intelligence agencies and political activists.
Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:
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.

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Nancy Scola / Washingtonian:
A deep look at FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's moves favoring the Trump administration; former chair Tom Wheeler warns against the agency becoming a political tool

Stephen Council / Business Insider:
Sensor Tower estimate: ChatGPT advertisers grew from around 300 in April to more than 820 in July; retail shopping remains the biggest sector by ad spend

Lucia Moses / Business Insider:
WaPo opinion editor Adam O'Neal says he's stepping down after a year in the role; his hiring was part of a push to promote “personal liberties and free markets”

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Emil Protalinski / The Next Web:
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