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  1. Do Mobile Payments Actually Work? Just Ask Starbucks! wp.me/pusAH-39
  2. Leveraging mobile. ARM, Gemalto, Giesecke & Devrient Form JV machinetomachinemagazine.com/2012/04/03/arm…
  3. Navigating The World of Mobile Payments wp.me/pusAH-2W
  4. Retailers needing reasons to adopt NFC should read this. economist.com/blogs/babbage/…
  5. We knew this would happen. Smartphone shipments top all PCs for the first time, per research firm Canalys cnet.co/zDdzhh
  6. When will we learn? Brands Continue Limited Mobile Site Offerings - eMarketer emarketer.com/Article.aspx?R…
  7. Shopper marketing news. RT @allthingsd: Pew: More Than 50 Percent of Adults Used Cellphone for Holiday Shopping dthin.gs/A6NH1O
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  9. Mobile Payments - Visa Europe: Consumers See Contactless as a Stepping Stone to Mobile Payments flpbd.it/2H5Z
  10. Please stand by. RT @mashable: Solar Eruption Triggers Strongest Radiation Storm in 7 Years - on.mash.to/w8dFCS
  11. RT @ForbesTech: Today's young whippersnappers would rather have a license to tweet than a license to drive. onforb.es/ybZR7A
  12. Tablets take off. RT @allthingsd: Pew: Nearly One-Fifth of U.S. Adults Own Tablets, E-Readers -by @LaurenGoode dthin.gs/xcLffd
  13. RT @ForbesTech: The Value Of Mobile Payments Is Beyond Transactions onforb.es/yvfcA8
  14. Anyone have any issues with HP printers?
  15. Anyone know what caused the power outage today?
  16. Royals set new standard for media coverage, what do u think?
  17. At Rangers opener. Great day!
  18. Any heard new status on GOOGLE.ME; release is delayed until Spring 2011
  19. New to Twitter? Here are 5 easy to use tips, just link to http://wp.me/pusAH-2l
  20. Study: U.S. mobile ad spending to hit $1.24 billion in 2011 :: BtoB Magazine btobonline.com/article/201011… via @btobmagazine