Zack Seward

Business
3:41 pm
Tue May 21, 2013

'Reinventing The Register' May Take Time For Square

Originally published on Tue May 21, 2013 5:43 pm

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:

Now, the cash register re-imagined. Paying for things online with your mobile phone can be as easy as paying with cash but digital payment companies, like PayPal and Square, think the big money for them is still at the register. So they're rushing head-long into brick-and-mortar retail, eager for new ways to make old-fashioned money.

From member station WHYY, Zack Seward has the story.

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All Tech Considered
4:18 pm
Sun April 21, 2013

Philly Turns Skyscraper Into Video Game Screen For Tech Week

Credit Matt Rourke / AP
The Cira Centre, right, was illuminated Friday night with LED lights, transforming it into a giant screen to play the video game Pong.

Originally published on Sun April 21, 2013 5:23 pm

Sports
6:40 am
Sat April 21, 2012

Pole Vaulter Aims For New Heights And Olympic Gold

Originally published on Sun April 22, 2012 8:32 am

The world's top-ranked female pole vaulter spends a great deal of time in an airplane hangar outside Rochester, N.Y.

But you won't find Jenn Suhr on an airfield. The 30-year-old is behind the house she shares with her husband and coach, Rick Suhr, in a hangar custom-adapted for training.

And with a silver medal from the 2008 Beijing Olympics under her belt, Jenn is hoping to qualify for her second Olympic Games.

Until then, she's working with Rick to jump ever higher.

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