| The iPhone Could Have Been Called 'TriPod' or 'Mobi' | | "I just got a message on my TriPod!" Sounds a little odd, doesn't it? Well, it could've been a reality, as Apple considered the names TriPod, Mobi and TelePod — among others — for its iPhone, according to former Apple head of advertising Ken Segall. Other names that Apple considered calling its iconic phone were TelePod and iPad, 9to5Mac reports.
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| LG Unveils Quick Cover for Optimus G Pro | | LG unveiled a special case, called the Quick Cover, for its huge Optimus G Pro smartphone, which debuted last week at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Quick Cover takes inspiration from Apple's Smart Cover: The Optimus G Pro's screen automatically turns on when the cover is lifted, but shuts down when the cover is placed on top. What's more, the cover doesn't get in the way of the phone's wireless charging or NFC capabilities.
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| 'Kony 2012' One Year Later: Success or Failure? | | One year ago, on March 5, 2012, a 30-minute non-profit-made video brewed an unprecedented level of social media buzz and backlash. Kony 2012, created by three filmmakers from Southern California, demanded the global community capture and try African militant leader Joseph Kony in the International Criminal Court by the end of 2012.
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| 10 Essential Accessories for Your iPad Mini | | 12:58:07 AM | Amy-Mae Elliott |
| Are you a proud owner of an Apple iPad mini? Then you might want to know about some awesome accessories you can buy to compliment your beloved tablet. Whether you're looking for stands, speakers or a stylus, we have found 10 top gadgets, gizmos and other oojamaflips designed to work with your iPad mini. SEE ALSO: 6 Superb Retro Gaming Accessories for the iPad Take a look through the options available to you in the gallery above.
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| Google Debuts 'Art Talks' Series to Reveal Stories Behind Masterpieces | | Find yourself musing about Mona Lisa's mysterious smile? Google is debuting "Art Talks," a new online series that sheds insight into the stories behind famous masterpieces and artists. The Internet giant announced its creative venture, which viewers can access via Hangouts on Air on Google Art Project's Google+ page, Monday.
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| Cooking App Picks the Perfect Spices for Your Meal | | Monday, March 04, 2013 8:19 PM | Vignesh Ramachandran |
| Do you have a cupboard full of spices but no clue what to use them for? Hold the salt and pepper. A cooking app inspired by a Cincinnati grandmother might just help you kick your recipes up a notch. For years, grandson B.P. Storn, of Cincinnati, Ohio, used an herb wheel his late grandma gave him.
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| Twitter Killing TweetDeck for iPhone and Android | | Monday, March 04, 2013 7:43 PM | Sam Laird |
| Twitter announced Monday it will shut down multiple TweetDeck apps to focus on the product's web-based version. Facebook integration will be removed too.
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| What Happened Inside the Investigation of Aaron Swartz | | Monday, March 04, 2013 6:59 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| Many details about the Aaron Swartz case still remain shrouded in mystery and secrecy. Last week, though, we learned that the prosecutors of his case were targeting him for his open-access activism. New details have now emerged about his life during the months following his arrest for allegedly downloading thousands of scholarly articles from the online database JSTOR.
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| CryFace iPhone App Is Grumpy Cat Approved | | Monday, March 04, 2013 5:54 PM | Chip Chick |
| The CryFace iPhone app is simple in concept — upload a picture of someone, and the app will alter it to make it look like that person just found out Twinkies died all over again. Once you have the app downloaded, you can use it offline, as long as you have the desired picture stored somewhere on your phone. It’s a pretty short process between uploading the picture and slapping on a rich, weighty stream of tears.
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| Text Your Song Requests to This Band | | Monday, March 04, 2013 5:49 PM | Todd Olmstead |
| To celebrate their 15th anniversary, jam band Umphrey's McGee recently performed a sold-out, two-night run in New York City. Throughout their career, which has spanned South Bend, Ind., to massive festivals such as Bonnaroo, the band has consistently found ways to include fans in their live experience. Recently, the band announced the return of their signature UMBowl, a live concert in which fans control the direction of the show via SMS.
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| Netflix Still Has No Plans for BlackBerry 10 | | Monday, March 04, 2013 5:30 PM | Christina Warren |
| Netflix isn't coming to BlackBerry 10 any time soon. The company confirmed to AllThingsD that it has no plans to develop a native or Android-ported version of its mobile phone app for BlackBerry 10 smartphones. This shouldn't come as much of a surprise. More than a year ago, Netflix confirmed that it would not support BlackBerry devices, including the then newly-updated PlayBook tablet.
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| Free Digital Workshops Help Teens Design Robots and Apps | | Monday, March 04, 2013 5:21 PM | Camille Bautista |
| Teens combined paints and pastels with sensors and triggers Sunday, as they learned the fundamentals of digital design in New York City. AIGA, the professional association for design, launched a series of free tech and design workshops for teenagers. The first Inspire/Make program in Harlem drew inspiration from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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| Pew: Twitter Not a Reliable Indicator of Public Opinion | | Monday, March 04, 2013 5:04 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| Seemingly dozens of startups exist which try to make sense of Twitter sentiment, and Twitter itself has been trying hard to portray its sentiment data as an accurate reflection of public opinion. However, Pew Research Center — among the gold standards of public research polling — says it might be all for naught.
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| 5 Ways You Pay More for Google Clicks | | Monday, March 04, 2013 4:54 PM | ClickZ |
| The transition to Google Enhanced Campaigns — where you'll be bidding for tablet clicks combined with desktop/laptop clicks — will result in inflationary trends in billed CPCs for many advertisers. However, the advent of Enhanced Campaigns is just one of five reasons you might be paying more for clicks than you could otherwise be paying. 1.
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| Vine Your Startup's Mission For a Chance at Fame | | Monday, March 04, 2013 4:52 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| You've heard of an elevator pitch, but how about a Vine pitch? Mashable is teaming with NowThisNews for a contest that challenges you to explain what your startup does and why anyone should care in a mere 6 seconds. We will choose five winners in the contest — the three most-shared and two wild card picks. The grand prize winner will get face time with a partner at Lerer Ventures and be featured in a post on Mashable produced by NTN.
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| Wickr: Can the Snapchat for Grown-Ups Save You From Spies? | | Monday, March 04, 2013 4:38 PM | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai |
| In the online world, our digital footprints hardly ever wash away. The Internet never forgets — and neither does social media. Web users are coming to terms with ever-increasing storage, both physical and in the cloud. As a result, data retention has become just too easy. Sometimes it's just an embarrassing picture.
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| This Is What Venus Looks Like From Saturn | | Monday, March 04, 2013 4:21 PM | Space.com |
| Venus gleams over Saturn's enormous shoulder in two stunning new photos captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which is orbiting the ringed planet. Earth's hellishly hot "sister planet" peeks through Saturn's iconic rings in one image, which Cassini took last November when it was in Saturn's shadow.
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| From Grumpy Cat to Hackathons: Brands Ready SXSW Assault | | Monday, March 04, 2013 4:17 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| About 20,000 people attend South by Southwest each year, a group that could just about fit in Madison Square Garden. This is not just any group, however. A good portion of the 20,000 are tastemakers and influencers. In other words, they are the type of people that marketers want to get in front of. Hence the stampede of brands heading down to Austin this year ranging from Miller Lite to Oreo.
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| Five-Year-Old Spends $2500 on Apps in Under 10 Minutes | | Monday, March 04, 2013 4:15 PM | Camille Bautista |
| Danny Kitchen just wanted to kill some zombies. The 5-year-old asked his parents for the password to the family iPad to download a free game, only to accidentally rack up more than $2,500 in add-on purchases on his mother's credit card. Danny downloaded Zombies vs. Ninjas, a free game, from Apple's App Store. His parents, who gave permission to play to game, left their son with the iPad while they tended to guests in their U.K home.
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| Is Grumpy Grandma the New Grumpy Cat? | | Monday, March 04, 2013 4:02 PM | Neha Prakash |
| We've all seen how annoyed Grumpy Cat is, but there seems to be a new miffed Internet celeb on the horizon: Grumpy Grandma. This ol' gal's expression makes the cat look positively delighted. She just doesn't seem to be enjoying the activities The Frogman has forced her to participate in. We wonder if this grandma will ever perk up, or if much like Grumpy Cat, she's perfectly satisfied with a snarl on her face.
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| Watch 22 Beatles Songs Covered in 60 Seconds | | Monday, March 04, 2013 3:55 PM | Chris Taylor |
| Looking for a tiny bit of twisting and a quick shout in the midst of your work day? Come together right now over this video. Chad Neit, a Los Angeles-based musician and comedian, made this high-speed Beatles cover mashup with beatboxer Bronkar Lee. The pair manage to squeeze an astonishing 22 tunes — covering all 7 years of Beatle global domination — into a single one-minute slot.
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