| Toshiba Shows Off Its New 84-inch Ultra HD 4K TV | | LAS VEGAS — At a private press event Sunday evening, Toshiba gave us a first look at its upcoming line of Ultra HD 4K TVs. The L9300 series is headlined by an 84-inch model (pictured above), but also includes a 58 and 65-inch set. The 4K format gives you four times the pixel resolution of a standard 1080p Full-HD television, offering a picture at a 3,840 x 2,160 pixels.
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| Nvidia Unveils Project Shield, a Powerful Android Game Controller | | LAS VEGAS — If you thought chip makers only messed around with the insides of our gadgets, think again. Nvidia, the graphics-card and mobile-processor manufacturer, surprised a packed house at a nightclub at the Palms hotel in Vegas with Project Shield, a powerful Android game controller that packs the company's latest and greatest mobile chip, the Tegra 4.
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| Inside YouTube's Plan to Dominate Your TV | | Quick: Think of watching a YouTube video. What kind of screen pops into your head? Chances are you thought of your laptop, desktop, smartphone or tablet before you imagined flopping down in front of a YouTube video on your widescreen TV in the den. But that's an attitude YouTube is desparate to change — and TV makers are eager to help them out.
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| Nvidia Launches Tegra 4 Mobile Quad-Core Chip | | LAS VEGAS — Nvidia, the company that makes the mobile processors in many Android devices including the Google Nexus 7 tablet, today officially launched its next mobile chip, the Tegra 4. The quad-core Tegra 4 is said to have six times the processing power of its predecessor, the Tegra 3.
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| Ford Adds Support For Glympse, Lets Friends Know When You'll Arrive | | LAS VEGAS — Real-time location-sharing app Glympse announced plans Monday to bring its app into Ford vehicles. The first location-sharing app for Ford's SYNC in-car connectivity system, Ford drivers will now be able use voice commands to let friends, family, and colleagues know exactly where they are while driving.
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| Panasonic's Emergency Flashlight Runs on Any Battery You Can Find | | Sunday, January 06, 2013 11:41 PM | Anita Li |
| During a blackout, many people find themselves scrambling to find the right battery size for their flashlight in the dark. A new emergency flashlight aims to eliminate that problem by accommodating all types of batteries. Developed by Panasonic, the Any Battery Light can run on any standard battery — from AAA to D — regardless of its size, Japan Today reported.
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| 5 Fascinating Facts We Learned From Reddit Last Week | | Sunday, January 06, 2013 11:30 PM | Matt Silverman |
| Spend a little time with r/TodayILearned, r/AskScience and r/ExplainLikeImFive, and you'll be brimming with cocktail party conversation starters in no time. SEE ALSO: 12 Bizarre Subreddits You Shouldn't Live Without We've plucked our faves from the week gone by. What have you learned from Reddit lately?.
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| Check Out 'CES Unveiled' 2013 | | Sunday, January 06, 2013 11:16 PM | Christina Warren |
| LAS VEGAS — International CES doesn't officially start until Tuesday, but the action is already heating up at "CES Unveiled." Companies including Lenovo and Parrot were on-site to show off their gear to eager reporters and industry movers and shakers. Our on-the-ground team took photos of some of the most exciting tech at this pre-CES press event, so browse through the photos to see what we saw.
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| Meet HAPIfork, the Smart Fork That Helps You Lose Weight | | Sunday, January 06, 2013 10:42 PM | Emily Price |
| LAS VEGAS — What if your fork could tell you when you were eating too fast? That's the idea behind HAPIfork, a fork designed to help you lose weight by making you eat slower. HAPIfork works by monitoring the exact time you start and end your meal, the amount of servings you take per minute, and how long you take to eat each serving.
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| Sphero iPad-Controlled Ball Is Now a Zombie Killer | | Sunday, January 06, 2013 10:18 PM | Pete Pachal |
| LAS VEGAS — Sphero isn't your typical ball. Besides rolling at your iPad's command, the cool-yet-creepy device is enhanced with augmented-reality games. Sphero launched at CES last year, and since then it's grown: Where there were once a few games there are now 21. The ball costs $129.99, but almost all of the games are free. In a brief hands-on at CES 2013, we got a chance to check out the Sphero's new augmented-reality abilities.
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| Lenovo Yoga 11S: Full Windows 8, Fully Bendable | | Sunday, January 06, 2013 9:48 PM | Pete Pachal |
| LAS VEGAS — The original Lenovo Yoga earned high praise for its special hinge that lets the laptop convert into a tablet just by folding the screen over 360 degrees. It came in two sizes, but the smaller model wasn't a full Windows 8 PC since it ran Windows RT. With the Yoga 11S, Lenovo aims to correct that oversight.
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| HomeMonitor Security Camera Gives You Peace of Mind | | Sunday, January 06, 2013 9:34 PM | Andrea Smith |
| LAS VEGAS — New parents have long understood the benefits of a baby monitor – the ability to peek in on your precious newborn and make sure everything is alright. As technology evolved, it got easier to do this from afar. Wi-Fi and apps paved the way for mobile check-ins from the office or on a business trip. Now the cameras and technology have gotten to the point where safeguarding your precious home is just as easy and as affordable.
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| Lenovo ThinkPad Helix Is a Powerful Windows 8 Tablet | | Sunday, January 06, 2013 9:20 PM | Pete Pachal |
| LAS VEGAS — Windows 8 hybrids that convert between laptops and tablets are often an exercise in compromise: Trade some processing power for battery life, or screen size for features. With the ThinkPad Helix, Lenovo aims to make business users compromise as little as possible, creating a compact, full-featured PC that ditches its keyboard when you need to get your tablet on.
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| Viral Video Recap: Funniest Memes of the Week | | Sunday, January 06, 2013 9:13 PM | Kate Freeman |
| This week's viral videos range from cute cats to a zany lady dancing in an airport. If you're like us, you've probably watched so many cute and funny cat videos on YouTube, that you can't even remember them all. When it seems like we've seen every adorable thing a cat could possibly do, another kitty video gains traction on the video-sharing site.
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| Withings Scale Monitors Temperature and CO2 Levels in Your Home | | Sunday, January 06, 2013 8:46 PM | Emily Price |
| LAS VEGAS — Meet the Smart Body Analyzer, Withings' newest Internet-connected scale that keeps track of your weight, heart rate, the temperature of the room you're in, and that room's air quality. Designed specifically to be used in your bedroom, stepping on the scale barefoot provides you with your weight, body fat and heart rate reading.
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| Reporters' Fitness Is Put to the Test at CES 2013 | | Sunday, January 06, 2013 8:18 PM | Nora Grenfell |
| The biggest names in tech will soon assemble at CES 2013 in Las Vegas to give us a first look at thousands of new devices. The Mashable team will be on the ground to bring you first access to the most talked-about gadgets and technology trends. It's a big event — both figuratively and literally — as you can see from the floor plan above.
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| AR. Drone Quadcopter to Get GPS, Better Battery | | Sunday, January 06, 2013 7:50 PM | Samantha Murphy |
| The popular AR. Drone quadcopter will be getting some major improvements with the roll out of GPS tracking, longer battery life and better steering.
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| 5 Marketing Predictions for 2013 | | Sunday, January 06, 2013 7:37 PM | Seth Fiegerman |
| There was certainly no shortage of big developments in the marketing world throughout 2012. Facebook created a massive mobile advertising business in less than year, Red Bull literally financed a trip into the stratosphere to create powerful branded content, and a YouTube video finally hit 1 billion views, showing the potential reach for online videos.
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| Trakdot Uses GPS to Make Sure You Never Lose Your Suitcase Again | | Sunday, January 06, 2013 7:00 PM | Emily Price |
| LAS VEGAS — Whenever you fly and check a bag, you always have to wonder whether your bag will arrive when you do, especially if you have a new stops and layovers along the way. Trakdot is designed to help you keep track of your suitcase when you travel. The pint-sized device is placed in your checked luggage, and then reports its location in real time to any mobile phone or SMS-capable device.
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| SpareOne AA Battery-Operated Phone Gets Even Better | | Sunday, January 06, 2013 6:59 PM | Emily Price |
| LAS VEGAS — What if your cellphone was able to hold a charge for 15 years? That's exactly what the makers of the SpareOne phone hope the handset will be able to do. Designed to be used as an emergency phone rather than your everyday handset, the phone runs on a single AA battery. You may remember SpareOne from its debut at CES last year.
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| Personal Weather Station Monitors Conditions, Reports to Smartphone | | Sunday, January 06, 2013 6:59 PM | Emily Price |
| LAS VEGAS — Netatmo's Urban Weather station debuted in August for iOS devices, and has now added support for Android devices as well. An update announced at CES, Android users can now use their phone or tablets along with the Urban Weather Station to receive real-time notifications on the air quality and weather conditions specific to their home or office.
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| Google Says It Will Stop Blocking Maps from Windows Phone | | Sunday, January 06, 2013 6:23 PM | Kate Freeman |
| Google says it will stop redirecting Windows Phone users away from its mobile Google Maps website. This weekend, controversy erupted after users reported that attempts to access Google Maps on Windows Phone devices led to redirects to the Google homepage.
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| How to Follow CES 2013 Online | | Sunday, January 06, 2013 6:09 PM | Christina Warren |
| It's time once again for the International CES. Taking place in Las Vegas from Jan. 7 - 11, thousands of companies — big and small — will be showing off their latest products as well as prototypes of the future. CES is a big event. In person, trying to navigate the Las Vegas Convention Center — not to mention the many off-site parties and events — is an exercise unto itself.
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