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LG Announces Updates to Optimus L Series Smartphones | | LG has updated its Optimus L Series handsets, and plans to showcase them all at the upcoming Mobile World Congress, which takes place from Feb. 25 to 28 in Barcelona. All the new devices will get a "II" at the end of their names, so we'll be introduced to LG Optimus L3II, L5II and L7II.
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Could This Be the iPhone 5S? | | Photos of what may be Apple's next iPhone surfaced online Monday. Posted by a Chinese technology site, the images allegedly show the iPhone 5S already going into production. Nearly identical to the iPhone 5, the handset shown in the photos has an updated vibration motor (some have complained the iPhone 5's is too noisy). Beyond that minor difference, however, it looks identical to the model currently on the market.
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Hearst Hosts Its First Fashion Hackathon | Monday, February 11, 2013 8:57 PM | Camille Bautista |
| Hearst hosted its first-ever "Fashion Hack," teaming designers with developers for a 24-hour competition. The collaboration of the fashion and tech industries brought more than 150 developers to New York City to create innovative, fashion-focused apps using Hearst brands' APIs. The international media company launched the weekend event in an effort to tap into the quick growth of the mobile market and redefine reader interaction.
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Bluetooth Mercedes Has the Coolest Doors Ever | Monday, February 11, 2013 7:02 PM | Lance Ulanoff |
| The only thing that's cooler than a luxury sports car you can control through your phone is one with "gullwing" doors and a built-in speaker.
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Nexus 4 Wireless Charger Orders Begin at Last | Monday, February 11, 2013 6:21 PM | Christina Warren |
| Google is finally taking orders for its Nexus 4 wireless charging accessory. The Nexus 4 uses Qi wireless charging technology — the same stuff used by the Lumia 920. This means that users can just set their device on a compatible charging mat (or in this case, an orb) and have the device charge by induction.
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5 Things Bill Gates Revealed on Reddit | Monday, February 11, 2013 5:35 PM | Pete Pachal |
| Bill Gates hosted a Reddit AMA ("Ask Me Anything") this afternoon, covering a wide range of topics including his leadership of Microsoft, the activities of his foundation and who his favorite band is (U2, if you were wondering). While much of the discussion went over old material (Gates at one point defended his and his wife's decision to leave only $10 million to each of their three children), he also revealed a few new insights.
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New Jersey Firefighters Sworn Into Office With iPad | Monday, February 11, 2013 4:56 PM | TabTimes |
| Firefighters in Atlantic City took their oaths of office in unusual fashion last week when Apple's iPad was used in place of the traditional paper-bound Bible. NBC 40 reports that a short ceremony was scheduled to promote a number of Atlantic City Fire Department workers to Battalion Chief and Fire Captain, but those proceedings were halted when attendees realized no one had a Bible in the City Council Chambers.
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Elon Musk Blasts New York Times Tesla Breakdown As 'Fake' | Monday, February 11, 2013 3:42 PM | Chris Taylor |
| The New York Times poured freezing cold water on the hopes of those wishing for a powerful electric sedan Monday. Writer John Broder took the Tesla Model S for a spin from DC to Boston to test the company's claim that you could do the whole trip by recharging at its two new charging stations along the way.
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This Could Be HTC's New Smartphone | Monday, February 11, 2013 2:53 PM | Christina Warren |
| HTC One, 2013 twitter.com/evleaks/status‚Ķ— @evleaks (@evleaks) February 11, 2013 An image of the purported new HTC One was released on Twitter Monday. The image was tweeted by @evleaks, a Twitter user with a strong track record of smartphone leaks. The HTC One — previously known as the HTC M7 — is HTC's rumored next generation flagship smartphone.
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Bill Gates Hosts Reddit AMA | Monday, February 11, 2013 1:41 PM | Pete Pachal |
| Bill Gates, Microsoft co-founder and co-founder of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, will host an "Ask Me Anything" on Reddit today, beginning at 1:45 p.m. Eastern Time. Gates gave Reddit a heads-up a little early today, announcing the AMA at about 12:40 p.m. EST, including a photo of him holding a stick-drawn figure of himself next to the Reddit icon.
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Google Takes on Global Warming, Asteroid Mining, Malaria and More | Monday, February 11, 2013 10:36 AM | Pete Pachal |
| Google hosted its second annual Solve for X event last week, a meeting of big minds to discuss radical high-tech solutions to world problems. On the docket were everything from asteroid mining to eradicating malaria, and Google posted the new proposals on the Solve for X site, which also got a makeover.
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BlackBerry Z10 Available Now in U.S. For $999 Contract-Free | Monday, February 11, 2013 8:20 AM | Emily Price |
| Contract-free mobile carrier Solavei will be the first mobile carrier to offer the BlackBerry Z10 in the United States. The handset will be available Monday through Solavei’s retail partner GSM Nation for $999. Orders can be placed starting at 8am EST and if ordered tomorrow Solavei tells Mashable the handset will arrive in customer’s hands on Wednesday.
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Google Now is the Star of the New Nexus 4 Ad | Monday, February 11, 2013 7:21 AM | Stan Schroeder |
| Google has launched a new ad for its Nexus 4 smartphone during the Grammys, and it's all about Google's personal assistant, Google Now. In the ad, people around the world are using the service to learn about the weather conditions and public transportation, check their appointments and converse in different languages. The ad is in fact quite similar to the first Nexus 4 video ad, released in October 2012, which also focuses on Google Now.
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