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| LG Demos First TD-LTE Smartphone Prototype | | BARCELONA — LG and China Mobile have successfully demoed a TD-LTE-capable smartphone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The demonstration was conducted using a modified LG Optimus G smartphone.
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| Armband Lets You Wirelessly Control Devices, 'Unleash Your Inner Jedi' | | It's like harnessing the Force: A new armband uses the electrical activity in your muscles to let you wirelessly control digital devices. Called the Myo, the armband was developed by Canadian startup, Thalmic Labs. Sensing the wearer's muscle movements and motions, it detects changes in hand gesture "right down to each individual finger," as well as "subtle movements in all directions," according to the company.
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| Tour Google's Swanky New Headquarters | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 8:48 PM | Emily Price |
| Google is building a new headquarters. Located near its current HQ, the 1.1 million square foot “Bay View” complex is being built in Mountain View, Calif., and it's like nothing you’ve ever seen before. A watercolor drawing created by the architects at nbbj shows off Google’s plans for the building, which include a place to jog, bike, and ride scooters — all on the roof.
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| 9 Apps Built by Self-Taught Coders | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 6:20 PM | Dani Fankhauser |
| You can access plenty of service online when learning to code: Codecademy, Skillshare, Treehouse, Code School, Learn Code The Hard Way, Udemy, General Assembly, Udacity and the list goes on. Some charge per class or by monthly membership, while others are free or accept donations. But still, learning anything outside traditional education requires personal initiative.
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| Kenyan Boy's Invention Scares Off Lions | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 5:08 PM | Discovery News |
| Thirteen-year-old Kenyan Richard Turere faced a serious problem: Hungry lions were attacking his family’s precious herd of cattle. So the enterprising boy came up with an ingenious, low-tech solution to keep them away. SEE ALSO: Lions Captured in the Wild by ‘BeetleCams’ Lions are a constant threat to farmers around Nairobi National Park in Kenya. Cattle were their preferred late-night snack.
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| Outbox Makes Your Snail Mail Digital | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 4:57 PM | Emily Price |
| Many of us check our email constantly, but when it comes to snail mail, our inbox gets a little neglected. A company called Outbox is looking to change that, turning the traditional mail you receive in your mailbox into a digital format you can read anywhere. Here’s how it works: Once you sign up for Outbox, the company will visit your mailbox three times a week and collect your mail on your behalf.
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| 5 Ways the Samsung Galaxy S IV Can Beat the iPhone | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 4:06 PM | Pete Pachal |
| Samsung will announce its next flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S IV, next month on March 14. We know this because the company said so — an act simultaneously like and unlike the approach by its chief mobile rival, Apple.
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| What You Missed at the Tails and Rails Hackathon | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 3:08 PM | Elisha Hartwig |
| If you weren't at the #TailsandRails pet-friendly hackathon over the weekend, you sure missed a tail-waggin' good time. Held at New York's Soho Grand Hotel, Mashable and Purina collaborated to bring together tech enthusiasts who want to build a better life for their furry friends. Seven teams of hackers competed for pet app glory, but only three walked away winners at the end of the night, the ultimate winner being KittyBalls.
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| 9 Alternative Search Engines to Improve Discovery | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 2:38 PM | Matt Petronzio |
| Whether it's because of privacy concerns or lackluster results, your current search engine of choice might not cut it. It's no longer an issue of access to information — the web is teeming with answers to almost any query. Now, it's all about getting the best results in the least amount of time.
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| 10 Craigslist Redesign Attempts | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 1:55 PM | Emil Lendof |
| Craigslist is one of the first places we go to find ourselves a job, a new place to live or even a trendy used couch. But wouldn't it be easier to find that couch if Craigslist featured easier navigation? In the last few years, the web design community has pitched various redesigns to improve its interface.
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| Hands On: Rugged CAT B15 Android Phone Can Take a Lot of Abuse | | Tuesday, February 26, 2013 1:08 PM | Stan Schroeder |
| BARCELONA — CAT, the same company that designs and manufactures heavy machinery, has got a rugged Android smartphone on display here in Barcelona, offering some serious durability for a reasonable price. The CAT B15 is an Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" device, with a 4-inch, 800 x 480-pixel screen, a dual-core, 1GHz Cortex A9 CPU, 512MB of RAM and 4GB of storage memory.
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