| LL Cool J Promotes New Single 'Whaddup' by Photobombing You | | What do a squirrel, stingray and LL Cool J have a common? They all love to photobomb. The rapper is giving fans an opportunity get photobombed by him on Whaddup.LLCoolJ.com. It's an innovative marketing ploy that attracts visitors to the website, which currently streams LL's latest single, "Whaddup" featuring Chuck D, Travis Barker, Tom Morello and DJ Z-Trip.
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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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| Watch Overly Attached Girlfriend Deliver a Creepy Valentine Poem | | In a new YouTube video, Overly Attached Girlfriend delivers a Valentine's Day poem sure to give you goosebumps in the worst possible way. "Roses are red, violets are blue, be my Valentine, I'm waiting for you. Blood is red, bruises are blue, don't say no," she says in the video, which went online Monday.
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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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| Zuckerbergs Are Among 'Most Generous' Donors of 2012 | | Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan are among the 50 "most generous" donors of 2012, according to a new list. The Chronicle of Philanthropy revealed that Zuckerberg, 28, and Chan, 27, donated nearly $500 million to the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, a nonprofit organization that works with donors to manage their contributions.
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| 8 Pro Tips for Online Dating | | Online dating is about more than simply meeting someone — it's about marketing yourself. Without a clear, honest profile, you might be looking forever. In honor of Valentine’s Day and its impending dating anxiety, we asked experts for their top tips to help you succeed online — if not this week, at least soon. 1. Get an Outside Perspective Be sure that your profile makes sense to others.
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| Barbie Digital Mirror Lets Kids Try on Makeup Using Augmented Reality | | Monday, February 11, 2013 11:38 PM | Andrea Smith |
| NEW YORK — Smearing red lipstick all over their faces and fingers, little kids like to try on mommy's makeup — it's a mess, but also a rite of passage. Mattel has transformed that traditional play pattern with the Barbie Digital Makeover Mirror, which Mashable saw at the 110th American International Toy Fair this week. Using an iPad and a separately purchased vanity frame, girls get to "try on" eye shadow, lipstick and glitter.
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| Here's a Cute Cat Watching Hockey | | Monday, February 11, 2013 10:57 PM | Neha Prakash |
| Yeah, so it's really just a cat watching hockey, but this video is bound to make a lot of Canadian cat lovers very happy. SEE ALSO: 5 Rejected Animal Planet Super Bowl Show Ideas And we're also really working towards dispelling the stereotype that only dogs are advocates of athleticism — clearly Dave the cat isn't afraid to show his hockey-loving roots.
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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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| Taylor Swift Gets Twitter Death Threats After 'Dissing' Ex at Grammys | | Monday, February 11, 2013 6:14 PM | Brian Anthony Hernandez |
| Furious One Direction fans hurled death threats at Taylor Swift on Twitter after her sassy performance of "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" at Sunday's 55th Grammy Awards. The harsh threats continued to roll in well into late Monday. The angry fans think Swift mocked her ex-boyfriend — 19-year-old One Direction member and British heartthrob Harry Styles — during her Grammy set.
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| American Express Lets You Buy Stuff on Twitter by Using a Hashtag | | Monday, February 11, 2013 6:03 PM | Todd Wasserman |
| American Express is upgrading its Sync program with Twitter to let cardholders buy stuff by using a hashtag. Starting Monday, AmEx customers who sync their cards can buy items if they use the right hashtag. The first such item is a $25 AmEx gift card, which will go for $15 if you tweet #BuyAmexGiftCard25. Other offers will be rolled out on Wednesday Feb.
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| Facebook Being Sued Over Like Button | | Monday, February 11, 2013 5:57 PM | Emily Price |
| You can bet Facebook doesn’t like this. The social network is currently being sued for its use of the Like button, a feature which was patented by Dutch programmer Joannes Jozef Everardus van Der Meer in 1998, five years before Facebook’s launch. The patents were granted as part of the functionality of Surfbook, a social diary created by Van Der Meer that allowed users to “like” each other’s content.
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| Obama's Executive Order on Cybersecurity May Be Imminent | | Monday, February 11, 2013 5:26 PM | Alex Fitzpatrick |
| President Barack Obama's long-expected executive order on cybersecurity will be announced Wednesday, according to a report. The order is expected to be revealed at an early morning event at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, reported The Hill, citing "two people familiar with the matter." Mashable has reached out to the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy for comment and will update this post with any response.
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| The Best Entrepreneurs Are Older, Have Less Ego | | Monday, February 11, 2013 2:38 PM | Chris Taylor |
| What attributes does a founder need to make his or her startup thrive? There are plenty of myths floating around Silicon Valley, augmented by the legends of hot-headed young Turks such as Steve Jobs or Mark Zuckerberg, that you need to be in your 20s with a rigid mindset and a hefty ego. But they're the outliers, according to an extensive survey conducted by one startup incubator.
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| Craigslist Now Accepting Applications for the Next Pope | | Monday, February 11, 2013 1:37 PM | The Daily Dot |
| Anybody out there near Vatican City need a new job? Craigslist Rome is listing an opportunity for the Leader of International Religion. Pope Benedict XVI's resignation announcement caused a hailstorm around the Internet this morning, with jokes getting cracked and questions being asked about who's most fit for office. On Craigslist, one merry prankster had another idea: to solicit applications for the papal seat.
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