The first Apple LTE product is coming to a Verizon store near you very soon. Dan Mead, CEO of Verizon, recently confirmed that his company will offer Apple mobile products on their LTE network. No product name was given, but the two likely candidates right now are the iPhone 5 and the iPad 2.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 could be taking over the life of a gamer near you very soon. A new teaser site has popped up online that some believe may be linked to the series. "Findmakarov.com" takes you to a website with a brief audio clip and a counter, with roughly five days left on it, counting down to zero. Vladimir Makarov was a major villain in the last CoD game.
You may notice that Google is functioning a little differently today. The search engine recently made a major change to their search algorithms in order to strike back at so-called "content farms". These sites, which feature large amounts of mass-produced content angled to rank high on Google, have been accused of reducing the overall quality of search results. Demand Media, owners of eHow, are perhaps the best-known content farm.
Huawei is one of the fastest growing tech companies in the world. They have a brand new line of tablets, new smartphones and a ton of new telecom infastructure coming over the next year. But supposed ties to the Chinese military have lead to trouble in Huawei's acquisition of certain Motorola technology. So the company has made a statement to the US government: Please investigate us.
No habla espanol? Then you've come to the right place for a good old fashioned AMERICAN tablet ad. Actually, it's the same Xoom ad that popped up yesterday in Spanish. Since this is now an English-language ad, the narrator sounds vaguely constipated and the tiniest bit furious. Both ads feature a well-dressed male model who bears absolutely no resemblance to anyone you are likely to find playing on a tablet computer on a pier in the middle of the night.
If you're in the market for an eco-friendly gadget charger, the PowerTrekk may be right up your ally. This device uses water to charge a hydrogen fuel cell, which provides instant juice to your iPhone or other USB-connected device. Most hydrogen fuel cell chargers tend to be kind of bulky, but the PowerTrekk has an impressively little footprint.
How would you like your own personal submarine? Sounds terrifying, right? You'd be dead in a matter of minutes. Submarines are incredibly complex vehicles. Under no circumstances could you pilot one safely while drinking a vodka gimlet. Which is why the Ego Semi-Sub is much better than a real submarine. This baby was made for piloting while intoxicated and/or cuddling.
Who out there is in the mood for some gadget fetishism? That's basically what the folks at iFixIt offer, with their regular and ruthlessly thorough teardowns of hot new gadgets. They recently cut into a Motorola Atrix, and what they found inside was glorious. While the Atrix is no prom queen on the outside, inside she is a masterpiece of elegance. There is nothing extraneous, just neat interlocking pieces that fold together in a tight - almost light- package.
Word-a-day calendars are neat and all, but who the hell uses paper calendars? Oliver Shal has designed a brilliant, brain teasing calendar that'll start your day with the confusion you need to excel. Imagine how relaxing it would be to wake up, and know you've either felt the smartest or the dumbest you're going to feel that day already. The iQ alarm clock is so brilliant I'm certain its inventor is a robot.
iPad and iPhone users, rejoice! A universal app for Adult Swim has just landed in the App Store. It allows for streaming clips and full episodes of certain shows. Meaning you'll never be more than a click away from the latest episode of Venture Brothers. Which might be the most comforting thing technology is capable of. It also contains a grid layout of the network's next two months. Which means you'll be able to tell when Venture Brothers is coming back faster than anybody.
Good news, Samsung fans. The Galaxy S II will not lack for HDMI. While the new flagship Android smartphone has no HDMI-out, it will be the first smartphone with an MHL port. This port is capable of acting as both a USB port, and HDMI-out. Users will only need a special microUSB-to-HDMI cable in order to connect their phone to their TV or monitor or whatever.
As if there was any doubt remaining as to the new MacBook Pros, a new series of leaked high-resolution photos have spilled the beans once and for all. Not only do we have a look at the new Pro's side (complete with ports) but we've also got an image of the box, with spec sheet in view, and a picture of the new Thunderbolt High-speed I/O port logo.