Lamborghini unveils US$6,000 smartphone

While it is small, there is a niche market for extremely expensive smartphones. Look no further than the BlackBerry P'9883 or Vertu's own offerings. Now being thrown into that mix is the Lamborghini 88 Tauri. Priced at US$6,000, you get a leather- and steel-clad device with a 5-inch screen and runs on a quad-core Qualcomm 801 processor. It doesn't fall that far behind with the devices released earlier this year, specs-wise. So, if you have that much money to burn and you want a status symbol of sorts, there will only be 1,947 units of the 88 Tauri. We're sure the rich old guys you know would want one.

Source: SlashGear | Via: Engadget

Clipless makes it easier for you to secure phones and tablets on your person

With phones getting larger and fashion not especially pocket-friendly (particularly for the ladies), there isn’t a way to carry your phone on you without a bag. That’s where Canadian Kickstarter Clipless comes in. It offers you a wearable mounting system that lets you secure phones to clothing or tablets on walls.

The project offers two packages: the clothing package and surface package. The clothing package lets you secure your phone to your clothes, inside a purse, or even a jogger stroller. Meanwhile, the surface package lets you mount your devices to a wall, mirror, or car dashboard.

Source: Clipless

Lenovo recalling 544,000 laptop power cords, fire and burn hazards cited

Lenovo has issued a recall of over half a million laptop power cords. Of these, 500,000 cords are from the U.S. and about 44,000 cords are estimated in  Canada. Model number or identifier is theLS-15 AC power cord, manufactured from February 2011 to December 2011.

These cords have the “LS-15″ molded mark on the AC adapter end, and have the manufacture date code in the format REV: 00 YYMM on an attached label. According to VentureBeat, "IdeaPad brand B-, G-, S-, U-, V-, and Z-series laptop computers and Lenovo brand B-, G-, and V-series laptop computers. A full list is available on this page."

Source: VentureBeat

iOS 8 now installed on 63 % of devices

iOS 8 is now installed on 63 per cent of active iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices that can run the latest, greatest mobile operating system from Apple. While it took a while for iOS 8 to gain traction (mostly because of user apprehension that some bugs existed and needed to be fixed), speed of  adoption of iOS 8 is rising quite quickly.

iOS 8 was released together with the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus in September. Apple has been quick to issue patches and updates (see post below) and has already seeded iOS 8.2 to developers for release in the near future.

Source: Macrumors.com