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LG is about to kick its currently slow, worldwide Optimus G deployment into high gear. Right in time for Mobile World Congress, the company has confirmed that its late 2012 flagship is about to reach Europe. Sweden gets first crack at the Optimus G before February is over, while at least France, Germany and Italy are next in line. Every European version will ship with the Jelly Bean update LG promised for new launches back in late January. It adds more than just obvious Android 4.1 features like Google Now and rich notifications: there’s a wider variety of QSlide-friendly apps, better status bar controls and small perks like Privacy Keeper for calls and Safety Care live support. We’re still waiting for Jelly Bean to hit the US, but Europeans (and envious Americans) can see what they’ll get by watching the video after the break.

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We don’t know much about this photo, but what little we do know is totally making us feel warm and fuzzy inside.

Redditor Bogzz12, who works at Applebee’s in New York, says he got these Chuck E. Cheese tokens and tickets as a tip from a toddler. Thankfully, it wasn’t the ONLY tip he received. “I was so stoked to get these. The family gave me money, but the little kid handing me these made my day,” he wrote on Reddit.

“He (the toddler) made a ‘here’ gesture and noise. Very nice and adorable,” Bogzz12 told HuffPost.

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TUSTIN, Calif. — The link between the gunman in a series of deadly California shootings and the woman police say was his first victim remained a mystery Thursday as detectives struggled to piece together the threads of the bizarre and fast-moving rampage.

Homicide detectives were trying to determine how the shooter, 20-year-old Ali Syed, knew his first victim, a 20-year-old aspiring actress named Courtney Aoki, said Orange County sheriff’s spokesman Jim Amormino.

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MSI is gearing up to drop their newest Android 4.0 tablet, the Enjoy 71. Powered by a 1.5GHz AML8726-MX dual-core processor, the tablet is equipped with a 7.0-inch 1024 x 600 IPS multi-touch display, a Mali-400 GPU, a 1GB RAM, an 8GB of internal storage, a microSDHC card slot (up to 32GB), dual cameras (0.3MP front & 2MP back), 1080p Full HD video playback support, a mini-HDMI port, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, a 3200mAh battery and runs on Android 4.0 ICS OS. The Enjoy 71 will go on sale from February 22nd for around 15,800 Yen (about $168). [MSI]