On Tuesday, T-Mobile announced a special, one-day sale to celebrate Valentine's Day in which all 4G smartphones will be free with a new two-year contract.

T-Mobile's senior vice president of marketing John Clelland said:

“T-Mobile has a commitment to make the 4G experience affordable and accessible to everyone, so this sweet deal on smartphones and tablets is our Valentine’s gift to consumers."

The wireless carrier is offering the Samsung Galaxy S II, BlackBerry Bold 9900, HTC Amaze 4G, Lumia 710, SpringBoard tablet, and other 4G devices, for free with a new two-year contract. The one-day sale will be on Saturday, February 11.

While L'Oreal announced last week that they'd be shutting down their remaining hair products factory in Solon, Ohio, this week brings better news for the city. Nestle USA announced on Monday that it had decided to move their Hot Pockets and Lean Pockets business teams from Colorado to Solon, which will create new job openings for the Northeast Ohio region.

It is not yet known just how many jobs the relocation will bring to the area, as it is dependent on how many of the 70 or so Nestle employees from Englewood, Colo., will make the decision to move to Ohio.

Some of the positions will be consolidated, and "way more than half" of the team, which includes positions in marketing, finance, and product development, has been invited to transfer to Solon.

Nestle Prepared Foods Co. of Solon also oversees Stouffer's and Lean Cuisine frozen meals, Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough and baking ingredients, Libby's 100-percent Pure Pumpkin, Nestle Carnation milks, and Buitoni refrigerated pastas and sauces.

Cosmetics company L'Oreal has revealed plans to shut down its Solon plant by the end of 2013, which will in turn leave 260 employees without jobs.

The plant has been a major employer in Solon since 1980, when Arthur and Sydell Miller started the company Matrix Essentials. Matrix Essentials made shampoo and conditioner, and eventually grew into becoming one of the world's biggest hair and cosmetics companies. Counted amongst their brands were Systeme Biolage and Matrix.

According to a L'Oreal spokesperson, the Solon plant was only making hair care products and that they plan to consolidate all of their shampoo and conditioner production in North America. Equipment from the Solon plant will be distributed to New Jersey and Kentucky, and workers will be offered the option of jobs in other L'Oreal plants or severance pay.

L'Oreal also has a distribution center in Streetsboro, but has no plans to close it.

Matrix Essentials was sold to Bristol-Myers Squibb in 1994 after Arthur Miller died of cancer. It was then sold to L'Oreal in 2000. At its peak, Matrix Essentials employed 1,400 people in Solon.

Microsoft's Kinect currently functions as an optional peripheral for the Xbox gaming system and uses a camera and microphone to watch and listen to a user for commands. Soon, however, Kinect may be coming to laptops. Microsoft is said to be working on integrating the Kinect motion sensor into laptops.

The Kinect has been successfully hacked to work on a computer, but in order to work on a portable device like a laptop, significant modifications would be needed.

The Kinect was released in early November 2010. Microsoft has not given an estimates as to when consumers might see the Kinect-integrated laptops, but what we do know is that they'll be licensing the technology to manufacturers rather than building their own in-house solution.

Virgin American, a domestic carrier known for its innovation, has paid tribute to late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs by etching one of his signature phrases on the nose of its Airbus A320 aircraft.

The phrase "Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish" was put on the plane, which started flying late last year. It's naming was the result of an internal employee naming competition.

The phrase is a nod toJobs, who used it as a motto when he delivered a commencement address at Stanford University in 2005. He gave that speech shortly after he was first diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

Jobs said that he saw those words on the back of a final edition of a publication known as The Whole Earth Catalog, and that they stuck with him. He said:

"It was their farewell message as they signed off. 'Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.' And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you. Stay hungry. Stay foolish."

Virgin America has become well-known for its uniquely named planes. Some of the names include #nerdbird, Virgin & Tonic, The 1-year-old virgin, and Air Colbert (in honor of Stephen Colbert).

Amazon's Kindle Fire had a successful holiday season with fourth-quarter sales that may have exceeded 4 million units according to analyst estimates. A number of analysts also predicted that the $199 tablet would take a bite out of iPad sales, it seems that wasn't the case at all.

Following Apple's first-quarter earnings report, CEO Tim Cook said that the Kindle Fire had no impact on iPad sales whatsoever. In fact, it was Apple's most profitable quarter ever, and the most profitable quarter ever reported by a technology company.

Cook said that he carefully examined iPad numbers and is convinced that the Kindle Fire didn't affect iPad sales. He said that he looked at the iPad sales numbers in the U.S. every week following the Fire's launch and noticed nothing.

By the end of 2012, four to six new or remodeled Starbucks stores in Southern California, as well as a few locations in Chicago and Atlanta, will begin offering alcoholic drinks. In addition to the alcoholic beverages, Starbucks also said that it will offer "premium food" like hot flatbreads, savory snacks and small plates for happy hour patrons to order.

Starbucks began to test out its alcoholic menu in 2012 in its hometown of Seattle. Five locations in Seattle and one location in Portland, Oregon, currently offer $5 beers and wines ranging from $7 to $9.

The locations will start serving alcohol after 2pm on weekdays and after noon on weekends. All beer and wine will be kept behind the counter, rather than on display cases or shelves. Customers under the age of 21 will still be allowed inside the coffee shops.

2012 promises to be the year of the Windows Phone, as Nokia has begun launching all their handsets featuring the Windows Phone operating system. Other manufacturers, such as HTC, are also releasing new Windows powered phones. Analysts at IHS (fomerly iSuppli) believe that the Windows Phone's best year will come in 2015, when they predict that it could edge Apple's iPhone for the second place ranking behind Google's Android smartphones.

IHS analysts say that thanks mainly to the new Lumia 900 and Nokia, Windows Phone could represent 17 percent of smartphones shipped in 2015.

Windows Phone made up just 1.9 percent of the market in 2011, with Apple at 18 percent and Android at 47.4 percent.

IHS predicts Windows Phone will reach 16.7 percent of market share in 2015, behind Android at 58.1 percet and iOS at 16.6 percent. IHS said that the introduction of the Lumia 900 running Windows Phone 7.5 at CES showed both Nokia and Microsoft's promise in smartphones.

The Lumia 900 will be coming to AT&T in the coming weeks. Pricing hasn't been announced, but it will be the first Nokia device to run over 4G LTE in the U.S. Nokia is also planning to sell the Lumia 900 to businesses through Microsoft's business channels.

Francis Sideco, an analyst for IHS says:

If you're looking for a way to meet your New Year's diet and fitness resolutions, Nike may have just the device to help you meet your goals. On Thursday, Nike announced the new Nike+ FuelBand, which takes the Nike+ data collection engine and expands it into a full day's worth of activities, and combines it with a basic LED wristband for data reporting and interaction. Similar to previous incarnations of Nike+, FuelBand can sync with an iPhone over Bluetooth, or can report straight back to your computer by USB.

So how does it work? The concept is pretty simply. You just set a day goal of physical activity, and the FuelBand will keep track via a built-in accelerometer. When you start out the day, the color display is fully red, and shits fully to green as the user reachers his or her goal. Progress can be measured in time, calories burned, steps, or the proprietary NikeFuel, which is a social metric that gives you more "points" for more strenuous activity. Syncing with the iPhone app or Nike+ website will get you detailed goal tracking and motivation.

Nike hasn't said when it plans to begin selling the FuelBand, however, pre-orders be start at 5:0pm EST. The device will retail for $150.

Eastman Kodak Co. filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection early Thursday morning after failing to raise new cash to fund a turnaround. The 131-year-old company had struggled for decades to cope with competitors in the film business and the rise of digital technology. The company's final reincarnation, which was an attempt to transform itself into a company selling printers, proved to be too expensive coupled with declining film sales and pricey obligations to its retirees.

In a statement, Kodak said that it has obtained "a fully-committed, $950 million debtor-in-possession credit facility with an 18-month maturity from Citigroup to enhance liquidity and working capital." The company also says that it believes it has "sufficient liquidity" to continue business oeprations during Chapter 11.

Kodak CEO Antonio Perez said in a statement:

"Kodak is taking a significant step toward enabling our enterprise to complete its transformation. Chapter 11 gives us the best opportunities to maximize the value in two critical parts of our technology portfolio: our digital capture patents ... and our breakthrough printing and deposition technologies, which give Kodak a competitive advantage in our growing digital businesses."