EcoFlow burst onto the scene last year with a $1 million crowdfunding campaign for its portable and, fresh from announcing $4 million in new investment, the U.S.-China company is back with its second product: a mobile charger. Follow-up acts are always hard, especially when the first product was a runaway hit beyond initial expectations, but the company is opting to tackle a problem that will appeal to many, staying powered on the go. River Bank — today’s new addition — takes the concept of the portable mobile phone charger and super-sizes it with a power bank that can handle phones, laptops, cameras and even jump-start a car. Two of the main issues with regular mobile power banks are the days-long battery life between in each charge and that they can’t be taken on planes. While I’m not sure I need The River Bank, the fact it holds its charge for a year, covers more than just phones, and can be taken on planes — that stands out from the competition and...
Gmail is rolling out the biggest makeover since 2011! Asides from the mild design change: You also get a couple of cool features. One of my favorites is: Confidential mode Personally, this is the biggest addition so far! The new Gmail now sports a confidential mode that makes it possible to set an expiry date on emails or better still make them disappear! Now, if you have something sensitive you plan on sending in an email but are also worried about it surfacing 20 years from now, well, you can click on the lock icon at the bottom of an email to turn on Confidential mode. Did I mention that this feature also prevents people from copying, forwarding, downloading and printing the emails you send them? Google Apps Integration Another addition is the ability to access Google apps— like Calendar— from the side panel of the web version Snooze that email! This little feature would let you archive, delete, mark as unread or snooze an email by just hovering over them R...