Google Inbox-inspired April Fool's prank has potential real-world use

Pranks are abound today (even in the tech world) but there are some ideas we wished became actual products. One such item is the Google Inbox-inspired Smartbox. True to its name, this "smart mailbox" will sort through your physical mail and put them into folders. Notify you on your phone when new mail has arrived. It'll even deliver electric shocks for spam mail sent to you (much to the annoyance of your mail man). 

The Smartbox has a touchscreen built into the side for when you want to check notifications and the like. You open the mailbox via a waving gesture. You can even detach the box from the pole and bring it with you. Yes, traditional mail can be portable, too. The Smartbox needs Inbox by Gmail to work. Now, someone get working on an actual interpretation of this! 

Source: Google | Via: Android Police 

Tesla Motors supercharger network enables electric travel in Western Canada

Tesla Motors has energized the highly-anticipated Supercharger corridor between Vancouver and Calgary, enabling free, long-distance electric driving for Tesla Model S owners. 

The completion of both Highway 1 and the Sea-to-Sky Highway enables Tesla Model S owners to now travel for free between Whistler, Vancouver, Calgary, and Edmonton. A full map of the Western Canada network is available at teslamotors.com/supercharger.

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HP's new LaserJet portfolio aim for efficiency, security, and savings

HP today introduced new HP LaserJet Enterprise printers that deliver greater efficiency, security and speed. 

The new HP LaserJet Enterprise M604, M605 and M606 are reliable office workhorses designed for large workgroups of 10-25 users printing 3,000 - 20,000 pages a month.

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Jay-Z's Tidal streaming service is backed by a dream team of musical talent, but will it blend?

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Having that love of music is the foundation that sets us apart from someone that's a tech company that's selling advertisement or selling hardware.

                  -Jay-Z on Tidal

Responding to the seismic shift in music consumption trends, where subscription-based streaming services are quickly surpassing CD sales and even music downloads, Jay-Z rallied some of music's biggest names to back his recently acquired Tidal music streaming service, which he bought for a cool $56 million.

Touted as the first online distribution service owned and operated by artists, artists like Madonna, Daft Punk, Kanye West, Coldplay, Nikki Minaj, Rhianna, Usher, Deadmau5, Jack White and many others will release their new material on Tidal before making it available on other services such as Spotify, Google Play Music or Apple's upcoming Beats-backed streaming service. 

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