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 

Google's Pony Express feature to allow payments in Gmail

We get bills in our email all the time, wouldn't it be great to be able to securely pay from our mail clients? If your mail client is Google's Gmail or Inbox, this is on its way. Recode has unearthed documents referring to a Pony Express feature within Gmail that will allow users to enter their payment information as as debit or credit card information to pay for bills right within the application. Bills would be organized within their own designated folder. Sounds convenient. The feature is expected to roll out in Q4 2015.

Source: Recode

Video: Motorola's Defy Pro tough features and a QWERTY keyboard on an entry level phone

Motorola is no stranger to hardened, weatherproof and sturdy smartphones and the Defy Pro, which is exclusive to Rogers and coming this August, is an entry level smartphone that's tough all around. Waterproof, shockproof and full of apps for fitness and active lifestyles. The big feature here is the QWERTY keyboard for users who want a modern Android smartphone with great messaging and email capabilities.