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Always finding your earphone cables in a knotted mess? Well, that’s a problem that easily goes away with Israel-based Zippear’s magnetic solution. Using magnets to manage cables in general isn’t new, but Zippear’s nifty idea takes it further by having more magnets to easily arrange how the cable is looped. The result is a tangle-free …

Late last year Bose presold “prototypes” of a new product it was creating called Noise-Masking Sleepbuds that some 3,000 people picked up at a discount on crowd-funding site Indiegogo. Those early units shipped in April and after a couple of months of “real feedback from real people” Bose is ready to officially launch the product at a press event in …

Last year, portable power startup EcoFlow launched its first product, the EcoFlow River. It’s a mobile power station with a huge capacity of 412Wh or 116,000mAh with a total output of 500 watts, able to charge up to 11 devices simultaneously. What’s more, it can hold a full charge for up to a year, making it an ideal backup battery …

Back in November audio specialist Bose did something unusual — for Bose, anyway. To get feedback on a new product it was creating, in-ear wireless headphones called Noise-Masking Sleepbuds, it presold “prototypes” by way of an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign. “They’re tiny, comfortable and replace the sounds of busy city streets, noisy neighbors or a snoring partner with soothing sounds to …

Bose has been quietly introducing some unconventional products over the last few months, including its Hearphones and Soundwear Companion Speaker, but its upcoming Noise-Masking Sleepbuds are making an unprecedented debut — for Bose anyway. The company is preselling prototypes by way of an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign. “Help us put an end to sleepless nights,” says a note at the top …

Newegg, the tech-focused online retailer, is beefing up its slate of new gadgets and gizmos with the help of Indiegogo. The e-retailer and crowd-funding site agreed to team up last year to support and bring to market some of the most promising concepts on Indiegogo’s site. As a next step in the partnership, Newegg on Tuesday launched a landing page …

Indiegogo campaign owners be warned: The crowdfunding platform can send a collection agency after you. As of Wednesday, a new addition to the site’s terms of use lets Indiegogo take more serious measures to return pledged funds to backers after a campaign has breached its terms of service, or hasn’t fulfilled its promise to those backers after the a campaign …

Smartwatches and fitness trackers — heck, all consumer electronics — have one major downside: battery life. They need to be charged. What if they didn’t, though? Conquering the challenges of batteries and the limits of power-efficient processing are things the electronics industry as a whole continues to struggle with. One company thinks it has found a small solution that could …

If you have an idea for a Moto Mod, now’s your chance. Motorola is partnering with crowd-funding platform Indiegogo for a Moto Mods Developer contest, Motorola said in a blog post Thursday. For the unfamiliar, Moto Mods are accessories that attach to Moto Z phones. So far, Moto Mods let users turn their phones into movie projectors, speakers, cameras or …

Crowdsourcing campaigns on Indiegogo and Kickstarter continue to give birth to new tech products, like the Nextbit Robin phone and this motorized suitcase you can ride like a scooter. Joining them soon is a Windows 10 2-in-1 tablet-laptop hybrid dubbed the Eve V. Launching on Indiegogo November 21, the LTE-optional hybrid uses an Intel processor and supports an e-pen. While …