Plus-branded products, from power-bank lines to social-network projects.
The 2016 Mophie Powerstation Plus comes in three sizes: XL (12,000mAh), regular (6,000mAh), and Mini (4,000mAh), each in gold, rose gold, and space grey. Only the XL and regular are sold in Singapore, with the XL at S$139.
While in Hong Kong for a relative's wedding, I picked up the Mophie Powerstation Plus (12,000mAh) from the newly opened Apple Store at 100 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui. It retails there for HK$1,298, about S$240.
The Mophie Powerstation Plus is a series of power banks with an integrated Lightning cable to charge your iPhone and an integrated USB cable to recharge the bank itself. A Micro USB version exists for Android and Windows Phone.
Google has launched Google+ Pages, its take on Facebook Pages, which you can create at plus.google.com/pages/create. I do wish Google+ offered nicer URLs, as Facebook does for pages and profiles, since nobody will remember the long numeric ID.
The Google+ API has finally been released. This initial release focuses on public data only, letting you read what people have shared publicly on Google+. Its methods are RESTful HTTP requests returning JSON responses, using OAuth 2 for secure access.
Google+ is an intriguing project that reminds me of Facebook with its friend lists, though I won't know how different it really is until I try it. I do love the Circle UI, a fresh and interesting take.