Facebook page is for businesses, services, etc. a marketing tool, and the number of likes is often a measure of success and relevance. That's why Fbox, a physical digital Facebook page like counter found on Indiegogo, was born. Admittedly, likes as such do not (yet) bring profit, but today we are so obsessed with them that e.g. a bar that shows a high number on such a meter must have attracted customers more easily than one that only has them as a place to eat. Will likes become the new Michelin stars?
Gadgets
Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, described the Apple Watch as the most advanced display of time to date. It is suitable for technology connoisseurs, sports enthusiasts and all users in between. The Apple Watch is Apple's most personal device to date, and since it also has the digital assistant Siri, you'll finally be able to talk to your watch like you've always wanted to.
Although the babies stole all our attention on the Dolce & Gabbana Fall/Winter 2015 catwalk at Milan Fashion Week, we didn't miss the collection's extraordinary details, the most prominent of which were the glamorous, bejeweled and fur-encrusted headphones that we can already afford today – for about US$8,000.
Forget the telescopic selfie stick, here is the Podo, a camera that attaches to any hard surface (wood, concrete, glass,...) with the help of a magnet or a suction cup, a spark (read the link) between it and and turn on Bluetooth with your smartphone. You can capture images, videos and time-lapse videos with it, and you can even back it on Kickstarter.
Forget smart watches, the watch that will really fascinate you in 2015 is the HYT H3, a hydromechanical watch where nothing is hidden from view, as you can observe the entire "production process" of time measurement through the glass. Without manual winding, the watch lasts for 170 hours (approx. 7 days) and has two built-in bellows that pump a phosphorescent liquid that travels on the beat of the second hand. Truly something the world has never seen before.
HTC primarily came to the MWC 2015 conference in Barcelona to show off its most powerful phone, the HTC One M9, but in its shadow, the cute smart bracelet (or fitness tracker) HTC Grip, which will be welcomed especially by athletes, has also seen the light of day. it is capable of tracking and recording activities when running, cycling, in fitness training,... Water does not bother it, as it is waterproof, so no training conditions can survive it. Well, except maybe the swimmers.
Many mobile phone manufacturers have "scraped" for the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona 2015, including China's Huawei, which presented the Huawei Watch, its first Android smart watch. It is an analog-looking watch with a 14-inch touch-sensitive AMOLED display with a pixel density of 286 pixels per inch. It is available in gold, silver and black, with a leather or stainless steel strap.
The Sophia smart cradle, which starts its journey on the Kickstarter website as part of crowdfunding, is a smart fitness device that tracks our jumping rope activity, counts the calories burned and synchronizes everything via Bluetooth interface.
Swiss watches are a concept of accuracy and a Swiss landmark, so it was only a matter of time before one of the local manufacturers decided to make a smart watch. Perhaps surprisingly, this is not Swatch, but fashion watchmaker Mondaine. Helvetica No. 1 is therefore an apt name for a smartwatch that looks more like the classic, analog watches the Swiss are known for than smartphones, as is common practice.
iReadyO is a portable radio or iPhone case with a retro design inspired by Braun's TP1 transistor from the mid-1950s. It works by using previous iPhone models, which serve as a "tuner" for the case, equipped with control buttons, an additional battery and speakers. At the same time, it solves the question of where to go with the old phone in an elegant way. In this case, the second spring awaits the iPhone 4, 4S, 5 and 5S, but only if the project succeeds on Kickstarter.
Moggles is a new headset for virtual reality, where you move with the help of a smartphone, which, like a cassette in a Walkman, is inserted into a device that resembles swimming goggles. Hence the name, which is a combination of the words "goggles" and "mobile". It is compatible with any smartphone that does not have a screen larger than 5.5 inches, and relies on their technology (sensors, internet and processor). He is looking for his "patrons" on Indiegogo.
The Pebble Time smartwatch promises an incredible 7 days of battery life, beating competitors like the Apple Watch, LG Watch Urbane,... by days! Unlike most smart watches, it does not use a touch screen, but e-paper, i.e. a screen with the contrast of paper, which consumes very little energy. Although it has barely started its Kickstarter campaign, it already exceeded the goal of 500 thousand dollars in 20 minutes, and after an hour the number jumped to two million.