Selfie stick in Time
magazine’s list of
25 best inventions of 2014
25 best inventions of 2014
The selfie stick that
facilitates your capturing a selfie from an angle of your choice by positioning
your smartphone beyond the arms’ reach has made it to the Time magazine’s list
of 25 best inventions of 2014.
“If 2013 was the year
in which selfie became a buzzword, then 2014 was the year selfies became a
cultural phenomenon,” Time said, indicating that the new-found infatuation with
selfies matured within a year.
“Look no further than
a recent Pew report, which found that at least a quarter of Americans have
shared a selfie on a social-networking site (including Ellen Degeneres, Kim
Kardashian and President Obama),” it added.
In fact, it does not
matter in which part of the world you live, and whether you are old or young, a
high-profile politician or one among the hoi polloi, everyone seems to love
taking a selfie.
The selfie stick
(produced by multiple brands) “adds genuine value”, Time quoted Van Baker, a
mobile tech analyst at the research firm Gartner, as saying.
Also in the list is a
smartphone that puts privacy at the forefront and helps users conceal their
data.
The Blackphone “runs a
customised Android operating system stripped of features that might make data
vulnerable, like calendar sync”, Time noted.
“It also comes with
software that encrypts calls, texts and browsing history at levels far beyond
normal smartphones,” the report added.
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