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The ‘LikeBelt’ Now Lets People Thrust Their Way to Facebook Updates

January 13, 2023 By Amanada DiSilvestro

Somewhere along the way someone decided they like to dance and move their bodies, but they couldn’t be away from Facebook. After all, if you’re out doing some great you want everyone to know about it in your status. Pulling out your phone and typing in a status can be a drag. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just move your body to update your Facebook status? Well you guessed it—a new technology known as the LikeBelt makes this possible. No, I’m not joking.

The belt was created by design and development company Deeplocal. The way it works is this: If you’re walking down the road and see something that you like and you want to Facebook “like” it, all you have to do is thrust your hips into the direction of what you like. This thrust will then register with your android smartphone and let all of your Facebook friends know what you “like” at the very moment you have decided you like it. You can see a photo of the LikeBelt taken from Deeplocal up above.

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Originally posted on October 27, 2019 @ 8:00 am

Filed Under: Gadgets, Technology Tagged With: Deeplocal, LikeBelt, NFC Technology

Mobile Phone Battery Life Could Double in 2012

January 9, 2023 By Amanada DiSilvestro

Many businesses are preparing for what experts all calling the “mobile takeover.” The New Year is going to bring more web browsing, purchasing, and researching on the small screen. Technology research and advisory firm Gartner estimates that global smartphone sales will reach 478 million by the end of 2011. Twitter usage also grew to more than 200 million tweets daily according to Search Engine Watch, and the number is expected to grow. In other words, consumers will be relying on their smartphones much more as the New Year approaches. This makes the quality of a smartphone extremely important. While there seems to be nothing a smartphone can’t do, there is one problem that still annoys users: battery life.

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Originally posted on December 21, 2011 @ 12:21 pm

Filed Under: Mobile Tagged With: cell phone statistics, mobile phone battery life, mobile website optimization

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