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Research published in the Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care reveals that taking selfies can be a dangerous business. In a six year period from 2011 through to 2017, 259 selfie-related deaths are recorded worldwide. That's likely to be a considerable underestimate, too, as death "by selfie" isn't an official cause of death, whereas drowning (70) and falling (48)
When it comes to selfies mobile phones created a phenomenon. People even began buying accessories for the job such as the selfie stick which allows the phone to be extended out and apps were created for the job. But you have never seen a method for getting that picture quite like this one. Coca Cola has created what is probably
Officially this is the "Mpow iSnap X Bluetooth Self-Portrait Monopod" but everyone will recognise it as a selfie stick, not a self-portrait monopod. Personally, I like selfie sticks though I fully admit that there are some right idiots out there who shouldn't be let anywhere near a knife and fork, never mind a three foot long pole with a small
I'll admit, as a male growing ever closer to the age of 40, I'm not much of a selfie taker. Regardless, the culture of the selfie is becoming more prominent with each passing day. Like it or not, selfies aren't going away anytime soon. Proof of this can be found in the proliferation of accessories designed to maximize one's selfie
The OED named "selfie" as the word of the year for 2013 and since then it's been embedded in the zeitgeist. In turn, the selfie stick became one of Time's inventions of 2014 providing greater depth and spatial awareness for the inclusive snapper. In short, they're great fun and you get more in the picture. Marlo talks with Noah Rasheta from iStabilizer