Apple’s iPhone 6 Health app could become the new family nurse

Wearable gadgets and apps that monitor vital signs, illness and fitness have become more seamless, but data leakage is a worry

Fashion meets renewable energy – clothes that charge your smartphone

From fibres that convert sunlight into electrical energy, to uploading your kinetic energy to a green energy bank, the worlds of fashion and technology are merging

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Michael Bastian x Hewlett-Packard Smartwatch – a personal dashboard for your digital life

Michael Bastian Smartwatch engineered by Hewlett-Packard. Fashion designer Michael Bastian, who was formerly honored as the CFDA Menswear Designer of the Year, designed a men’s smartwatch reflecting his signature modern luxury look. Bastian teamed up with tech company Hewlett-Packard and online shopping site Gilt. Designed as a gentleman’s watch, it features a 44mm stainless steel … Read more

DVF Made for Glass. Google’s first collaboration with a fashion designer.

Diane von Furstenberg gives Google Glass the style makeover it needs. A new collection of Google Glasses allows your digital life to blend stylishly with your natural surroundings. Diane Von Fustenberg and Google have joined forces yet again on a chic eyewear collection that “combines the boldness and creativity of Glass Explorers with the confidence … Read more

Best of luxury swimwear brands

In the mood for holidays…. The hottest looks on the beach, all right here. Best of luxury swimweare brands The first bikini was born in the Ancient Greece. After centuries of oblivion, the bikini reappears in 1947 on the French beaches. First banned as a vulgar item, it ends up being socially tolerated in the … Read more

Gucci Flora Silver jewelry. Elegance Incarnate.

  In Milan in 1966, Prince Rainier of Monaco brought his wife to the Gucci boutique. Rodolfo Gucci insisted that Princess Grace choose a gift to accompany the bamboo bag she had purchased. The Princess requested a scarf. Rodolfo felt that the House lacked one sufficiently beautiful for the royal style icon and so he … Read more