Last week, 27 February – 2 March 2017, Barcelona hosted the Mobile World Congress – the world’s largest mobile industry gathering organised by the GSMA. All of the big hitters from the mobile industry were there, and given that everything is going mobile – this conference is a big deal. Check out the Mobile World Congress and the TechCrunch event overview for full details, in this post i share 10 of the most popular tweets from the 4 day mobile event:
1. Robots Aren’t Coming, They Are Here….
"Handle is a research robot that stands 6.5 ft tall, travels at 9 mph and jumps 4? ?feet verticall" Boston Dynamics #Robot #tech #MWC17 pic.twitter.com/pE6IhPwInL
— Mohamed Elrashid ?? (@Osman_Elrashid) February 27, 2017
2. And will soon outnumber Humans!
Supersmart robots will outnumber humans within 30 years, says SoftBank CEO https://t.co/0oH3Qfdrmn via @WSJ #MWC17 #AI pic.twitter.com/B6c3ggw7BZ
— Michael Chase (@chasethisnow) 28 February 2017
3. The Projected Growth of Mobile Smartphones
Smartphones are in the hands of 40% of global consumers — a number that will grow to 64% in 2021. https://t.co/dD94PqHl5S #MWC17 pic.twitter.com/O2CZGHwwls
— Forrester (@forrester) February 28, 2017
4. What do People Use SmartPhones For?
Wondering why people use #smartphone for? Here’s your answer! #webmarketing #Facebook #martech #makeyourownlane #defstar5 #mobile #MWC17 pic.twitter.com/vqhOdFSIeQ
— Amit Asthana (@asthanakamit) February 27, 2017
5. Driverless Sports Cars
Congratulations to @roborace on officially unveiling their #DRIVEPX 2-powered Robocar at #MWC17! https://t.co/TmjH6kFJKC pic.twitter.com/stf6J5gbzt
— NVIDIA (@nvidia) February 27, 2017
6. Augmented Reality versus Virtual Reality
A peek at Samsung “monitorless” #AugmentedReality glasses from #mwc17 #AR #VR #mixedreality pic.twitter.com/j9pEEigpAc
— Keith Curtin (@KFCurtin) March 1, 2017
7. Augmented Reality – Pokemon Go
Pokemon Go creator explains why #mixedreality will dwarf #VR at #mwc17 https://t.co/jIkYk4xhb9 #AR #AugmentedReality #VirtualReality #MR
— Keith Curtin (@KFCurtin) March 2, 2017
8. The 5G Revolution
#5G hits home. #Intel & partners are readying your home for the 5G revolution. #MWC17 #networktransformation pic.twitter.com/oumZxi8IvR
— Intel India (@IntelIndia) March 2, 2017
9. 5G | Data
More data, less interference. Intel’s MIMO beamforming is laying the foundation for the data loads of a #5G world. #MWC17 pic.twitter.com/IMWVNG15lp
— Intel IT Center (@IntelITCenter) February 28, 2017
10. Nokia Reinvented Itself
Casually playing some Snake on the #Nokia 3310. #MWC17 pic.twitter.com/VFwiO0OpSw
— Jerry Daykin (@jdaykin) February 28, 2017