The most expensive painting ever sold cost over $142 million in May 2014. The high prices of art often overshadow the artworks, while preventing most people from ever owning them. In July 2014, Swedish gallery Kosta Boda instead let people bid on works with their emotions.

Having trouble capturing your mood online? Enter Tunepics, a 'multi-sensory social network' that combines photos, music and mood in sharable 'moments' – take a picture, attach a song from iTunes and choose from 16 emotions to express and document how you really feel.

With people now taking a proactive approach to their health, rather than a reactive one, a new report from Flurry Analytics shows that health and fitness apps are growing at a faster rate than the overall app market, and predicts an expansion in the wearable tech market too.

Over 30% of people are interested in buying a smartwatch, but their unwieldy design and poor functionality have put many off. Motorola’s offering hopes to appeal to the masses with a conventional aesthetic and integration of Google Now. Could it finally normalise the smartwatch?