The 11 best products of 2015, according to Product Hunt users by Nathan McAlone on Dec 27, 2015, 9:59 AM  Since it launched in 2013, Product Hunt has become the go-to place to find the next big app, gadget, or service.
Here's how it works. A new tech product gets added, and then people vote on whether they like it or not. In this way, the site functions a bit like Reddit, though there is a heavy element of curation by Product Hunt's team, which decides what gets featured on various pages. This year, Product Hunt decided to hold its first annual awards for the coolest things to come out in the year, named "The Golden Kitty Awards." Since December 9, Product Hunt has invited its users to nominate and vote for the best products in a variety of categories, from best maker to most WTF product. To find the best of the best, we took a look at the "Tech Products of the Year" category. Though the voting technically isn't finished yet (you still have time), here are the 11 tech products that have risen to the top: SEE ALSO: The only 9 apps released in 2015 that we're still actually using No. 11: Meerkat  Meerkat is a live-streaming app that was responsible for sparking a renewed interest in live video broadcasting when it launched in February, and it managed to attract 160,000 users in its first month. But after Twitter acquired Meerkat competitor Periscope and shut off Meerkat's ability to tap into Twitter's social features, it quickly became clear that Periscope represented a very real threat — especially when Periscope managed to top 1 million users in its first 10 days. Since then, Meerkat has tried to innovate by releasing features like “Cameo,” which lets you (consensually) hijack someone else’s Meerkat stream for up to 60 seconds. Price: Free (iOS, Android)
No. 10: Facebook M  Facebook M is a virtual assistant feature that performs tasks on your behalf, such as delivering gifts to your loved ones and making restaurant reservations, the company announced on Wednesday. M is powered by artificial intelligence technology, but "trained and supervised" by people. It's basically your virtual butler. M is available in Facebook's Messenger app, but is currently in a testing phase, available to a few select people. Price: Free if you can get it
No. 9: Lily Drone Camera  Lily is a drone that follows you around and captures video. It's rugged, portable, and waterproof. It's meant for taking videos of yourself doing things like kayaking down a choppy river, or snowboarding down a mountain. Lily gets 1080p footage at 60 frames-per-second (fps), or it can capture 720p slow-motion video at 120 fps. It's flight speed is limited by software to 25 mph. Most camera drones have pretty short flying times due to limited batteries, and the Lily is no different with its 20 minute battery life. It's also notable that the batteries aren't replaceable in order to keep it waterproof. Price: $819
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