Mobile

The Apple rumour mill rarely stops, but it’s been gaining more momentum than usual at the moment as talk of the next iPhone heats up.

As consumers, I think we all need to take a moment to thank Amazon for its behaviour in the past twelve months.

Unless you’ve been living on Mars for the last couple of years, you’ll have noticed that Angry Birds – the simple yet strangely addictive app game – has become something of a phenomenon.

As a tech writer, I feel like I’m constantly covering various patent disputes between the big players from the world of technology.

Nintendo is being a busy bee at the moment, with the recently-announced 3DS XL due to hit our stores soon, not to mention its next-gen console.

As I’m sure you know, things can change very quickly in the world of technology. If you’ve had your laptop for more than a year it can start looking like a relic of a bygone era, and phones are even worse.

Android, the open-source mobile platform from Google, is the most widely used mobile operating system in the world.

Festival season is well underway and T in the Park, which kicks off today, is the latest event expected to be soaked in rain this summer. This hasn’t dampened the festival spirit as over 80,000 intrepid campers have descended on Kinross-shire to watch headliners Snow Patrol, The Stone Roses and Kasabian rock the stage. It would seem that we’re a nation of well-prepared festival go-ers, or at least we’ve resigned ourselves to a rain-filled summer. Searches on PriceRunner for Hunter wellington boots, the welly of choice for festival pros like Kate Moss and Lily Cole, shot up 97% leading up to the Scottish festival.

The big tech events are coming thick and fast at the moment. After an Eastertime lull to recover from the likes of CES and MWC, the tech calendar is getting exciting once again.

With the rise of the smartphone has come the downfall of a former giant of the mobile world – Finnish manufacturer Nokia.