A device that allows small traders to take credit card payments arrives in the UK, hoping to repeat the success of Square in the US.

Searches for travel times could get more accurate using maps that take into account road layouts, walking speeds and local transport timetables.

The electrical chain Dixons is offering Christmas jobs to hundreds of Comet staff who face redundancy because their firm is insolvent.

Plans to create to create a new version of Megaupload are dealt a blow after Gabon blocks its web address.

A tweet from Barack Obama celebrating his re-election is the most retweeted ever, following months of intense internet campaigning.

Apple has been told to pay after a jury ruled its Facetime video chat software in infringed another US firm's patents.

Virgin launches TV Anywhere, a service which will allow its subscribers to watch programmes via their PCs, tablets and smartphones.