Apple buys social media data analytics firm, Topsy Labs, which specialises in using data from Twitter to track customer sentiment.

Global shipments of personal computers will see the "most severe yearly contraction on record" according to research firm International Data Corporation .

Mobile phone users will be protected from "sky-high bills" if their phones are stolen, under an agreement reached by the government and four operators.

Film franchise launches an official Instagram account by posting a selfie of Darth Vader.

German ministers will this week debate whether to implement an app that can identify rock songs with neo-Nazi or racist lyrics.

British firm EV2 shows off a prototype designed to bring cars to a halt by confusing their electronics, causing their engines to shut down.

Spain is introducing a ban on train drivers using mobile phones after the Santiago de Compostela crash that killed 79 people in July.

Researchers have come up with a novel piece of wearable tech - a bra that can alert the wearer to their stress levels.