Tech Factor

Group urged European leaders to take a stand against industrial-scale spying by US and British intelligence agencies.

Although it is tempting for social media users to help to solve cases like the Boston bombing, they should leave it to the experts.

New mobile users from poor countries will end up thinking ‘web’ and ‘internet’ are just other words for Facebook and Google.

Blind dates and random hook-ups are becoming more common, thanks to technology — and technology is also helping to keep people safe.

With Knowledge Graph, Google has radical plans to transform the way we search the internet … again.

Microsoft Windows 8 marks the most significant change to the world’s most popular operating system since its conception in the early Eighties.

The new Samsung Galaxy Note could unseat Apple from the top of the most-desired list.

A technophile looks at the smartphone platforms of today and predicts what the future looks like.

Software giant plans to morph into a services company, writes Alistair Fairweather.

Jon Tullett shares some online security tricks that will keep the web wolves from your door.