Kate Solomon

BlackBerry says its new flagship phone is designed to be good at communication and messaging. Why hasn't anyone thought of that before?

Walkman? Speakers? Headphones? Sony's new WH Series is a little from columns A, B and C.

Microsoft has explained more about the new generation of SmartGlass app that will land alongside the Xbox One.

IFA 2013 We're not 100% sure what HP intends you to do with its new all-in-one PC but it certainly wants you to get up close and personal with it.

IFA 2013 Lenovo has donned an ironic slogan bearing top, hopped on a penny farthing and is getting on down with the hipsters.

IFA 2013 Sony's 5-inch Xperia Z1 is a good-looking, snap-happy new flagship for the Japanese brand.

It might not be quite as desirable as its ancestor, but the HTC Desire 601 is packs decent specs into a neat, mid-range package.

Spotify has announced an update to its smartphone apps that will let you play music through web-connected speakers without having to stop and start the music.

IFA 2013 We're expecting a barrage of 4K-friendly phones from IFA 2013 but Acer is first past the post with this 6-inch offering.

IFA 2013 Acer's latest device can't decide if it's a PC or a tablet, rocking a 24-inch touchscreen with Android 4.2 and quad-core Tegra 3 processor.

Fighting Talk It's no exaggeration to say that moving the headphone jack to the bottom of a phone is the worst decision Apple ever made.

With IFA 2013 hitting next week, we finally have some actually quite good pictures of Sony's next smartphone, the Xperia Z1.

Facebook was asked for information on more than 38,000 of its users in the first half of 2013.

A judge in the US has ruled that Facebook must pay a fee to users whose names and pictures it used in sponsored stories.

Microsoft has announced that CEO Steve Ballmer is stepping down within the year.

The Ubuntu Edge superphone has fallen $20m short of its crowd-funding target.

My List is rolling out to Netflix users over the next two weeks and will let you build a watchlist on your Netflix homepage.

HTC is 'wrking hard' to get Android 4.3 rolling out to the HTC One this autumn - in the US and Canada at least.

Google has reportedly claimed that Brits unhappy with its privacy practices will have to sue it in the US.

Some benchmarking data hints at a Qualcomm-toting Kindle Fire HD with a souped-up screen on board.

Nokia's got a Windows-friendly tablet in the works, with a launch "tentatively scheduled" for September 26.

Future iOS devices could use NFC to let users give songs and films to other iOS users when there's no internet connection.

Is Google reading every email sent to Gmail users? That's the question on privacy advocates' minds.

Opinion Apple's CEO Tim Cook is under pressure to INNOVATE! INNOVATE! but jeez, give him a chance.

Tech heavyweights are weighing in on opposite sides of the 'Is Apple doomed?' debate.