Select an app category

Apple News for iOS has been around for some time now and it has been tweaked and seen a few minor updates making it better than the original launch app. Let’s take a fresh look at it.

One of the easiest ways to personalise your digital watch is to customise the band. Google has just announced a collection of new MODE bands for Android Wear in partnership with Hadley Roma.

Huawei has launched an updated TalkBand and the new B3 model improves on the previous smartwatch in a number of areas. The new device looks good and has some useful and unusual features.

Apple revealed the iPhone SE to the world on March 21 and to be honest, it wasn’t much of a surprise to anyone. It had been widely rumoured and expected. Many people were underwhelmed, but it is an important handset.

In an unsurprising move that was widely rumoured, Apple has revealed a new addition to the iPad range and the 9.7-inch iPad Pro is the baby brother of the iPad Pro launched last year.

MazarBOT is a a new type of malware that has been discovered attacking Android phones, but the odd thing is, you are safe if you live in Russia. If you are not a resident, be wary of text messages with links.

Amazon has released a new version of its Fire HD 8 tablet that is optimised for reading books, the Reader’s Edition. By bundling some extras with the regular tablet, Amazon is aiming at people who spend a lot of their time reading.

Apple News has been available in the US since iOS 9 was launched on September 16th, but it has only just come to UK users because of the recent iOS 9.1 update. In the meantime Google Play Newsstand has been available. Which is best?

Remember Ping? Don’t worry if you don’t because few people have heard of it these days. A few years ago it was Apple’s attempt to create a social network based around music artists. Now it is back with a new name as part of Apple Music.

Some people play games and have lots of games apps, other people like photography or social networking, and they add all the relevant apps. I like news apps – everyone has their own favourite use for their phone, apart from making calls, and mine is keeping up with the latest news. Especially technology news. I have more news apps than any other category. One I have been using a lot lately is Google News and Weather.

New Samsung Note on 3rd September?

Samsung has announced that Unpacked 2014 Episode 2 will take place on September 3rd and is inviting people to a live event that will be held in Berlin, Beijing and New York.

To get the latest news stories go to the News Feed...

• Microsoft working on better battery life for Windows laptops
• Microsoft adds likes and mentions to Outlook email
• LG's new lightweight laptops are ultra portable
• Was this Apple’s worst week ever?
• Google now lets you block people on Gmail

You wait ages for an update and then two come along at once. Well, almost at once and Android 4.4.4 has quickly followed 4.4.3. The two updates mostly fix bugs that were afflicting phone and tablet users with Android 4.4.2 and there aren't that many obvious changes, just a tweak here and there.

Newsstand is an app that comes with iOS 7 on the Apple iPhone and iPad, and it enables you to subscribe to magazines and newspapers. Sometimes these are digital versions of print magazines, but they could be web-based too. Subscribing is easy, but have you ever tried to cancel a subscription? The iPhone does not appear to let you and you are trapped in a never-ending subscription that is costing you money. Here's how to get out of it.

First Samsung, then Motorola and now LG has announced a smartwatch. Competition in the marketplace is heating up with some of the biggest players joining in. Like Motorola's watch, LG's is powered by Android Wear and LG and Google are working together on the new wearables platform. Will this be a Nexus Watch sold by Google? It certainly sounds like it might.

Is 2014 the year of the smartwatch? Although there have been several models already, the one so far from Samsung and others have not been that attractive. They look more like scaled down smartphones than watches. Watches have to look good or people won't wear them and Motorola seems to have nailed it with its Moto 360 smartwatch.

Apple has just launched a new version of the iPhone 5c and you can now save £40 off the price off the standard model. Yes, that's pounds and not dollars because, for the moment anyway, this model is only available to purchase in Europe. It is in the Apple UK store right now.

Apple has released a new update to iOS and version 7.1 adds some new features and updates a bunch of existing ones. If you haven't already installed this update for your iPhone or iPad, go to Settings, General, Software Update and grab yourself a copy. Not only does it add features, Apple says it is faster on older hardware like the iPhone 4, which is welcome.