About 7,500 iconic red buses carry over six million London passengers each weekday - and with new Wi-Fi connectivity, commuters can catch up with work emails. But do they want to be ‘always on’? Will they miss their down-time staring out the window on the top deck of the 73?

When was the last time you used a payphone? We thought so…. LinkNYC is a project that aims to turn dormant payphones into fully functioning media hubs. Offering gigabit wifi Internet, local directions and smartphone charging, could payphones be making a comeback in New York?

Whether it's getting your headphones tangled in your charging cable or running out of juice when you need to get that final bid in on eBay, charging your phone can be a stress. IKEA have launched a line of furniture with in-built wireless charging to put an end to cable mess and low power.

Two thirds of us suffer from nomophobia – no-mobile-phone-phobia. And whether at work or out with friends, it’s true that when your phone runs out of power, at the very least it’s inconvenient. McDonald’s is combatting this by installing wireless charging points.