The good intentions that drive giving can be fleeting, easily forgotten when you’re trying to remember bank details and which number to call. Snapdonate wants to makes donating seamless. Just take a picture of a charity's logo and say how much you want to give.

Four in five Americans check their phones within 15 minutes of waking, and 79% keep that device on or near them for 22 hours each day. As author and entrepreneur Nir Eyal points out, these devices have the human race hooked - but why? We sat down with him to find out more.

The German media is still seething over allegations that the US and UK governments spied on Germans’ phone calls and internet usage. Will the emotion around spying lead Germans to abandon the likes of Google and Facebook for the sake of privacy?

WhatsApp is the world's most popular messaging service - and now it’s becoming the most private. The app is introducing end-to-end encryption to all texts with open-source software Textsecure, so no third party will be able to read messages - not even WhatsApp.