Gen Z are mad for mobiles and messaging; 88% of US teens have access to a cell or smartphone, typically sending and receiving 30 texts per day. But without WiFi or data plans, it’s hard to stay connected in the classroom. Thanks to messaging app Jott, you can chat to your mates without either.

There are more than a million apps on Apple's App Store. From Angela The Talking Cat to an abundance of menstruation trackers, it promises a solution to our every whim and requirement. But slick as they may be, are apps any better at helping us out than a good, old fashioned text?

There is a big gender imbalance in the tech industry; women make up just 26% of the computing workforce. Jewelbots wants to change this dynamic with programmable bracelets that make coding accessible for Gen Z girls. Can smart jewellery get girls interested in science and technology?

With a taste for high status, yet understated, luxury goods, the ‘Modern Preps’ are the most affluent of US youth subcultures. In the sixth of a series exploring Gen Y and Z tribes, Andrea Graham Richeson examines whether this group’s influence and purchasing power can keep legacy brands alive.