Greetings pop pickers, and welcome to Apple’s smash hit chart of the year! Apple has released its countdown of the top-selling songs, movies, apps, books and podcasts downloaded or streamed through the iTunes Store or Apple Music. Apple bods have also picked their favourites, including breakthrough band Christine and the Queens, the movie “Kubo and …

A spin-off from “Agents of SHIELD” is shooting onto the Web. “Slingshot” will debut as online mini-episodes featuring several characters from ABC‘s show based on Marvel comics. Natalia Cordova-Buckley takes the lead as Elena “Yo-Yo” Rodriguez, a super-speedy Inhuman who comes into conflict with SHIELD in the spin-off. It’s set shortly before the beginning of series four of “Agents of …

Sky has launched its long-anticipated mobile network. Sky Mobile gives you the chance to roll over your unused data and watch on your phone the shows you’ve recorded on your Sky box. Back in January 2015, Sky announced that 2016 would see a mobile network joining its satellite TV, landline and broadband services in 2016. With a month to go …

Amazon Music Unlimited has launched in the UK — and if you team it with Amazon Echo, it’s one of the cheapest streaming services around. Amazon Music Unlimited launched in the US in October and crosses the pond to launch in the UK, Germany and Austria today. Separate from the limited music service that comes with Amazon Prime, Music Unlimited …

They say Britain and America are two countries separated by a common language — bad news for Amazon‘s Alexa, the voice-controlled personal assistant built into Amazon Echo and Echo Dot speakers. As the Echo crosses the pond to the UK, Alexa has had to learn a whole new version of English. So in the interests of maintaining the special relationship …

This is part of our Road Trip 2016 summer series “Life, Disrupted,” about how technology is helping with the global refugee crisis — if at all. Editors’ note: On October 24, French police began to clear refugees out of the Jungle as a prelude to demolishing the camp, which charities say holds 5,500 people. Earlier in the year, we visited …

This is part of our Road Trip 2016 summer series “Life, Disrupted,” about how technology is helping with the global refugee crisis — if at all. Editors’ note: On October 24, French police began to clear refugees out of the Jungle as a prelude to demolishing the camp, which charities say holds 5,500 people. Earlier in the year, we visited …

I don’t like this show — pass me the diddly do. British people use more than 100 different names for their TV remote control, from the obvious “remote” to the, er, less obvious. According to a new survey, “doofer”, “zapper”, “clicker” and “flicker” are the next most popular, with “thing-a-ma-jig” and “whatcha-ma-call-it” also popular. The UK’s TV Licensing authority held …

The UK’s telecoms watchdog has issued its largest ever fine, after Vodafone was rumbled taking customers’ money and failing to credit payment to their account. Telecoms regulator Ofcom today levied a fine of £4.6 million against Vodafone for trousering payments without crediting customers, and for subsequent failures in dealing with customer complaints. Vodafone, one of the UK’s major mobile carriers, …

The cost of a monthly music streaming service hits a bum note with some listeners. In a survey by UK pollsters YouGov and subscription software company Zuora, 2,115 adults discussed their use of music and video streaming services. Of those surveyed who did not pay for a music streaming service, 48 percent believe they’re too expensive. Music services such as …