If your over-excitement at the prospect of getting your hands on a YouView set-top box …

GiffGaff’s mobile network fell over last week, downed by a water pipe that burst and bathed its supplier’s kit in the wet stuff. Forget snakes on a plane — water pipes in a data centre are far more terrifying. The outage began at 10.10am and lasted until just after 6pm — affecting calls, texts, data and even GG’s ability to …

The Flygrip would find itself well at home in your standard infomercial. You know the kind I’m talking about, where black and white photography and lots of melodrama tell you about a problem that you didn’t know you had. All right, maybe I’m being a bit too snarky, but for a smartphone accessory, the Flygrip is not at the top …