Here’s some unsolicited advice to technology companies drawing up their plans for 2014: Dare to …

More sales news: Vodafone has started its January sale, knocking 25 per cent off SIM-only deals, uSwitch reports. 1,200 minutes, unlimited texts and 750MB of data can be yours for just £13.60, down from £16. A still very reasonable £16.80 a month will get you unlimited texts and calls, along with 1GB of data. Previously, that would’ve cost you £21 …

Here’s something to get your heart rate up: Apple has won patents on a heart rate monitor that knows who you are and a screen that you can control without even touching it. First up is US patent No. 8,615,290, involving a ‘Seamlessly embedded heart rate monitor’ that scans your EKG reading. The obvious application for this would be to …