Startup Sidecar wants to be the engine of change for smartphones. The company, formerly known …

Hillcrest Labs isn’t a household name, but if you have a Roku 2 streaming player (and really, you should) the company has entered your home. Based in Rockville, Md., Hillcrest developed the motion-sensing technology used in Roku’s remote. So when you’re flipping through menus or playing Angry Birds, Hillcrest is behind how it all works. Its first product in the …

The Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 is available now from the admirable men and women of the Three network, bringing with it a 3.8-inch screen, a dual-core processor and a 5-megapixel camera for free on contracts from £22 per month. For that 22 quid, you’ll get the phone for free, along with 500 minutes, 5,000 texts and 250MB of data. That’s …