A couple of my more enterprising friends have recently asked me about how to build websites and mobile apps for their fledgling businesses. Only a few years ago the answer would have been to find a decent web developer, perhaps in Vietnam, and try to get it done as cheaply...

The recent UK radio spectrum auctions raised less money for the Treasury than anticipated. Some commentators have put this down to the structure of the auction; bidders were able to somehow beat the system and pay less than anticipated for valuable spectrum. Another possibility is that mobile operators have looked...

A number of years ago I was involved in a ski slope incident. Picture the scene. A snow canon leaks overnight covering a ski piste in sheet ice. One by one the first skiers of the day shoot over a lip on the piste, slip on the ice and tumble...