Stories by Nick Barber

Secure location sharing with smartphone app

Running late for a meet up with friends or an appointment? Share a location securely and for a limited time period with smartphone application Glympse. It's a free download for Android, iOS, Windows Phone and BlackBerry.

World Tech Update, July 12, 2013

Coming up on WTU this week Microsoft reorganizes, Apple violates antitrust laws, a solar-powered plane completes its journey and a robot is sent to a frozen tundra.

Video: World Tech Update, July 12, 2013

Coming up on WTU this week Microsoft reorganizes, Apple violates antitrust laws, a solar-powered plane completes its journey and a robot is sent to a frozen tundra.

Google Earth power user tips

Google Earth users can do more than just fly around a virtual globe. The free mapping application can display real-time weather, help compose photographs and measure distances much more easily than its Maps cousin.

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