Amongst a series of predictions that boldly claim 2011 to be 'the year' for Augmented Reality, sceptics still question when a genuinely useful AR application will be commercially viable or possible within current technological constraints. With this in mind, cue Word Lens, an app that uses your iPhone’s...

The recent freezing weather conditions have, of course, dominated the news headlines for the past few weeks, with the lowest temperature recorded so far being an icy −21.2 °C.  Having been dubbed 'the coldest winter for 50 years', many have been stuck indoors. With the Christmas shopping season in full swing, the online retail market would appear to be an obvious winner under otherwise...