Is your hardware about to die?

Spot the warning signs that your PC, phone or tablet is struggling and take action before it’s too late. Wayne Williams reveals what you shouldn’t ignore

Best New Apps For a Faster Phone & Tablet

If your mobile device has become sluggish, there are plenty of apps that can give it a boost. Robert Irvine picks 15 essential tools to make your phone and tablet run as quickly as when you got it

Like PCs – and people! – phones and tablets get noticeably slower over time, as they fill up with junk and start creaking under the strain of day-to-day activities. Fortunately, it’s much easier to give your mobile device a new lease of life than it is to revitalise your computer or find the fountain of youth.

Our guide to Black Friday

On your marks, get set, click! Black Friday is coming at the end of this month and you’ll need to be quick to bag the best bargains, as David Crookes explains

What is Black Friday?

Black Friday is traditionally the day after Thanksgiving in the United States and it has come to be seen as the start of the Christmas shopping season. It’s a fairly recent trend that only began in the early 2000s, but it has rapidly become one of the busiest days of the year for retailers, thanks to the huge discounts on offer and the large number of people who take advantage of the bargains.