According to its parent company Telefonica, O2 will upgrade its 3G network in 250 locations across 14 counties before the end of May, ensuring faster data transfer speeds.

In what some analysts have seen as an embarrassing climb-down, Microsoft has decided to make changes to its deeply-polarising Windows 8 operating system.

Although cloud computing was once touted as the solution to business IT issues everywhere, the pace of adoption of on-demand services has been lukewarm at best.

Researchers say the new ‘Kalq’ touchscreen keyboard format will soon enable users to type much faster.