Facebook may have agreed to pay up to $19bn for messaging app WhatsApp, but that company's rivals may benefit from an influx of new users as a result. One, Telegram Messenger, is already feeling the impact. “4.95 million people signed up for Telegram ...

Sony's new Xperia Z2 Tablet is a thin, light and waterproof premium Android tablet aimed squarely at Apple's iPad Air. Sony is bucking the trend of budget-focused 7in-Android tablets, like the Tesco Hudl and the Google Nexus 7, with a new full-size 10in ...

Sony's new Xperia Z2 Android waterproof smartphone challenges Samsung's Galaxy S5 with a 5.2in screen and 4K video capture. Replacing the Xperia Z1, which was released just five months ago, the Xperia Z2 fits a larger screen, shaves 0.3mm from its ...

Mark Zuckerberg and his Facebook team may not have wanted to employ Brian Acton, but they did want his mobile messaging service. Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty. It turned out to be an expensive mistake for Mark Zuckerberg. A $19bn one to be precise.

Bumblebees provide $3bn (£1.8bn) worth of crop pollination annually in the US alone. Photograph: Philippe Huguen/AFP/Getty Images. Bumblebees appear to be contracting deadly diseases from their domesticated honeybee cousins, according to a study ...

96-year-old South Korean Kim Sung-yun, left, is reunited with family members in North Korea. Photograph: Yonhap/Reuters. Dozens of elderly North and South Koreans separated for six decades have been reunited during a rare period of detente between ...

The defeat of Manchester City was described as vital for Barcelona's manager, Gerardo Martino (left). Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA. The Spanish press heralded Barcelona's 2-0 victory away at Manchester City as a watershed moment for their manager ...

Google Glass wearing advice Google explains how to not be a 'glasshole' wearing the company's pioneering smart glasses. Photograph: Pawel Supernak/EPA. Google has given some official advice on what to do and perhaps more importantly, what not to ...

Kickstarter, the fundraising platform used by millions of people to raise capital for creative projects and businesses, has said hackers gained access to some of its customers' data but that the breach had been repaired. User names, email and postal addresses ...

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni is to approve anti-gay laws based on the advice of 'medical experts'. Photograph: Carl Court/AP. Rights campaigners and health professionals have condemned Uganda's president after he said he would approve ...

Rakuten president Hiroshi Mikitani and Viber CEO Talmon Marco Rakuten president Hiroshi Mikitani (left) and Viber CEO Talmon Marco. Photograph: Yoshikazu Tsuno/AFP/Getty. Japanese e-commerce firm Rakuten, controlled by the billionaire Hiroshi ...

A rocket carrying the Chang'e-3 lunar probe, comprising a lander and the Jade Rabbit rover, blasts off in China in December. Photograph: China Daily/Reuters. The story has unfolded like many of mankind's great narratives, with a heroic feat, a tragic death, ...

flappy bird online Various sites are now offering free versions of Flappy Bird online, taking advantage of the void left by the app being pulled from the iPhone and Android app stores. Photograph: REX. Flappy Bird might have been pulled from the app store but ...

Coded in less than 24 hours and rushed to release, Fall Out Bird will be available “this week” to iOS and Android users, according to Fall Out Boy's Twitter account. “Rome wasn't built in a day, but this game was,” they wrote. “Coming ... as soon as it's ...

Angelina Jolie's preventative double mastectomy highlighted the procedure's use to cut the risk of breast cancer. Photograph: Action Press/Rex. Women with the same breast cancer gene as the actor Angelina Jolie could have a much higher chance of ...

Rebel fighters sit on a boat in Sobat river in the town of Ulang, South Sudan. Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters. It is time to take stock in South Sudan, a process involving macabre, but far from conclusive calculations. No one knows for certain how many ...

A Spanish judge is seeking the arrest of China's former president and premier over eight-year-old accusations of genocide in Tibet. High court judge Ismael Moreno asked Interpol to issue orders for the detention of former Chinese president Jiang Zemin, ...

Euthanasia is intrinsic to the good work that many zoos do, and I respect the Copenhagen team's decision. Still, this is terrible PR for zoos, and will have repercussions. Share · Tweet this. Email. Marius the giraffe is pictured in Copenhagen Zoo. Marius the ...