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6.2mm ZTE Athena gunning for 'World's thinnest smartphone' title

Chinese manufacturer ZTE teases absurdly thin smartie that makes the Motorola RAZR look like a brick. The Athena, teased in a series of snaps on China's Sina Weibo social network, is reportedly a mere 6.2mm thick. ZTE's keeping schtum on the Athena's detailed specs for the time being, but has revealed that it will come packing a 720p display, multi-core Cortex-A15 processor and Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, with up to 64GB of storage. Read more...

5 of the best post-apocalyptic gadgets

The Mayans reckoned the world would end in 2012 – these gadgets should keep you comfy even as the meteors hurtle down. Check it out...

Tick Dock turns your iPhone into the ultimate bedside accessory

If your iPhone has been your only companion in bed for a while, you might be loath to relegate it to the bedside table. But with a brushed stainless steel and anodised aircraft-grade aluminium docking station like the Tick Dock, the transition might be less painful than you thought.

Slot in your iPhone 4 or 4S to charge it overnight and the Tick Dock will handily display alarm clock apps, late night Skype chats and pre-work sitcoms in landscape mode as you recline in bed. Read more...

Logitech outs solar powered keyboard for Mac, iPad and iPhone

Logitech has outed a new Bluetooth keyboard which lets you ditch batteries for good, thanks to its built-in solar cells. At a sleek 8mm thin, the Apple-inspired Solar Keyboard K760 will play nice with the holy trinity of Apple gear – Mac, iPhone and iPad – and you can switch between all three with a simple button press for faff-free connecting. Read more...

Tim Cook talks Apple TV, Siri and Facebook

Tim Cook was dodging questions like you'd dodge a wrench at AllThingsDigital's D10 press conference yesterday but the rumour-hungry journos still managed to squeeze out some promising hints on the future of Siri, Facebook integration and whether Apple is secretly building a HD TV set. Read more...

Best iPhone apps this week

Make your photos look like 8-bit images and go flying with the pick of the week's iPhone apps. Check it out...

Next Big Thing – physiologically personalised movies

Sweat more, scare more – that's the formula for a new breed of apps and interactive films headed straight for your shiny mug. The wrist-mounted sensor and accompanying app measures your galvanic skin response (GSR) while watching videos then sends the sweaty data to your phone via Bluetooth. That generates a graph to show your levels of engagement plus how it compares to others. Read more...