The rumour emerged after photos purporting to show an updated PS3 interface were leaked on the web. The images showed a Facebook logo in the PlayStation’s menu system, leading to speculation that Sony might have teamed up with the social-networking site to enable users to update their status or ‘poke’ friends as they play games or...

The arrival of the first BlackBerry Bold last year proved that business phones don’t have to be boring: the screen used a new process to fuse the LCD screen to the outer glass, resulting in super-bright, vivid colours. The Bold also had a cute, highly usable Qwerty keyboard inspired by a guitar’s frets. And unlike earlier BlackBerry devices, this...