Apps and platforms that offer more mature audiences sophisticated, secure interpretations of self-destructing communication are multiplying. Wickr is a free app lets users determine who can read a message, when they can read it, and the length of time (up to six days) before it self-destructs. Efemr is an app that “destroys” tweets in an amount of...

Ecuador, the world's largest producer of bananas, sees a promotional opportunity in the global distribution of the popular fruit. It is now turning to the banana labels to promote its fledgling tourism industry. Called the Banana Ambassador, the program consists of QR stickers on the peels that point the country's tourism site.

A radio that is able to change a broadcast depending on where you are and what you are doing has been demonstrated by the BBC. The Perceptive Radio, made by the corporation's Research & Development North Lab, is said to be a world first. The team produced a computer-generated radio drama where the script altered depending on factors such as...

When an US-based parenting blogger took a photo of her five-month-old baby seemingly peering out of a giant mug, an adorable new internet sensation was born. Dubbed "baby mugging", parents around the world are jumping on the fad by uploading their own snaps to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. In short, baby mugging involves pretending your baby is...