Around 5.1 million Brits aged over 65 have never been online. Catering to these untapped customers, Barclays has created over 3,500 'Digital Eagles' - specially-trained staff to help them get online and up to speed. But do people want a bank teaching them about the internet?

The electronics store has announced that it plans to launch a 'Low Price Guarantee' policy under which it will price-match all major online competitors so shoppers do not "showroom" by researching in-store but ordering less expensively online.

With the spread of technology, companies are exploring the ways household chores can be made more bearable. Amazon is appealing to grocery-hating mothers everywhere with Amazon Dash – the kitchen assistant intended to do for the shopping list what Kindle did for the e-book.

We now have an average of 41 pieces of tech in our homes. But are these smart devices leaving consumers behind? How are apps creating new habits? Has privacy become an opportunity? Are we forgetting how to repair gadgets – and does it even matter?