2015 was a historic year for TV fans, with more scripted shows to choose from than ever before. So how does anyone know where to start? For Channel 4, the answer lies in Walter, the affable face of its new streaming service and curator of the very best in serious, compulsive world drama.

Smartphones are no longer just a means of communicating. They wake us up, get us from A to B and even help us find love. We’ve almost forgotten their original purpose. Text trumps voicecalls and apps trump SMS – it’s a good time to ask – what’s the future of the mobile phone?

Bingeing is a big deal. In 2015, we viewed 42.5 billion hours of Netflix, with the average subscribers spending 93 minutes watching daily. But not all binges are created equal, and the streaming service has created the ‘Binge Scale’ to show which shows we savour and which we devour.

Google is developing its offline capabilities, so that Search, Maps, Docs, Chrome and YouTube will all have some level of functionality, even when there's no Wi-Fi or mobile data. It's aiming to help both those in emerging markets and those who live in super-connected parts of the world.