Mobile phone provider EE has demonstrated helium balloons and drones that could provide 4G mobile coverage following damage to existing infrastructures. The devices are fitted with small mobile sites that include a base station and an antenna.

Trinity Mirror has rolled out an ad-free subscription service for the Mirror in a bid to keep an "ongoing dialogue" with its readers and try out different business models. For GBP2.99 a month, users are able to access the Mirror's Web site without seeing any banner ads, pop-ups or video ads.

Glasgow-based marketing tech startup Adimo has closed a GBP1m seed financing round based off its work with Nestle and PepsiCo. Investors include Scottish Investment Bank (the investment arm of Scottish Enterprise), ESM Investments Galvanise Capital and Patrick Griffith, co-founder and ex-chief executive of Havas Work Club.

WhatsApp announced a new feature that allows users to share photos, videos and GIFs that disappear after 24 hours. Sound familiar? The Facebook-owned company announced the revamp of its Status feature in a blog post on Monday.

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has launched a crackdown on "misleading" auction house ads with six companies snared for promoting exaggerated claims. One of those affected was MadBid, which has stoked controversy by taking out full-page advertisements in the national press claiming that new cars could be had for GBP500 and iPhones for less than GBP100.

The London television studio where some of the UK's most popular shows of the past 40 years have been filmed is to be closed by ITV. Programmes from "Upstairs Downstairs" to "Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway" have been shot at the London Studios on the capital's South Bank, but it will close as a result of plans to redevelop the broadcaster's headquarters on the same site.

There has been a huge amount of consolidation in the food industry over the past four years, thanks in no small part to 3G's involvement in the sector through Kraft Heinz. Not only has the company raised the bar in terms of profitability, but its peers -- aware of the need to defend against takeover -- have sought to expand their own operations. So where might Kraft Heinz now be casting its net?

Google has added shopping functionality to its smart speaker Google Assistant, as it looks to take on the popularity of Amazon Echo. Google's Assistant will pull goods from the retailers that already support Google Express -- including Costco, Walgreens and Whole Foods. To make the system work, the customer does a manoeuver familiar to anyone who has ever spoke to Alexa via an Echo.

The new Fire TV stick comes with a voice-enabled remote, giving users access to voice controls and search for movies, music and TV shows. But it will also perform Alexa's other skills, allowing users to check their commute, get a weather forecast and to answer questions and control smart home devices by speaking into the remote.

The economy has overtaken terrorism and immigration as the UK's biggest concern, according to the latest Nielsen Global Survey of Consumer Confidence, from the end of 2016. Under a third (28%) of those polled put the economy as either their first or second biggest concern -- an increase of 12% over a year earlier. The proportion saying terrorism, meanwhile, was down 12 points to 20%.