Having fundamentally changed almost every aspect of modern life with their innovations over the decades, technologists are increasingly looking to the heavens for their next challenge, writes Peter O’Dwyer

An Irish start-up shaking up the education technology sphere on both sides of the Atlantic has landed a $3m (€2.7m) deal that will allow it expand its reach in the US.

Lenovo brought two A-series tablets, the 10-1-inch Tab 2 A10-70 and the 8-inch Tab 2 A8, to Mobile World Congress. Both of these feature Dolby's "cinematic and lifelike" Atmos sound.

Wearable fitness technology, smartwatches that play music and new products from Samsung, Sony and Nokia — welcome to the world’s largest mobile show.