:00:00. > :00:07.streets or reveal a more widespread problem?
:00:07. > :00:10.More information on our website. Thank you for joining us. Time for
:00:10. > :00:15.Click. It is going to sound crazy and
:00:15. > :00:25.impetuous but I think I am falling in love with you. Our love with
:00:25. > :00:33.
:00:33. > :00:42.each other is like two long shadows kissing.
:00:42. > :00:46.This week, love is in the air but can mobile apps really made Cupid
:00:46. > :00:52.forget ILS and Android, we size of the new pretenders to the mobile
:00:52. > :00:55.crowd -- mobile Crown. And the latest kit for the open road. In
:00:55. > :01:03.Webscape, we go bargain hunting with an act that serves up all the
:01:03. > :01:08.deals in your area. -- application. Welcome to Click. I am not Spencer
:01:08. > :01:13.Kelly. I am in fact Kate Russell, taking over the helm while he has a
:01:13. > :01:16.well deserved break. It is that special time of year again.
:01:17. > :01:22.Valentine's Day is just around the corner, a day when lovelorn
:01:22. > :01:27.singletons across the world usually feel more isolated than ever.
:01:27. > :01:32.Luckily, Kew but now comes in several digital incarnations,
:01:32. > :01:36.always on hand to help us locate a perfect partner. But is it a good
:01:36. > :01:45.idea for us to have our head in the clouds especially when we have no
:01:45. > :01:51.real idea who it is we are speaking to? We went to have a look at love.
:01:51. > :01:57.Date tonight. Again. Some of the predate rituals and routines may be
:01:57. > :02:02.strikingly familiar. But the way we are going about finding a soulmate
:02:02. > :02:07.is changing beyond recognition. If we are to believe the hype, one in
:02:07. > :02:11.five UK relationships begins on the internet. Established whether
:02:11. > :02:19.players are raising their game. E- Harmony claims to have developed a
:02:19. > :02:24.romance algorithm, if you can be bothered to answer 256 questions.
:02:24. > :02:29.And this cross-platform offering is enjoying huge reach with over 50
:02:29. > :02:32.million subscribers in over 70 countries. But it is the rise of
:02:32. > :02:37.social media that is creating the real buzz these days, making
:02:37. > :02:41.landing a catch easier than ever. Thing is - online dating is no
:02:42. > :02:46.longer taboo. It is now a multi- billion dollar business. Gone are
:02:46. > :02:52.the days when it was just about finding a flattering photograph and
:02:52. > :02:56.writing a decent profile. Now, you can do so much more. Turning to
:02:56. > :03:01.technology does not have universal appeal. Many people might not be
:03:01. > :03:06.very genuine and certainly would not be looking for something that
:03:06. > :03:11.is healthy. Meeting on the internet is like meeting in a bar. You have
:03:11. > :03:17.the same kind of anticipation and excitement and then the rejection
:03:17. > :03:21.and the unwanted advances. Yes, it is exactly the same. They put their
:03:21. > :03:27.best photo of a profile but when you meet them in person, will they
:03:27. > :03:32.look like that? I am not sure. Board of the fruitless flirtations
:03:33. > :03:37.online dating had brought him, one man's quest for love has prompted
:03:37. > :03:41.him to create an application to come to the rescue. A wasted so
:03:41. > :03:48.much time on dates where people did not look like their photographs,
:03:48. > :03:53.they came across different way. I wanted to take that and tap into
:03:53. > :03:58.the age-old wisdom that we have all what -- always met someone in
:03:58. > :04:03.common through friends and families through Facebook. We used Facebook
:04:03. > :04:09.to find out which of your friends' friends are single. And which can
:04:09. > :04:13.be recommended for you. The website has not launched yet and as an opt-
:04:13. > :04:17.in service, its success will depend on the willingness of Facebook
:04:17. > :04:22.users to sign up. That was a problem that faced American start
:04:22. > :04:25.of Europe. The service tapped into your Facebook result, setting you
:04:25. > :04:30.up with the friends of friends based on similar lights and music
:04:30. > :04:36.tastes. After initial interest comic plateaued and its technology
:04:36. > :04:40.was sold off. This website also look to fate took -- Facebook to
:04:40. > :04:47.get your single friends. The idea is to get a network of single
:04:47. > :04:52.people but it has struggled to make a dent. Many people felt it was too
:04:52. > :04:55.invasive. Facebook is generational in how people use it and what they
:04:55. > :05:01.will share. Younger people are fiercely protective of their
:05:01. > :05:07.privacy, believe it or not, and they want to keep their digital
:05:07. > :05:11.social lives separate from what they perceive to be a very private
:05:12. > :05:16.space in online dating. Soon, you may not need applications or dating
:05:16. > :05:20.sites at all as Facebook's new graph search could make meeting
:05:20. > :05:28.singletons with shared interests very easy. And the other platform
:05:28. > :05:31.we cannot forget. Twitter. Valentine's Day sees the launch of
:05:31. > :05:37.a system that gets you flirting with the Twitterati for a
:05:38. > :05:44.customised search box. It is not all about social media. For a real
:05:44. > :05:47.life rendezvous, location is everything. The term does not
:05:47. > :05:52.exactly roll off the tongue but geosocial networking has seen
:05:52. > :05:56.millions signing up to applications that rely on your GPS location to
:05:56. > :06:03.introduce you to people nearby. Heaven forbid you would actually
:06:03. > :06:07.introduce yourself to real living people in the same room. Grindr is
:06:07. > :06:12.an application targeting gay and bisexual men. It alerts you of up
:06:12. > :06:16.to 300 other Grindr uses in their immediate area. Over the past three
:06:16. > :06:22.years, it has enjoyed phenomenal success along with Blendr, its
:06:22. > :06:25.sister site open to everyone. Of the well-established websites like
:06:25. > :06:30.OKCupid are also putting geosocial family at their core. If you have
:06:30. > :06:35.the time, the locals feature broadcasts your availability to
:06:35. > :06:41.local people here by. But one question remains - how safe are
:06:41. > :06:44.these applications? GPS-enabled dating applications. People know
:06:45. > :06:49.that you are explicitly looking to hook up. All that you are
:06:49. > :06:54.explicitly looking to date and for some people, that can put them in a
:06:54. > :07:00.dangerous situation. Apply common sense and logic. You are probably
:07:00. > :07:05.in slightly more danger if you are not being careful. They do allow
:07:05. > :07:09.you to turn off your location and block those you might want to avoid
:07:09. > :07:13.but leaving on the tracking could in some circumstances make way for
:07:13. > :07:18.stalking. The risks of online dating are not confined to the
:07:18. > :07:22.latest geosocial applications. Last month, a woman in the US filed a
:07:22. > :07:26.$10 million lawsuit against Match .com, alleging that they do not do
:07:26. > :07:31.enough to safeguard their members after a man she met on the internet
:07:31. > :07:36.but it did to murder her. Match .com says the lawsuit is absurd and
:07:36. > :07:41.that this is about a sick, twisted individual with no prior criminal
:07:41. > :07:47.record, not an entire community of men and women looking to meet each
:07:47. > :07:52.other. Match .com has safety advice pages, a feature to report abuses.
:07:52. > :07:57.Its terms and conditions page says it has no responsibility for bodily
:07:57. > :08:01.injury. For many solicitors, it is a happy ending. But it is a
:08:01. > :08:06.reminder that for better or for worse, what starts as frivolous
:08:06. > :08:12.online fun can have real world offline consequences. Swapping
:08:12. > :08:16.Tudor's bow for a browser. Time for the latest Tech News.
:08:16. > :08:20.The European IT commissioner has outlined a security strategy
:08:20. > :08:24.recommending companies in key sectors like banking and health to
:08:24. > :08:28.report cyber attacks. Some businesses are worried that will
:08:28. > :08:31.create a reputation damage at it comes in the midst of a renewed
:08:31. > :08:35.assault by the Anonymous hacking collective on American institutions,
:08:35. > :08:39.the latest being the Federal Reserve, where the stolen details
:08:39. > :08:45.of 4,000 bank executives were published earlier this month.
:08:45. > :08:48.It was first seen last month but while way has stepped back their
:08:48. > :08:52.ascent to smartphone to appeal to the African market. The Chinese
:08:52. > :08:55.handset maker already has a popular Android handset on the continent
:08:55. > :09:00.but this time around, his smartphone will feature a Windows
:09:00. > :09:07.mobile operating system, complete with an African focused Apple store.
:09:07. > :09:12.It is part of Microsoft's wider initiative to make inroads into the
:09:12. > :09:16.region. Forget Facebook credits, enter Amazon coins. The online
:09:16. > :09:20.retailer's a virtual currency will first be used on the Kindle Fire
:09:20. > :09:25.tablet to make online purchases. To help drive up take, the retail
:09:25. > :09:30.giant will give away millions for free ahead of the US launched in
:09:30. > :09:36.May. Finally, a kick-start a star eath
:09:36. > :09:39.star has flat up pledges of over $100,000 in just two days. The
:09:39. > :09:43.project was launched after the US government rejected an online
:09:43. > :09:49.position to build the infamous Battle station. There is still some
:09:49. > :09:56.way to go before the project gets under way. $30 million just for the
:09:56. > :10:01.plants. 850 Quadri and dollars to get it into space - give or take.
:10:01. > :10:05.Last week, we reported on BlackBerry's attempt to reignite
:10:05. > :10:10.interest in its once-popular range of smartphones. Recently, there
:10:10. > :10:17.have been two familiar names entering the mobile race. Five Fox
:10:17. > :10:24.and Ubuntu. Do these newcomers really have a chance against each
:10:24. > :10:33.other? All Black Broome and the two for life, Apple and Google Android?
:10:33. > :10:37.-- or BlackBerry? We will look at fire Fox later in the year, but it
:10:37. > :10:41.could face an uphill struggle against this, Ubuntu. Simply
:10:41. > :10:45.because of the fact that many people already know their way
:10:46. > :10:49.around to the well-established PC version. As you might expect from a
:10:49. > :10:54.new phone operation system, it comes with a new way of doing
:10:54. > :10:59.things. The phone has no buttons at all. Launch applications, spike
:10:59. > :11:03.between them -- switch between them by swiping to different sides of
:11:03. > :11:07.her the screen. Both fire Fox and Ubuntu are open sores and free and
:11:07. > :11:10.for that reason, they are both already popular in the developing
:11:10. > :11:15.world. The first phones for each operating system will be aimed at
:11:15. > :11:23.those wanting cheap, low-powered smartphones. Whereas fire foxed
:11:23. > :11:27.fans will and the target Viva Las - - the developing world, Ubuntu will
:11:27. > :11:37.also release high and phones. These might be the only computing devices
:11:37. > :11:43.
:11:43. > :11:48.We have a vision that your smartphone can be your thing for a
:11:48. > :11:52.whole set of things. If you cut your smartphone you can have and
:11:52. > :11:57.should have a full PC working experience. But you're also
:11:57. > :12:03.concentrating on the low end of the market? Exactly. When we first ship
:12:03. > :12:06.a product it will likely be one of these lean smartphones. That will
:12:06. > :12:10.be an entry-level smartphone, targeted at people using futures
:12:10. > :12:16.phones now and want to get into a smartphone. Or emerging markets
:12:16. > :12:20.where it is somebody's first bone, or even first computer in some ways.
:12:20. > :12:25.-- first phone. Why would that be better than a low end Android
:12:25. > :12:34.phone? For those consumers, who are interested in an entry-level
:12:34. > :12:37.smartphone, it offers a high class beautiful stunning use experience -
:12:37. > :12:42.- user experience on the level of phone appropriate for their budget
:12:42. > :12:46.for their needs. Every maker of smartphones boasts their operating
:12:46. > :12:51.system is the best looking and the most intuitive and the easiest to
:12:51. > :12:55.use. Why d'you think the Ubuntu smartphone will be any of those
:12:55. > :13:02.things? We have a design principle, if you can see information on a
:13:02. > :13:05.screen you should be able to action it right away. For example where
:13:05. > :13:10.you see the wifi indicator, when you pull that down from the top,
:13:10. > :13:14.turning it on and off is a very limited capability. Normally when
:13:14. > :13:18.you want to look at your wifi you're trying to pick a different
:13:18. > :13:22.access point or change networks. We provide the ability to do that
:13:22. > :13:27.right from the indicator. The messaging menu again with an
:13:27. > :13:33.indicator at the top, when you pull that down you can from that exact
:13:33. > :13:38.spot reply to messages, call people back. You don't have to go into
:13:38. > :13:42.another application to perform that function. It's clearly what you
:13:42. > :13:47.want to do. This is an advantage that will come in late to the
:13:47. > :13:51.market, you can see what everybody has done and you can see their
:13:51. > :13:57.mistakes -- that will come from coming in late. That is part of it
:13:57. > :14:03.and part of it is innovation from our own design and development
:14:03. > :14:08.teams. The technology inside as the cars
:14:08. > :14:11.has changed immeasurably over the last few years. -- our cars. With
:14:11. > :14:15.ever more powerful computing now tucked away inside the upholstery.
:14:15. > :14:25.We sent Ian Hardy out with MacBook and pen to hand to collect the
:14:25. > :14:30.
:14:30. > :14:35.latest ideas. It can't be easy constantly coming
:14:35. > :14:40.up with new ideas that redefine the way we interact with our vehicles.
:14:40. > :14:44.Past a certain point, safety laws regulations and common sense start
:14:44. > :14:50.to kick in. That's why driver side TV screens and texting were just
:14:50. > :14:56.two concepts that took us one step forward and two steps back. But
:14:56. > :15:01.sometimes removing tech reveals a whole new opportunity. CD players
:15:01. > :15:05.are slowly disappearing from the dashboard, and maybe that's why FM
:15:05. > :15:09.radio is writhing in popularity again. But if you have got a
:15:09. > :15:15.connected smartphone IndyCar broadcasters can now overlaid
:15:15. > :15:21.adverts from the by businesses and guide you there with GPS. You will
:15:21. > :15:24.never miss another special sale ever again. What the application is
:15:24. > :15:28.doing behind the scenes is embedding a bit of software under
:15:28. > :15:32.the system and then when they have the software they have access to a
:15:32. > :15:35.programme allowing them to in Sir adverts that interact through the
:15:35. > :15:41.internet, beamed to the smartphone and you get it through the radio
:15:41. > :15:47.system -- inserts. Mobile devices are becoming central to the
:15:47. > :15:54.automotive experience. So much so both Ford and GM have developed a
:15:54. > :15:58.website to encourage the creation of car-centric apps. The need for
:15:58. > :16:01.speed on portable gadgets comes with a need for juice. Wireless
:16:01. > :16:05.charging is nothing new, but Delphi are developing a method that will
:16:05. > :16:09.allow devices to be powered passively from base stations that
:16:09. > :16:12.are further away than current models. The idea is that the driver
:16:12. > :16:17.will never have to fumble around and the kids can keep their
:16:17. > :16:22.entertainment up and running right to the end of the trip. You manage
:16:22. > :16:25.how much power is totally available to the system. We can look at the
:16:25. > :16:29.system or the mobile device that needs the power the most, and
:16:29. > :16:33.switch off the ones that don't need the power and power up the ones
:16:33. > :16:37.that are the least charged. then of course we have started to
:16:37. > :16:44.see cars that are fully automated right down to the steering wheel.
:16:44. > :16:48.After all, how important is the driver really? There's been a lot
:16:48. > :16:51.of interest recently in driverless cars as you can see, there are a
:16:51. > :16:55.few examples of them around the world. But there's one company that
:16:55. > :16:59.has produced a product that can be fitted into your car long after you
:16:59. > :17:05.have bought it and it essentially gives the driver a helping hand, or
:17:06. > :17:12.should I say RAA. The gadget is a smart sensor camera that actually
:17:12. > :17:17.sees in black and white. -- A the unit's strength is down to its on-
:17:17. > :17:23.board processing power and software algorithms that can identify signs,
:17:23. > :17:28.traffic lights, people, pets, you name it! On the right and the Net
:17:28. > :17:32.you can see we are a forward looking solution. -- and the left.
:17:32. > :17:35.We track everything, including if you're driving in a condensed area
:17:35. > :17:40.with hundreds of pedestrians walking on the pavement, we take
:17:40. > :17:44.all of them and everybody has a target number. We know it's
:17:44. > :17:48.somebody runs into the road we can distinguish that. -- if somebody.
:17:48. > :17:53.We don't want to just provide a warning at the right time but also
:17:53. > :17:57.we want to provide a warning when you don't need it -- don't want to
:17:58. > :18:01.provide. Is crash avoidance systems and auto pilot modes become
:18:01. > :18:05.widespread in the future, and there's a good chance they will, it
:18:05. > :18:11.could lead to more screens and information being tolerated and
:18:11. > :18:15.displayed on doors and consoles. So it's very convenient that thanks to
:18:15. > :18:22.innovations in contoured surfaces and touch sensor technology like
:18:22. > :18:24.XSense car interiors could one day look very different. Automotive
:18:24. > :18:30.manufacturers are increasingly interested in putting Dutch
:18:30. > :18:36.solutions in the car. Not just for entertainment but navigation. It it
:18:36. > :18:41.does not have a touch green people think it is broken -- if it.
:18:41. > :18:46.Increasingly car manufacturers want to put touch technology in cars. --
:18:46. > :18:52.touch screen. The Access technology allows them to do this. There's the
:18:52. > :18:55.ability to make curved designs. course going overboard on
:18:55. > :18:59.technology will undoubtedly discouraged some people from
:18:59. > :19:08.driving at all. In which case, they might be better off with something
:19:08. > :19:12.a little simpler. Ian Harvey with the driving forces behind our
:19:12. > :19:16.future cars. -- Hardy. It's all very well having your photograph
:19:16. > :19:20.taken at family parties but if your folks are anything like mine you
:19:20. > :19:30.will never get to see the end results. I think I have the remedy
:19:30. > :19:35.
:19:35. > :19:39.for you next coming up in Webscape, Well actually I'm playing with
:19:39. > :19:43.keeps, a need social sharing tool for photos and video that should
:19:43. > :19:46.appeal to anyone that likes to keep things simple. Just sign up and get
:19:46. > :19:51.an easy to remember e-mail address that people can use to send things
:19:52. > :20:01.to you when they are home allowing you to organise it in two albums on
:20:02. > :20:02.
:20:02. > :20:06.lines. -- into albums on line. This is a no-fuss system but it still
:20:06. > :20:09.relies on your friend e-mailing you their pictures. Where it gets more
:20:09. > :20:13.powerful is if you can persuade everyone to sign up and then create
:20:13. > :20:17.an event around a particular occasion. The band gets its own e-
:20:17. > :20:22.mail address and you can share it with everyone in your neck work so
:20:22. > :20:26.all the pictures and footage gets e-mailed to one central been --
:20:26. > :20:30.network. The site is currently free to use with no limit on file size
:20:30. > :20:35.and there's no limit on overall storage. Although a fair use clause
:20:35. > :20:39.is in the terms. I spoke to the company and they have no plans to
:20:40. > :20:45.change this or charge in the future. Although it seems too good to last
:20:45. > :20:55.forever. IPhone and Android apps with a Windows Phone 8 in the
:20:55. > :20:57.
:20:57. > :21:03.pipeline rounds off this offering nicely. If you're a a voucher fan,
:21:03. > :21:07.Redeemia or is available for ioS and Apple. It filters coffers by
:21:07. > :21:14.category so you save time getting only the content you're interested
:21:14. > :21:19.in served up from one central location. -- offers. Heading back
:21:19. > :21:24.to the Web, this helpful app will tell you how words and short
:21:24. > :21:30.phrases are pronounced. Or should that be pronunced? Oh, wait... How
:21:30. > :21:35.do you say it? How do you say it? Pronounced. Thank you. You're
:21:35. > :21:40.welcome. You know, you sound kind of cute for a synthesiser. Behave
:21:41. > :21:45.yourself. Charming. The British accent does sound quite right,
:21:45. > :21:49.especially when you're saying childishly rude words to him. Come
:21:49. > :21:56.on, you know it's going to be the first thing you're going to do! Oh,
:21:56. > :22:00.just me then! If there's room in your heart for one more Valentine's
:22:00. > :22:07.app after Lara's won the full round-up, a free social faux code-
:22:07. > :22:11.sharing tool relaunched recently and is perfect for sending a quick
:22:11. > :22:15.message of love. Digisocial give you the option of adding a boys
:22:15. > :22:25.caption to your snaps and give you Instagram-style filters. Dasher
:22:25. > :22:35.
:22:35. > :22:39.voice. Then share in the usual ways. This weekend is the premiere of a
:22:39. > :22:49.documentary charting the rise and fall of notorious file sharing
:22:49. > :22:53.website The Pirate Bay. It debuts on line on 8th February. Released
:22:53. > :22:57.under the creative Commons licence -- Creative Commons license.
:22:57. > :23:01.Director Simon Klose aims to prove a point with this distribution
:23:01. > :23:06.tactic, and sharing can be a realistic business model. And it's