Dr Kevin Curran, Reader in Computer Science at the University of Ulster, joined us during Mobile World Congress to offer his well-informed opinion about trends in mobile technology.

We talked about a wide range of topics, including battery life, disposable tablets, wearables, m-health, 4G fragmentation, connected furniture, M2M security, the rise of video and the IEEE.

Amazon Web Services, the part of Amazon.com that offers cloud-based computer infrastructure to companies, has announced a new service for mobile application developers.

It’s expanded its Amazon Simple Notification Service (which already offers email and SMS notification) to include ‘Mobile Push’, enabling a single Application Programming Interface to send notifications to Apple iOS, Google Android and Kindle Fire devices.

Amazon has introduced its AutoRip service to the UK today, having previously launched the service in the USA.

Customers who’ve bought eligible CD, vinyl and tape cassette albums from Amazon.co.uk since 1999 will automatically have MP3 versions added to their Amazon Cloud Player account. Future purchases from participating music companies will also be uploaded.

Defence, aerospace and security company BAE Systems plc has formed a five-year partnership with Vodafone that’ll see them providing businesses with a range of communications security products and services.

In addition to this security partnership, BAE Systems is also moving its mobile services to Vodafone.

Google has revealed three new Nexus-branded Android devices and an update to the Android mobile operating system. Its announcement was made online after a planned press conference in New York was cancelled due to the threat from Hurricane Sandy.

The new devices are expected on 13th November and will run Android v4.2, still known by the same codename as version 4.1: ‘Jelly Bean’.