Microsoft Surface gets the thumbs down in early reviews

Writers praise the tablet's touchscreen and battery life, but criticise the lack of apps, its poor camera and its weight. By Juliette Garside

iPad mini launch: live coverage of the Apple event in San Jose

Charles Arthur: Full coverage as Apple reveals the price, size and other details of the iPad mini

Apple Maps: Tim Cook says he is ‘extremely sorry’

Chief executive issues rare apology for problems with Maps data, saying users can use rivals' products if they are dissatisfied. By Charles Arthur

iPhone 5 sales: British supply firms set to benefit from Apple’s success

Designers ARM Holdings and chip wafer makers IQE are among five UK firms with profits strongly affected by their client Apple

Blood on the catwalk, battered banks – and queues, as usual, outside Apple

Superdry and French Connection are unfashionably low on profits, but the creator of the iPhone isn't. And Standard Chartered steps back on the catwalk

Facebook’s stock market debut disappointing, says Zuckerberg

Social networking site's co-founder has given his first interview since the company's disastrous initial public offering

Nokia’s Windows 8 phones fail to impress the markets

Lack of detail sees ailing Finnish giant's shares fall as Microsoft seeks boost for Windows software

Samsung accused of exploiting younger workers in China

Workers barred from sitting during shifts and some suffer physical and verbal abuse, alleges China Labor Watch. By Charles Arthur

Samsung hits back at Apple but shares tumble after smartphone patent ruling

South Korean group urges consumers to shun Apple as its market value suffers multimillion dollar fall

Barnes & Noble to launch Nook e-reader in UK

Publisher backed by Microsoft has Amazon's Kindle in its sights in first expansion outside US

Facebook shares drop to less than half their initial stock price

Mark Zuckerberg loses half his personal fortune in market slide as shares go for $18.75, down from $38 IPO in May

Facebook shares hit all-time low as lock-up expiration lets insiders sell

Analysts split on whether investors will take advantage of end of lock-up period as shares near half of the $38 IPO price

Apple and Samsung urged to make peace by patent trial judge

Tech giants' chief executives advised to explore a settlement, as high-stakes case over iPhone and iPad designs heads to jury. By Charles Arthur

Amazon moves engineering hub to east London

Online retailer employs a team of several hundred people in new offices near London's Silicon Roundabout

Facebook agrees to tighten its privacy policies

Social network settles dispute with FTC over 'deceptive act' of making confidential information public without consent. By Josh Halliday