Are you wasting your money owning a smartphone? I say an emphatic yes, writes Debbie Mayo-Smith. When it comes down to it the treasure of productivity, money and time savings can be laid not just there, but in the lap of the apps.

Scientist, engineer and Rocketlab founder Peter Beck wants to make reaching space as easy as buying a new car. And with many powerful international backers, he just may achieve his mission, discovers Alan Perrott.