The point deserves emphasis: the clock is ticking on our mobile future.

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The other point is that all American wars are fought on the clock.

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Dobson then gave the Robins a 13-point breathing space with a drop-goal with 12 minutes on the clock but the misery was not over the Rhinos.

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These cameras clock motorists at one point in the road and again several miles further on.

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It has been suggested that the smartphone could possibly render alarm clocks and point-and-shoot digital cameras obsolete, as people use the alarm clock functions on their phones more frequently and the cameras in these devices continue to improve.

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