Twitter would never have waited two months for Wellington’s funeral

‘Wait’ is a word that belongs to earlier times, when news travelled no faster than the quickest horse or swiftest boat

JK Rowling hints Fantastic Beasts movie will reveal ‘American Hogwarts’

Twitter exchange suggests Harry Potter author will also draw on Native American traditions for the ‘magizoology’ script she is working on

Twitter blocks Politwoops for breaching terms of service

Archiving statements made, then deleted, by elected officials goes against social network’s rules, it says, as UK spin-off’s fate hangs in the balance

From Digikala to Hamijoo: the Iranian startup revolution, phase two

In Iran, Twitter, YouTube and Facebook are among many blocked sites, spurring young entrepreneurs to invent their own. If sanctions ease, will all that change?

Screen time v play time: what tech leaders won’t let their own kids do

Steve Jobs and Jonathan Ive designed some of the world’s most desirable tech – but imposed strict limits on their own children using it. What rules do others set?

We will rebuild: Kent earthquake shakes Twitter into sarcasm overload

With no reports of injuries or structural damage after 4.2-magnitude quake, the garden of England becomes ripe for ridicule

Twitter blocks promoted tweets by notorious white supremacist

Company acts to prevent further abuse by white nationalist and internet troll after he promoted two offensive tweets using Twitter’s ad platform

Joss Whedon denies he left Twitter after feminist criticism of new Avengers film

The director says he needs to focus on writing and that the social network had become a negative, distracting addiction

James Gunn says ‘aggressive’ fans made Joss Whedon quit Twitter

The Guardians of the Galaxy director blames ‘the angry contingent of fandom’ for forcing the Avengers director to leave the social media network

Rolling TV election news eclipsed by Twitter, Buzzfeed and Periscope

Sky News and BBC News channel face digital-driven reorganisations as they struggle to keep up with the speed of social media

Q&A with Caroline Criado-Perez: ‘What happened to me was a wake-up call for society’

Writer and feminist Caroline Criado-Perez on the £10 note campaign, Twitter abuse – and her light-bulb moment

The social media election: a big day for Balls but a bigger week for Milibrand

The shadow chancellor’s Twitter anniversary was eclipsed by his leader’s revolutionary interview

Tweets versus Wall Street: analysts fear for Twitter in the battle for advertising

The social network’s results and revenues are failing to impress investors – especially when compared with Facebook’s and Google’s

Twitter misses forecasts after results are published early – on Twitter

Tech firm pulls in first-quarter revenues of $436m as Dick Costolo blames ‘lower-than-expected contributions from some of our newer products’

Pseudoscience and strawberries: ‘wellness’ gurus should carry a health warning

The blogger Belle Gibson has been exposed as a fraud – but the internet is still awash with others like her, pushing unsubstantiated nutritional advice