Horror-film blogger Spiderbaby caught up in plagiarism row

Blog by Lianne MacDougall, girlfriend of Quentin Tarantino, accused of copying work by other film writers

Twitter fiction: John Niven

The novelist and journalist takes up our Twitter-based challenge to come up with a story in 140 characters or fewer

Twitter gives data to French authorities after spate of antisemitic tweets

Microblogging site takes rare step of releasing data which could identify users after long court battle by anti-racism campaigners

Manchester United make Twitter debut with ‘New era, same spirit’

Club expected to overtake Premier League rivals Chelsea and Arsenal in followers, as it already has 34m Facebook 'likes'. By John Reynolds

Co-op employees call for end to ‘annoying’ Christmas-style TV ad

Campaign showing child making snow angels and Andy Williams song causes Facebook and Twitter consternation from workers. By John Reynolds

Should we boycott Twitter over its tax affairs?

The microblogging site is tipped for an £7.3bn flotation, yet reported retained profits of just £92,000 last year. So how can users of its service make their displeasure known?

The rise and rise of austerity blogs

More and more blogs springing up to chronicle people's downshifted lifestyles – although, ironically, for one person it has led to a lucrative publishing contract

Twitter fiction: Lottie Moggach

The journalist and novelist takes up our Twitter-based challenge to come up with a story in 140 characters or fewer

Narrative stress: it’s not you, it’s me

Morven Crumlish: The second-person narrative has become the red trousers of the blogging world – initially endearing, it's now just irritating

Twitter fiction: Rachel Joyce

The radio dramatist turned novelist takes up our Twitter-based challenge to come up with a story in 140 characters or fewer

Alec Baldwin goes gangster on Daily Mail reporter over Twitter article

Media Monkey: The Hollywood star lost his rag over a story claiming his wife had been tweeting during James Gandolfini's funeral

George Osborne’s burger tweet backfires as he orders posh option

Chancellor may have thought he was connecting with the electorate, but news his burger cost £6.75 opens him to ridicule

Amanda Palmer: visionary or egotist?

She gets her fans to play in her band for free, retweets praise and wrote a terrible poem about the Boston bomber. Is singer Amanda Palmer a free-spirited visionary – or a deluded egotist? Jon Ronson finds out