Twitter fiction: Gill Hornby
The novelist and journalist takes up our Twitter-based challenge to come up with a story in 140 characters or fewer
Internet anonymity is the height of chic
In this age of information overload, internet exhibitionism and NSA snooping, is it possible to make yourself unGoogleable? And does it earn you added credibility, as fashion designer Phoebe Philo and bands such as !!! suggest? Stuart Jeffries investigates
Twitter fiction: Graeme Simsion
The Australian writer takes up our Twitter-based challenge to come up with a story in 140 characters or fewer
If a medical cure looks too good to be true, it probably is
Effective cures are rare, yet we are bombarded with sensational claims based on little evidence, writes David Colquhoun
Twitter fiction: Val McDermid
The crime writer tries our Twitter-based challenge to come up with a story in 140 characters or fewer
Twitter fiction: William Sutcliffe
The author takes our Twitter-based challenge to come up with a story in 140 characters or fewer
Facebook’s violently sexist pages are an opportunity for feminists
Emer O’Toole: Facebook both reflects our misogynistic society and is a conduit to change it – through campaigns such as Twitter’s #FBrape
Tumblr: a big blank canvas in the world wide web
Yahoo is paying $1.1bn for Tumblr, so let's hope it doesn't go the same way as Geocities
Yahoo in rumoured $1.1bn bid to buy white-hot Tumblr
Reports claim board has approved move to buy blogging platform site that could catapult Yahoo back into top flight web firms
Twitter fiction: Sabine Durrant
The writer and journalist takes up our Twitter-based challenge to come up with a story in 140 characters or fewer
Twitter fiction: Jojo Moyes
The novelist and journalist takes up our Twitter-based challenge to come up with a story in 140 characters or fewer
Are these the worst apps ever?
Huggies Brazil has launched a new app that tweets you to tell you when your baby has wet its nappy. Think that's bad? Well, there are possibly worse ones, writes Stuart Heritage
Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement proves a big hit on Twitter
Manchester United manager's decision to retire led to 1.4m mentions in an hour, more than the death of Margaret Thatcher. By Charles Arthur
Twitter fiction: Damian Barr
The writer and columnist takes up our Twitter-based challenge to come up with a story in 140 characters or fewer
RSC and Google team up for online Midsummer Night’s Dream
After their last social media experiment suffered a critical mauling, this new digital collaboration will allow audiences to watch and interact with play on Google+ over three days in June