The great sci-fi hunt: help us find the best independently published books

Damien Walter: The search is on for the best sci-fi, fantasy, horror – or just plain weird – books that might otherwise go unseen and unloved

Burger King’s woes continue after Twitter account gets hacked

Hackers apparently affiliated with the Anonymous collective tweet McDonald's special offers. By Charles Arthur

The Business of Fashion website raises £1.3m and backing from LVMH

Fashion business website inspired by former management consultant's blog wins investment. By Lisa O'Carroll

Michael Gove’s officials act to clean up abusive @toryeducation Twitter feed

Move to ensure neutrality is tacit admission that government employees have been involved in operating propaganda feed

Twitter fiction: Esther Freud

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

Will Topshop and Google change fashion shows for ever?

Melanie Rickey: A London fashion week collaboration between the high street and the internet giant reimagines runway shows for the digital age

Twitter fiction: Jenny Colgan

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

Troll’s comments prompt author to pledge charity donation for every insult

'Racist Sexist Homophobic Dipshit' will cue rewards for civil rights and LGBT groups by attacking John Scalzi

Twitter fiction: Nicci French

The husband-and-wife novelist team take up our Twitter-based challenge to come up with a story in 140 characters or fewer

Twitter says 250,000 accounts have been hacked in security breach

Anonymous hackers may have been able to gain access to usernames, email addresses and passwords in 'sophisticated' operation

Attention ‘artisan authors’: digital self-publishing is harder than it looks

Alasdair Stuart: Showcasing your work on blogs, podcasts or social media is fine, just don't see it as a shortcut to finding an audience

Rebellious HMV tweets are in a fine tradition

Richard Seymour: The retailer's Twitter account went rogue. It's always good to see workers take some control back over their fate

Twitter Vine porn: searches for explicit content banned on app

NSFWVine account suspended after it was used to upload an X-rated video to new app which featured it in editor's picks. By Josh Halliday

Twitter apologises over porn on new Vine app

'Human error' blamed after hardcore video features as editor's pick on six-second video app

Twitter fiction: Tim Lott

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