What happens to my late husband’s digital life now he’s gone?
Since her husband, Iain, died seven months ago, Caroline Twigg has had to face an unexpected problem – what to do with his online legacy
Facebook steps up competition with YouTube with ad-supported videos
Social network already has 4bn views a day of its native clips, but helping their creators to make money is its next ambition
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg thinks telepathy tech is on its way
Social network chief believes we’ll be able to send thoughts to each other directly using technology in the future
Cannes Lions: will advertising ever again be about the people it serves?
The winners of this year’s festival highlight that advertising, in its rush to prove that it is pro-technology, has become anti-people
Think it’s cool Facebook can auto-tag you in pics? So does the government
Our own government, as well as police and intelligence agencies around the world, will likely mine facial recognition data or create their own databases
Dow Jones chief’s tech warning on news undermined by ‘cats on skateboards’
Will Lewis says sharing deals with companies such as Facebook, Apple and Google pose threat to newspapers over control of content
Journalist Laurie Penny banned from Facebook for using pseudonym
New Statesman columnist tweets displeasure after being kicked off social media site, saying she used alias to avoid being trolled
Virtual reality can bring a new dimension to business
New opportunities for business as well as entertainment beckon as devices such as the Oculus Rift hit the mainstream
Heinz says sorry for ketchup QR code that links to porn site
Ketchup buyer mistakenly exposed to porn after Heinz allows a competition domain to lapse, allowing adult entertainment firm to buy it
Sun to relax paywall as part of drive to exploit social media
Growth of news sharing on sites such as Facebook and Twitter prompts tabloid to make selected digital content available for free
Dear Twitter (and everyone else), please end your obsession with autoplay!
Autoplaying videos, gifs and Vines look pretty, sure, but battery life, mobile data allowances and smartphone performance are all far more important to users
News outlets face losing control to Apple, Facebook and Google
With smartphones and tablets becoming the devices of choice for accessing content, traditional news organisations are going to find it harder to survive
I read all the small print on the internet and it made me want to die
Alex Hern decided not to do anything for a week – unless he’d read all the terms and conditions first. Seven days and 146,000 words later, what did he learn?
Belgium takes Facebook to court over privacy breaches and user tracking
Belgian privacy commission launches lawsuit after warning over alleged privacy law breaches over tracking of users and non-users for ads
Twitter could be so much more than just a Facebook rival
As chief Dick Costolo departs, investors must stop pushing Twitter to be the next big social media network and focus on its simple strengths