Seven things we learned from Facebook’s latest financial results
Native video is growing rapidly, mobile advertising is still very big, and there’s no release date for Oculus Rift yet
Facebook earnings surpass expectations boosted by mobile advertising
Company struggled after its 2012 IPO but has successfully repositioned itself saying mobile ads accounted for 69% advertising revenue in the fourth quarter
Rapists use social media to cover their tracks, police warned
Police and Crown Prosecution Service conference on rape hears attackers are increasingly creating false narratives online
Facebook’s outage exposes our digital fragility
Simon Jenkins: First thoughts: Today’s Facebook suspension shows how vulnerable digital information is – penetrable by hackers, governments or subject to random failures
Facebook’s Oculus VR sets up Story Studio to make virtual reality films
New division is staffed by Pixar veterans, with its first VR movie Lost debuting at the Sundance Film Festival
Emma Watson to be Belle of the ball in live-action Beauty and the Beast
Former Harry Potter star to take lead role in Disney reworking of its classic cartoon, with the original’s songs, writes
What can we learn from Facebook’s annual Bullshit Report?
The internet giant’s annual attempt to make itself look useful seems to betray nervousness about a coming backlash, writes John Naughton
BBC News app gets teenagers playing tag – but it needs to go further
News organisations are constantly trying to attract younger readers. So how does the BBC do with its new offering that puts personalisation at the forefront? We asked an 18-year-old student to review it for us
UN needs agency for data protection, European commissioner tells Davos
Edward Snowden’s revelations about digital monitoring have pushed data security high up the agenda at Davos this year
WhatsApp messenger makes move to the web
New web-based app finally allows users to send messages from a computer to contacts using smartphones
Microsoft’s HoloLens: holographic revolution or another hollow promise?
The company submits its entry into the smart headset fray and says the tech will avoid the social miscues of Google Glass and real-life impracticality of Oculus Rift
Pirate party founder: ‘Online voting? Would you want 4chan to decide your government?’
Rick Falkvinge backs electronic voting but warns of potential for abuse if the process goes entirely online
The Glass Cage: Where Automation Is Taking Us review – on course for disaster
Carole Cadwalladr is persuaded by Nicholas Carr’s cogent argument that our very humanity is at risk from ever-increasing automation
Michael Fertik: online reputation is becoming more valuable than money or power
The author of The Reputation Economy believes online reputation is now so important that we risk becoming persona non grata if we ignore it. He talks to Tim Lewis
How a team of social media experts is able to keep track of the UK jihadis
A team of analysts at King’s College in London is building an exhaustive database of western Islamic State fighters – through Twitter and Facebook