Facebook began as a geek’s hobby. Now it’s more popular than Google
Half of all those online have visited the social networking site. Soon it may become synonymous with the web itself, reports Jemima Kiss
Smartphones changing the way we shop
Mobile shopping and m-commerce the buzzwords as high street stores try to keep up with consumers' altered behaviour
A working life: The special effects animator
Kevin Spruce brings magic to the movies by creating new worlds and mystical characters for films such as Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Kinect: where to get the best deals
We find bargain ways to buy Microsoft's motion-sensor device with or without a console
Students are demonstrating over university and higher education cuts in London today. Find out where they’re from
Students are traveling to London from all over the country to protest over university cuts today. Get the estimates for demonstrators from each university
Call of Duty: Black Ops price check
We track down the best available prices for Call of Duty: Black Ops, the latest instalment of the hugely popular billion-dollar games franchise
Vouchercloud – consumer app of the week
Get money off goods and services in stores and restaurants near you, with the latest instalment of our best iPhone and iPad apps
Tesco launches barcode scanner app for online orders
Tesco has added a barcode reader to its Groceries iPhone app that can add items to a customer's online home delivery order
Family finances: the abuse you’ll get for an income of £45,000 a year
The savage response to our account of coping on a family income of £45,000 ignores the fact that in some parts of the UK, that doesn't go far
Phone providers are ‘disenfranchising’ disabled people from society – Ofcom
Communications watchdog survey shows mobile phone companies are failing disabled consumers
Women didn’t just strike in Dagenham
Gregor Gall: Made in Dagenham has made the Ford machinists famous but there is a long history of women striking for equality at work
Gordon Gekko’s back – but he won’t recognise Wall Street
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps sees the return of the compelling villain, in the unfamiliar landscape of the early 2000s
A working life: the cinema projectionist
Kevin Markwick spent his childhood in the small-town Sussex cinema his father bought in 1964. Now he owns and runs it, writes Mark King
GMTV star Kate Garraway opens goody bag site to give fans celebrity discounts
Kate Garraway's Goodypass.com will give fans the kind of discounts usually reserved for celebrities
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty price check
StarCraft II has finally hit the shops, but where can you get it for the cheapest price? Marc Lockley finds out