Google says Isis must be locked out of the open web
Search company’s head of ideas sees short term wins against non-tech-savvy organisation, but says stifling group’s propaganda must not be neglected
RIP Friends Reunited – but what else is lurking in the social media graveyard?
Once worth £175m, the networking site has now closed. But what became of MySpace? When did we say goodbye to Ello? Not to mention Menshn …
After Fomo: five more feelings of angst in the social media age
Worried that no one will follow you on Instagram, or can’t check Facebook because your battery has died? There’s an acronym for that
Friends Reunited website to close after 15 years
Though it has been around since Mark Zuckerberg was just 15 years old, one of the original social networking websites is to close
Silicon Valley’s tech titans may be Democrats, but not as we know them
Why Silicon Valley’s high-flying Democrats are full of contradictions
With love from my robot: virtual assistants may secretly be emailing you
Digital assistants have grown in both their abilities and adoption in the last few months, learning to pass as people and show empathy – and even love
Will 2016 mark the end of the phone number?
The creators of Facebook’s Messenger app have made several predictions for the coming year – including doing away with with the time-honoured tradition of dialling with actual numbers
Facebook fights back in row over its free internet for India’s poor
Campaign aims to restore its Free Basics plan for ‘unconnected billion’
Oculus responds to Kickstarter criticism with free headsets
Backers of the initial Oculus Rift Kickstarter will be able to claim a free virtual reality headset, four years after the initial crowdfunding campaign
Mark Zuckerberg plans to make his own AI butler – like Jarvis in Iron Man
In 2015, the Facebook co-founder challenged himself to read one book every two weeks, but for 2016 he’s going to engineer a robot for his home
Instagram: how the hashtag changed #fashion
Instagram’s influence in fashion has gone beyond mega-models getting thousands of ‘likes’. It’s now the place where sales are made and retailers discover new designers
Is Facebook the enemy of truth and civic unity?
The defining political achievements of the past decade have favored tolerance and empathy – and online discussion has fuelled them all, argues Steven Johnson
Iran’s blogfather: Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are killing the web
Hossein Derakhshan was imprisoned by the regime for his blogging. On his release, he found the internet stripped of its power to change the world and instead serving up a stream of pointless social trivia
Nintendo’s first mobile game includes in-app purchases… for clothes
Miitomo will be mainly focused on communication and customisation, with the potential for mini-games played with Facebook friends
Can Donald Trump’s social media genius take him all the way to the White House?
He has millions of followers and likes on Facebook, Twitter, Vine and Instagram. He uses YouTube and Periscope. His polling numbers remain high. Could Trump’s social media strategy really win him the biggest job of all?