Who’s taking control this year? Google, BBC, Facebook, or even North Korea? The media industry lives in strange convergent times which are only set to get stranger in the year ahead
From YouTube to Facebook – will video be the one to watch in 2015? It may be the era of the television mega-indie, commercial radio is ready for a BBC showdown – but print is still being pressed, say our experts
Snapchat reveals $485m of funding at a reported $10bn valuation Lawsuits, leaked snaps and regulatory scrutiny haven’t put investors off messaging app as it finally starts making money from ads
The best iPhone apps of 2014 From SwiftKey and FireChat to Replay Video Editor and Silent Text 2: the best new iPhone apps that the App Store had to offer this year
What were your biggest technology stories of 2014? Open thread Have your say on the big themes of 2014, as well as The Interview, Facebook censorship in Russia, TaskRabbit and more
Instagram purge costs celebrities millions of followers The photo-sharing app has upset high-profile users by cracking down on spam accounts and bots, with Justin Bieber hardest hit
Welcome to the future of advertising, where the word digital is redundant In a world where everything is digital, our obsession with the divide between non-digital and digital media is limiting marketers thinking
Ofcom report identifies emerging ‘generation gap’ in young people’s TV viewing Media regulator highlights shift in viewing habits as people aged 16-24 move away from traditional platforms and online consumption grows
Should Apple censor games differently to music and books? Open thread Have your say on Papers, Please controversy, as well as YouTube music, the visual web, a ‘Spotify for news’ and social media complaining
Facebook has likes. Instagram has hearts. Twitter’s got faves. But Flickr had them (and me) first Erin McCann: Yahoo may be ‘ruining’ the photo-sharing site again, but as my Flickr friend says, ‘it really just comes down to feelings’
Study finds social media use beneficial to overall health of elderly Report studied elderly and vulnerable people in UK and Italy using Skype, Facebook and other social media tools
The Guardian view on the freedom of the internet: it’s under attack around the world Editorial: The net is a powerful weapon, and governments don’t want it in the hands of their critics
Instagram now has 300m users sharing 70m photos and videos a day Facebook-owned app reveals plans to add verified badges for celebrities and brands, as well as crackdown on spam accounts
How sport dominated social media in 2014 If you were on Facebook or Twitter this year you will have heard a lot about the World Cup and the Champions League – while watching people douse themselves in ice-cold water
Facebook London checks in to a new identity The social network’s UK headquarters searches for a hit in its drive to be more than a satellite office