Advertisers under pressure to handle data with care – or lose consumers
Mark Sweney: Martin Sorrell attacks internet giants like Google and Facebook at Cannes for their lax attitude towards information
Facebook hate speech row: Sky joins ad boycott
Pay-TV company follows Nissan and Nationwide in taking action after its adverts appear next to offensive material. By Josh Halliday
Facebook has 1m advertisers, but they’ll have to wait for video ads
Social network says 61% of its monthly active UK users have Liked at least one local business page. By Stuart Dredge
Facebook executive: advertisers need to control consumer data
Cannes Lions: Chief engineer says companies still target myth of 'captive' audience and fail to embrace digital. By Mark Sweney
Saudi Arabia threatens to block WhatsApp over regulation refusal
Popular messaging app to face sanctions 'before Ramadan' following similar action against rival Viber. By Stuart Dredge
Internet anonymity is the height of chic
In this age of information overload, internet exhibitionism and NSA snooping, is it possible to make yourself unGoogleable? And does it earn you added credibility, as fashion designer Phoebe Philo and bands such as !!! suggest? Stuart Jeffries investigates
Yahoo, Google, Facebook and more face fight to salvage reputations over NSA leaks
Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube and Apple have been floundering for a response
To the internet giants, you’re not a customer. You’re just another user
Yahoo, Microsoft, Google et al don't really offer 'free' email and it's naive to expect any form of customer service from them, writes John Naughton
NSA scandal: what data is being monitored and how does it work?
Everything you need to know about data gathering from internet companies by the US National Security Agency
Maria Miller demands talks with big internet firms on web pornography
Google and Facebook among those invited to meeting on policing content in wake of Woolwich attack and Bridger verdict
Crowdstar the latest social games publisher to switch focus to tablets
Armed with $12m of new funding, developer hopes to follow in the lucrative footsteps of Supercell. By Stuart Dredge
Kristian Segerstrale talks Supercell, free-to-play and the future of gaming
'Next-gen consoles will be the pied pipers that lead some of the most promising companies today away from long-term success'. By Stuart Dredge
Penguin takes children’s fiction to Google+ with Storytime Hangout app
Webcam feature puts children (and parents) into the hooves of the Three Billy Goats Gruff
Facebook gives way to campaign against hate speech on its pages
Company agrees to update policies in response to protest by more than 100 advocacy groups
Google and Facebook in bidding war over Waze travel app company
Search pioneer reportedly made approach after social network's $1bn offer was rebuffed, in move that could boost its maps app. By Charles Arthur