Cash is on the line when Facebook comes calling…
Facebook has more than a billion users, and is bidding to reach more by a smartphone takeover – with a twist, writes John Naughton
Google launches tool to help users plan for digital afterlife
Inactive Account Manager offers option of giving 'trusted contacts' right to delete data and pictures. By Charles Arthur
Which celebrities would you pay to contact on Facebook?
The social network has started a trial among 10% of its UK users, charging them between 71p to £10.68 to email people outside their friends circle. So who would you choose?
Who is Margaret Thatcher? Confusion reigns online
Have young people actually heard of Margaret Thatcher? Fans' reaction to Harry Styles's tweet honouring the ex-PM suggests not. But at least they didn't start the Cher rumour
Facebook starts charging users up to £11 to contact celebrities
Trial charge for messages to people outside users' social circle, from 71p for Robert Peston to £10.68 for Tom Daley. By Lisa O'Carroll
Fake Facebook girlfriends: what’s not to like?
A fake Facebook girlfriend will flirt harmlessly online and make other women jealous. Stuart Heritage waits for the catch
Zuckerberg eyes Android takeover with ‘best version of Facebook there is’
Facebook boss announces software system – Facebook Home – designed to push updates directly to users' home screens
Mark Zuckerberg unveils Facebook Home for Android – as it happened
Collaboration with HTC expected to reveal Facebook Home, software than can be downloaded onto any Android phone. Follow live updates here
Iain Duncan Smith’s wages and the uncertain nature of online petitions
Dean Burnett: The Iain Duncan Smith campaign shows online petitions are very popular, but evidence for their effectiveness is more debatable
How to delete your digital life
Advice on how to successfully wipe out your online past. Add your own tips and views in the thread below
Forget me not: campaigners fight for control of online data
Right to be forgotten advocates argue details online can be out-of-date, misleading and even downright wrong
Caught in the web: case histories of people whose digital past haunts them
Deleting false or embarrassing profiles, pictures and reports from websites can prove impossible as these personal stories show
Britain seeks opt-out of new European social media privacy laws
'Right to be forgotten' laws, giving users – rather than services such as Facebook – control of personal data will save billions of euros and thickets of red tape. So why is Britain resisting?
What’s the most embarrassing thing you’ve ever linked to?
After Tory MP Rob Wilson accidentally linked to hardcore porn on Twitter, we want to know if you've done similarly embarrassing things – I know I have …
Facebook set to make small-screen debut on Android smartphone
Social network's collaboration with HTC expected to customise functions ranging from camera to home screen