The way we love now: couples who meet online

In the last 20 years, there has been a quiet revolution in the way we fall in love, not just on dating websites, but on Facebook, Twitter, Second Life… Melanie Gideon, one ot the first to start a relationship online, tells her story. Plus six other couples on how they clicked

TalkTalk’s internet filter could give children access to porn, says magazine

PC Pro study comes as ministers plan to ask parents if sexual content should be automatically banned by ISPs. By Charles Arthur

Zynga unleashes new social network, partner programme and Farmville 2

Social games giant reveals Zynga With Friends network, The Ville simulation and a Farmville sequel for its 300m users. By Keith Stuart

Microsoft buys Yammer for $1.2bn

Acquisition steps up software giant's battle with Google for the future of technology in the workplace. By Josh Halliday

Facebook changes users’ listed email addresses without warning

Facebook rolls out new feature wihtout warning and replaces users' listed email addresses with '@facebook.com' alternative

Margaret Atwood joins story-sharing website Wattpad

The Booker prize-winning author has signed up to share her writing with an online community of nine million other users

This column will change your life: cut us some slack

The internet era means friends, colleagues, employers, even enemies can track what we are – and aren't – doing at any time of day. So there's no hiding place for slackers, says Oliver Burkeman

Facebook’s $1bn bid for Instagram to be investigated by OFT

Office of Fair Trading concerned social network might prevent picture uploads to other sites from the app. By Charles Arthur

Sir Martin Sorrell unconvinced that Facebook is a good advertising medium

WPP boss, speaking at Cannes Lions, says the social network provides branding opportunities, but not much more. By Mark Sweney

Twitter to roll out ad products to 50 countries

Latin America and western Europe to be the first to get promoted tweets as network ramps up efforts to generate revenue. By Mark Sweney

‘Online snooping’ scheme expected to cost at least £1.8bn

Home Office reveals pricetag for tracking emails, phone use and Facebook and Twitter accounts as Theresa May attacks critics as 'conspiracy theorists'

Habbo Hotel: NSPCC urges government and technology industry to act

Call follows claims that paedophiles have targeted children and teenagers using the website

‘Snoopers’ charter’ proposal sparks Tory row

David Davis says internet data tracking powers will be 'incredibly intrusive' as Theresa May brands critics 'conspiracy theorists'

What is an internet troll?

Victims of anonymous trolls on Twitter and other social media may soon have the power to discover their tormentors' identities, thanks to a new law. But what's the difference between a troll and somebody who just has very bad manners?

How Twitter is putting an end to our private lives

The ridicule of an actor, a marriage split and a couple's sex life have been shared on social media. Should they have been?