Facebook Deals analysis: what’s the strategy behind this new scheme?
Groupon, Google, Foursquare and SCVNGR all have something new to worry about with the advent of the giant social network's latest move into local - and free - advertising
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has an ‘awkberg’ Saturday Night Live
Publicity-shy Facebook founder performs skit with Jesse Eisenberg, the actor who plays him in The Social Network
Everyone’s a critic now
A refusal to heed the advice of highbrow cultural critics is nothing new. But when the public can quickly share their own - different - views on Twitter, Facebook, myDigg and other social media, is criticism dead, asks Neal Gabler
Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other by Sherry Turkle – review
Why do so many of us prefer simulated relationships to real ones? Is reliance on technology altering what it means to be human? Rafael Behr on a disquieting study of our imminent 'robotic moment'
Egypt cuts off internet access
Most of the major internet service providers in Egypt are offline following week-long protests
Yet another Facebook revolution: why are we so surprised?
Ignoring social media was the downfall of the Ben Ali regime in Tunisia, writes John Naughton
What effect has the internet had on celebrity?
Aleks Krotoski: The internet has changed the way the public interacts with celebrities
Trent Reznor wins Golden Globe for The Social Network score
Nine Inch Nails frontman's lauded compositon beats Inception and Alice in Wonderland at industry ceremony
Facebook leaps into future as smartphones prepare to get smarter
Technology firms are on the brink of innovations that will transform our personal and professional lives
Facebook legal battle: Why the two heads of the Winklevoss twins weren’t better than one
As the brothers who claim to have created Facebook return to court, John Naughton imagines what would have happened if they'd never met Mark Zuckerberg
Evgeny Morozov: How democracy slipped through the net
The author of The Net Delusion has serious doubts about the web's ability to bring change to oppressive regimes – and he's inspiring a new generation of cyber-sceptics
Twitter endorsements face OFT clampdown
Watchdog says online companies who did not disclose paid-for promotions by celebrities and bloggers were deceptive
If you have lofty ambitions for your legacy, head for the attic
If we don't print off our documents we could be consigning the records of our lives to the digital shredder, says John Naughton
Facebook and LinkedIn consider flotation after investor frenzy
Social networking sites refuse to comment on reports that it is considering an initial public offering
Facebook ‘friends’ did not act on suicide note
Mother of Simone Back, who died after posting that she had taken pills, asks why no one called for help in time