Facebook to field public suggestions over government spending cuts

Ministers to examine ideas sent to social networking site before making decisions over further cuts to public spending

Trent Reznor to score Facebook movie

Nine Inch Nails frontman says he has nearly completed his soundtrack for David Fincher's The Social Network

Russian president, 44, already following Barack Obama as he becomes latest world leader to join Twitter

Russia, Japan, China and Japan only remaining countries where Facebook not leading social network says founder. By Mark Sweney

Andrew Brown: If the government thinks Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook can play a useful role in policymaking, it misunderstands digital culture

Private investment firm Criterion Capital Partners reported to be lining up deal to buy struggling social network. By Mark Sweney

Former England captain to be web firm's 'global sports ambassador', fronting ads and providing exclusive content for World Cup. By Mark Sweney

Change in how settings work on Facebook brings 'disappointment and frustration' from Privacy International (updated)

Mark Zuckerberg admits settings had become too complicated but denies company is trying to force people to share their data

What are the new features on the latest version of the BBC iPlayer? By Mark Sweney

Vicky Frost: Give us your views on the beta version of the iPlayer, which you can customise and use to share shows via Facebook and Twitter

Upgrade to acclaimed video-on-demand service designed to link with social media, and drive traffic to other broadcasters. By Mark Sweney