The Chris Brown iPhone app: resistance is useless

Peter Robinson: The R&B star would like to 'send you push notifications' via his brand new app – yes, you should probably be slightly scared

Sally Bercow pleads innocence over Lord McAlpine Twitter storm

Speaker's wife says she was merely sharing random thought over Newsnight show that wrongly linked peer to abuse scandal

1m sides to every story: Share your view with @Guardian

Share your view of the world with @Guardian via Twitter to celebrate the account reaching the 1m follower milestone

How can social media change how development is done?

From journalism to business, social media are changing how institutions engage citizens. But what effect will this have on development? Join the debate Thursday, 16 May

Twitter’s first star

Thanks to her gift for 140-character witticisms, Kelly Oxford has transformed herself from Canadian stay-at-home mum to Los Angeles-based bestselling author and screenwriter. Hermione Hoby meets the woman all the celebrities follow

Conscious computing: how to take control of your life online

Twitter, Facebook, Google… we know the internet is driving us to distraction. But could sitting at your computer actually calm you down? Oliver Burkeman investigates the slow web movement

Coverflip: author Maureen Johnson turns tables on gendered book covers

Novelist challenges readers to flip genders of famous book covers and expose publishers' sexist attitudes to women's fiction

Are these the worst apps ever?

Huggies Brazil has launched a new app that tweets you to tell you when your baby has wet its nappy. Think that's bad? Well, there are possibly worse ones, writes Stuart Heritage

Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement proves a big hit on Twitter

Manchester United manager's decision to retire led to 1.4m mentions in an hour, more than the death of Margaret Thatcher. By Charles Arthur

TweetDeck struck off Companies House register

Closure of Twitter-owned firm will have no impact on users or the performance of the software

Social Media: the next generation of upstart apps gunning for Facebook

Jemima Kiss: The world's biggest social networks seem ever more dominant, but smaller rivals are appealing to those who worry about online privacy

Warren Buffett has tweeted

Katie Rogers: Five definitive articles about the billionaire investor joining Twitter, and then … wait for it … tweeting something

UK nuclear power plans are ‘Soviet’, says EU energy commissioner

EurActiv:Günther Oettinger says government's plans to strike 40-year contracts for new nuclear plants with EDF are 'Soviet'

Twitter’s top trumps: are you the Lady Gaga of social enterprise?

Ever wondered how influential you are in the world of social enterprise? Joe Jervis reveals the top 50 most connected tweeters

Number 10 hands out Twitter exclusives to favoured journalists

Downing Street aims to secure goodwill from journalists by revealing news before its official announcement by ministers