"Selfie" is selected as the word of 2013 by Oxford Dictionaries, with "twerk" and "binge-watch" among others on the shortlist.

Kate Russell reviews a site which allows travellers to eat at locals' houses plus other sites and apps.

Google agrees to remove from its Maps service a satellite image that shows a dead teenager.

Yahoo chief executive Marissa Mayer announces the company will encrypt all information moving between its data centres.

Facebook will continue to allow users to show footage of beheadings if it is posted in "the right context" and does not "glorify" violence, MPs hear.

Shareholders of Finnish phonemaker Nokia approve the sale of their mobile phone business to technology giant Microsoft.