China's online retail giant Alibaba has sold $2bn (£1.2bn) in goods in the first hour of China's annual "Singles' Day" shopping event.

Social networking giant Facebook said its new messaging service now has more than 500 million users - more than doubling since April.

Pylon cables will disappear from some parts of England and Wales as National Grid looks to reduce the impact of energy transmission on the landscape.

Vodafone is to launch UK broadband and TV services in the spring to compete with rivals such as BT, Virgin and Sky.

Company bosses and tech entrepreneurs are being targeted in their hotel rooms by hackers whose malware can evade detection, warn researchers.

Google is to pay over £1bn to rent an airfield but little is known about what it plans to do there.

The pilot of a rocket-equipped push bicycle tells the BBC it was "very scary" to ride the vehicle at 207mph, breaking his previous record.

Streaming music service defends its business model after pop star Taylor Swift accuses it of unfairly compensating artists and composers.