Twitter deal with search company will increase exposure of the content posted by its users as the company strives to kickstart growth.

Facebook has started highlighting local sights and restaurant tips based on a user’s location, as the social network takes on apps like FourSquare and Yelp.

Alibaba is testing delivering online orders via drones for its Taobao service with a one-off, three day campaign in China.

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BT has bought the UK’s largest mobile operator EE for £12.5bn as the telecoms firm expands into the lucrative ‘quad play’ sector to take on Sky.

Twitter will show its paid-for promoted tweets across the internet, on sites that are not part of the micro-blogging service, with Flipboard and Yahoo Japan the first sites to sign up.

A new Facebook privacy policy allows the site to track users activity even after the have left it, with all users automatically signed up to it.

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Facebook is prompting its users to register to vote on Thursday, in conjunction with the Electoral Commission, marking the company’s first intervention into British electoral politics.

Google is developing its own car-sharing app, while Uber is building its own self-driving cars, setting the two partner companies on a potential collision course.