The most toxic aspect of the affair was the whiff of a commercial incentive. Adams was blocked after he posted a succession of tweets heavily critical of NBC for its tape-delayed broadcasts of the Olympics. When it was revealed that Twitter and NBC had entered into a business partnership for the Games, and that Twitter had tipped off the TV network to Adams's tweets, prompting the complaint that would lead to his suspension, the Twittersphere turned blue with rage.

The study by online retailer Very.co.uk showed increased usage of smartphones and tablets has not only given women the chance to shop whenever and wherever they feel, but has also meant they turn to social media to ask friends what they should purchase. The company interviewed 1,000 women with 37% admitting to shopping while in bed and another 37% confessing to making purchases online when they should be working. Thirty-three percent have been shopping online during their commute, while 18% said they had made purchases while using the toilet and a shocking 3% have slyly bought items online while at …

Threats, sectarian abuse and offensive comments are among dozens of incidents reported to the police in Northern Ireland each week, underlining the growing menace posed by cyber bullies. Dozens of high-profile celebrities have been targeted in recent months, including Celtic boss Neil Lennon, footballer Stan Collymore and TV presenter Eamonn Holmes. Police confirmed it had received 1,818 complaints in the 12 months to April this year - an average of five every day - with most relating to Facebook.

Herein, the relevant statistics of John Ridding's "growth story": the FT's combined paid-for print and digital circulation during the three months up to June this year was 598,698, up 2% year on year (and, incidentally, the largest daily audience in the FT's 124-year history). Breaking that down, the average global print circulation was 297,227 compared to the digital circulation of 301,471. It meant that the number of digital subscribers increased by 31% in that April-June quarter compared to the same period in 2011.

The UK's leading learning disability charity Mencap, which employs seven and half thousand people, has told its staff they cannot stream the Games via the BBC iPlayer because it will play havoc with their bandwidth capacity. However, the charity has set up a large screen in its canteen so that people can watch the Games via the TV network, without disrupting the company's internet connection.

By clicking on a green "G" icon, US users can now buy Groupon's discounted deal-of-the-day vouchers from their handsets and then locate the retailers participating in the offers by using Nokia's navigation system. An analyst said the deal could be an advantage for Groupon, which had so far not been "local enough". Nokia said it was interested in different ways of monetising its maps. The new location platform will be integrated into the phone's Windows Phone 8 operating system.

If it can ever prove itself in overseas markets and shake off the initial UK privacy concerns, Phorm could be a very big deal for online advertising - a sector facing shrinking CPMs and in which ad tech like real-time bidding is desperately trying to wring remaining pennies out of digital nooks and crannies. Phorm's technology uses ISPs' data of their subscribers' browsing habits to better target ads served through partner publishers. The idea promised to increase advertising rates for publishers and click-throughs for advertisers.

Digital revenues at Trinity Mirror rose across its national and regional operations in the first half of the year, as the group saw an 11.5% increase in operating profit year-on-year. The company also reported a rise of more than 20% in pre-tax profit to GBP35.1 million from GBP28.9 million last year. The company share price was said to have risen today by 7.31p, an increase of 23.58%. Goup revenues fell overall by GBP15 million, a decrease of 4%.

Publisher of national newspapers and consumer websites, Associated Newspapers, has revealed it has signed a strategic deal with the Mobile Money Network (MMN) to integrate its instant mobile checkout technology as part of a multi-phase initiative. The deal with MMN will allow for Associated Newspapers to develop additional revenue streams, drive direct response to advertising across its media properties and gain in-depth insight about its audience.

Telegraph.co.uk journalist Matt Warman claims the new bookmarking tool will first be introduced in the UK as an iOS app, but a full roll-out for desktop users is sure to follow. In the vein of 'like' and 'share' options that currently lie beneath fresh posts, website imore.com reports that a notification will appear - prompting the mobile user to press and hold their finger down on the link. When the 'save' option is clicked, the blog, photo or video is then stored in the Favourites folder - much like posts are in Twitter.