The Irish Independent newspaper has unveiled its redesigned website, as part of a new strategy across all Independent News & Media titles to "improve the digital offering". An announcement detailing the changes says the new layout offers "more video, pictures and social features and reduced clutter". It adds: "The redesign will see news updated more quickly and more often. It will also allow easier navigation and better sharing of stories with family and friends."

The e-reading startup that has been iPad-only until now, has launched an iPhone version (iTunes link). Readmill first gained attention for its clean ebook reading interface, which lets users highlight and share passages from ebooks without leaving the app. At launch, the app only supported DRM-free EPUB files, limiting it primarily to DRM-free public domain titles. Last October, though, Readmill added support for Adobe DRM and PDFs.

The social network, which was recently dubbed the world's fastest growing, thrashed nearest rival Facebook in both mentions and engagement. During the 52 advertisements which aired on US channel CBS between the kick-off and final whistle, Twitter was mentioned by 26 brands, whilst Facebook had to be content with just four mentions. Elsewhere, YouTube and Instagram both secured one mention each, whilst poor Google+ was not named at all.

London Live will be broadcast to around 4 million homes in the capital and represents the largest of all the local TV services that the regulator Ofcom is currently awarding licences for. Around a quarter of the output will be news, which will be created by journalists in the newsroom of the Evening Standard, with input from journalists at sister titles the Independent and i. Journalism.co.uk spoke to Andrew Mullins, managing director of the Evening Standard, to find out how the print and web-focused newsroom would make the shift to include TV.

Online retailer Amazon.com has been investing heavily in creating its own content through Amazon Studios, as it looks to compete with traditional TV broadcasters and streaming rivals such as Netflix. LoveFilm members in the UK and Germany will now be able to watch the comedy pilots, along with the brand new children's shows. Their feedback on the children's pilots will determine which of the pilots go into full series production.

Virgin Media has confirmed it is in takeover talks that could lead to a bid from US cable company Liberty Global in the coming days. Any deal would put Liberty Global's chairman, John Malone, head-to-head with his occasional nemesis Rupert Murdoch in the fierce battle for the UK's pay-TV customers. The company said on Tuesday: "Virgin Media confirms that it is in discussions with Liberty Global, a leading international cable company, concerning a possible transaction. Any such transaction would be subject to regulatory and other conditions."

Flocker and EditorEye have teamed up in order to provide a content marketing solution, helping brands to discover relevant content, speed up their publishing process and distribute social magazines optimised for iPad and other tablets, mobile and the web. Flocker currently enables brands and publishers to create and distribute social magazines, which combine their own editorial content, such as news and blogs, with social content, such as Tweets, videos and images. The magazines are then optimised for digital distribution.

YouView, the BBC-backed internet TV service, is estimated to have up to 230,000 subscribers six months after launch, with TalkTalk revealing that it is seeing demand running at more than 10,000 sign-ups per week. This is despite what is thought to be dismal sales through high street retailers. The joint venture between the BBC, ITV, BT, Channel 4, Channel 5, Arqiva and TalkTalk to bring internet-connected TV to Freeview andFreeSat homes, finally began selling set-top boxes last July, 18 months after the initial plan to launch in early 2011.

The magazine is the first purchase from the division since 2010 and will join its roster of other titles including Web User, Computer Shopper, PC Pro, expertreviews.co.uk and knowyourmobile.co.uk. Launched in 1998, Computer Active is a mass market consumer magazine targeting home computer users. Its fortnightly edition covers software and the internet with news, reviews and step-by-step projects.

Observer editor John Mulholland has asked Education Secretary Michael Gove to investigate a Twitter account which the paper claims is being used by political special advisers to launch "highly personal attacks on journalists". The front page story in Sunday's paper suggested Gove had been "plunged into a potentially toxic row over the allegations", but a spokesperson for the Department for Education told Press Gazette that it had received no evidence to support the newspaper's claims. The Observer story claimed the @toryeducation account had been regularly used to conduct a "Tory propaganda campaign paid for by the taxpayer".