Its makers expect the app to get more than one million users by the end of 2014. Kuddle is a social app that lets children send friend requests, follow, like and caption and share photos much like Instagram, with the aim of providing a safe and fun environment for children to explore the world of social media.

Recent months have seen a spike in disturbing images coming from areas such as Iraq, Syria, Gaza and Ukraine, and repeated exposure to this type of imagery can have an effect on an individual's mental well being. This survey is part of a series of features on the issue of graphic imagery that journalists come into contact with, the effect it may have and what steps can be taken to diminish these effects in the short or long-term.

A video showing an Islamic State (IS) extremist with a British accent beheading an American journalist appears to be genuine and is an "appalling example of the brutality of this organisation", Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond has said.

Dubsat has signed an exclusive long-term agreement for its Adsend service with Independent News & Media, which publishes 22 titles including the Irish Independent and the Belfast Telegraph, to handle the validation and digital delivery of all print advertising across all of the publisher's titles.

The Dutch newspaper Volkskrant has apologised after it tested its new app by publishing a story wrongly reporting the death of Johan Cruyff. The story, headlined "Johan Cruyff deceased", was supposed to be part of an internal software test but went live by mistake, and quickly spread on social networks before it was taken down.

Previously creative strategy director at technology startup Kinetic Seven, James Hayr will be responsible for leading AOL's larger brand integration across AOL content properties including The Huffington Post, MyDaily, Engadget, TechCrunch, Parentdish and premium video platforms AOL On and Be On. The role is a newly created one.

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo announced in a tweet on Wednesday morning that any users who shared graphic images relating to the alleged beheading of photojournalist James Wright Foley would have their account suspended. He included a link to a New York Times article about Foley.

The modern smartphone is 7 years old and yet, when it comes to designing mobile applications, we are still barely scratching the surface. Today we'll see how harnessing technology already embedded in a phone can unleash great potential.

The new owners of Ask.fm, the social network implicated in the suicide of 14-year-old Hannah Smith in summer 2013, have sworn to end bullying on the platform, or shut it down entirely. Doug Leeds, the CEO of once-dominant search site Ask.com, which bought the previously unrelated Ask.fm on Thursday, made the promise in an interview with Silicon Valley news site Pando Daily.

Critics of the European Union's controversial "right to be forgotten" policy, which lets citizens ask companies to delete their personal data, are "playing false" and trying to derail important reforms, according to EU Justice Commissioner, Martine Reicharts. Speaking in Lyon, France on Monday, Reicharts singled out Google for allegedly trying to undermine a controversial court ruling in May that has already led to more than 91,000 asking for it to delete search results they dislike.