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• Turkey blocks Twitter, YouTube over hostage photo

  A Turkish court blocked access to numerous sites including Twitter and YouTube on Monday, over their hosting of images of an Istanbul prosecutor held at gunpoint by militants last week.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Thursday, April 2

  Obama authorizes sanctions for hackers... Facebook Riffs on video apps... Uber takes its fight to Brussels... and more tech news

• Why Meerkat and Periscope are the next big challenge for marketers

  There's nothing like a brand-new medium to put marketing departments into overdrive, and it would be hard to find a better example than the recent, rapid-fire arrival of live-stream video apps Meerkat and Periscope.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Friday, March 27

  Up Periscope: Twitter answers Meerkat... UN appoints privacy watchdog... Microsoft buys LiveLoop... and more tech news.

• Meltdown! New Periscope iPhone app live streams ice cream factory's end

  The <a href="http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/article/20150116/News/150117014">teardown of a 50-plus-year-old ice cream plant</a> across from Network World's Framingham, Mass., headquarters today practically screamed to be live streamed via Twitter's new <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id972909677">Periscope app for the iPhone</a>. So I took my iPhone 5 into the parking lot during lunch and brought the action live to a whoever happened to stumble across it.

• Many password strength meters are downright WEAK, researchers say

  Website password strength meters, like a spouse asked to assess your haircut or outfit, often tell you only what you want to hear.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, March 25

  Google wants to let you pay bills inside Gmail... Microsoft packages Azure for web, mobile... Dutch utility to try heating with servers... and more tech news.

• Twitter tests videos that play automatically

  Twitter has started to let videos play automatically in some people's feeds, in a test that could allow it to make more money from video advertising.

• Top enterprise IT companies where people want to work

  Poachable, a Seattle startup that specialises in connecting passive job-seekers with companies looking to hire, says enterprise network and IT companies such as Microsoft, IBM and Cisco are among the most desirable places to work. But largely consumer-focused companies, like Google, Apple and Amazon, are even more attractive.

• Tesla's Elon Musk says driving may someday be illegal

  Tesla founder Elon Must believes there may eventually come a day when people are no longer allowed to drive vehicles because it's not safe.

• The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Wednesday, March 18

  Facebook jumps into P2P payments...GOP tackles FCC chairman over net neutrality...Microsoft says Hello to biometrics... and more tech news.

• Twitter adds tool to report tweets to the police

  Twitter has added a tool to help users report abusive content to law enforcement, which could aid in removing the most threatening posts as Twitter ramps up its efforts to combat harassment.

• IBM puts a price on its Twitter analytics service

  The insight gained from a single tweet might not be worth much, but what about from a million?

• Elon Musk promises to end Tesla range anxiety

  Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk used Twitter to announce he'll hold a news conference this week to tout an upgrade for the company's Model S cars to address their limited range.

• Facebook clarifies rules for content, including definition of nudity

  Facebook has released a new version of its community standards, defining in detail what it means by offensive content on issues such as nudity, bullying and hate speech.