Twitter is reportedly in takeover talks with potential buyers – including Facebook and Google – and has been valued at around $10 billion.

The number of smartphone users in the US rose 60% in the three months to the end of December 2010, according to comScore.

Smartphone sales passed global PC sales for the first time in Q4 2010, according to International Data Corp.

ITV1’s Live International Football coverage scored the prime time ratings last night with a high of 6.7 million viewers.

The BBC has unveiled plans to port its iPlayer service to Apple’s iPad and Android-based tablets.

Channel 4’s popular Big Fat Gypsy Wedding series continued with another set of bumper ratings last night – peaking with almost 8 million viewers during the all-important 9pm to 10pm prime time slot.

The Daily Mail & General Trust posted a 5% increase in advertising revenues for its national newspaper division in the three months to 2 January.

Two-screen viewing has caused quite a stir on Newsline this week following Simon Andrews recent Mobile Fix article.

The future of TV will focus on “three potent forces” – consumers, advertisers and content owners, according to Hulu.

Yahoo! is set to develop a publishing platform for applications that will allow users to get personalised content on their mobiles and tablets.