Kim Kardashian has become engaged to Kris Humphries.

If you ask me...

Outlook The Daily Mail's website is a sight to behold, a smorgasbord of celebrity tittle-tattle and fancy-that internet ephemera. There is even some news on it, and bits and bobs that might be recognisable to readers of the UK newspaper – but not much, because the Mail's online business is really just a giant dragnet designed to snare the shoals of casual browsers following the internet's latest trending topics.

Katrina Bowden has won Esquire magazine's 'Sexiest Woman Alive Madness' poll.

"Inviting coworkers". As a tweet it was neither informative nor terribly interesting, but as the first, sent by Jack Dorsey to colleagues at San Francisco web firm Odeo five years ago today, it launched a global phenomenon.

Twitter has grown in five years from derided fad to turbocharged engine of change, with its own powerful elite. Tim Walker takes a closer look at the top 100

The political capital being made out of Pfizer's decision to close its Sandwich plant, with the loss of 2,400 jobs, is shameful.

This column naturally applauds any celebrity who decides to use every means at their disposal to highlight the spread of Aids in Africa and India. Thus I was somewhat dismayed to learn that the efforts of a selection of American stars to raise money for a relevant charity (at buylife.org) – by removing themselves from social networking sites until $1m is raised – have been a tad underwhelming so far. As of 6pm yesterday, said celebrities have amassed less than $162,000 since ceasing to tweet and/or update their Facebook status.

Jukari is a new gym craze that involves a circus trapeze, stirrups, and extreme stretching. But is it an effective workout or a novelty act? Alice-Azania Jarvis flies into action

What do you do if you have risen through the thickets of Hollywood to become of one of the most visible Asian-American actors in the US, with plum roles on screens both big and small? You give it all up to take an obscure job in Washington for your president and country, of course.

Spend your final day on dry land and head out of town up to the lush, volcanic hills