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A young woman wakes up to find herself inside a locked, padded room. She does not know where she is, nor can she see any way to get out. But her laptop works, so she contacts strangers through YouTube, Facebook and Twitter to ask for help.

"There is not a day when Sir Winston is not quoted in one way or another, whether by presidents, prime ministers or by people in their everyday lives," his great-grandson, Randolph Churchill, told the Daily Telegraph.

Facebook and Twitter create instant relationships between celebrities and their fans, but where wannabe celebrities go when they want to connect with talent agents or other people in the entertainment industry? Talent Maven, maybe.

Just how dramatic was Landon Donovan's 91st-minute goal in Wednesday's win-or-go-home US-Algeria World Cup game? Well, it caused Twitter to collapse temporarily, and it might have been the single biggest driver of Internet traffic ever.

Hugo Chávez already has 200,000 followers. But the "President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela" has a long way to go before he catches Ashton Kutcher and Britney Spears, who are racing to be the first users with five million Twitter followers.

Twitter says that its new business will make "great wine" to help Room to Read, an organization that brings books to children. Every case of Fledgling Wine sold will promote education in the world's poorest regions.