Media and marketing<i>Debbie Mayo-Smith</i>: It's the message that matters, not the postmanHow do we generate more new business cheaply and easily? That's the magic pill businesses are looking for. Some might feel social media is the answer.26 Sep 04:30 PM
TechnologyFacebook's dotcom adventure may yet fail spectacularly Facebook's valuation, vacillating in recent months between $23bn and $33bn, is highly speculative and almost certainly too high.25 Sep 01:20 AM
Technology500m users, but will charity act buy Zuckerberg some friends?Mark Zuckberg has been portrayed as a a hard-hearted genius with a fetish for Asian women who is not above stealing ideas or turning on his friends.23 Sep 11:41 PM
New ZealandMayor hijacked on TwitterA John Banks impersonator who bemused followers online with oddball policies and flippant comments could soon be shut down.19 Sep 05:30 PM
Small BusinessBrothers of inventionFrom software to electric bikes, serial entrepreneurs Shaun and Grant Ryan are proving that big ideas run in the family. Karyn Scherer reports.19 Sep 05:30 PM
TechnologyKiwis target for Facebook fraudstersInternet fraudsters are using Facebook to steal Kiwis' bank and credit card account numbers and identities.18 Sep 05:30 PM
TechnologyWill Ping change the way we share music?While most online music ventures let us listen for free, Ping revolves around something that for many has become an anachronism - paying for it.17 Sep 12:17 AM
TechnologyLooks are everything as Twitter chases profitsDespite scoring 370,000 new users every day, making money out of its customers has proved a real challenge for Twitter.16 Sep 08:16 PM
Small Business<i>Debbie Mayo-Smith</i>: Social media success needs hard graftFor months now I've been using the term "freasy" for social media marketing. Meaning it's free and easy to do.12 Sep 05:30 PM
EntertainmentBieber fever invades the webDepending on your age, gender and tolerance levels for whiny teenage singers with dodgy haircuts, the diminutive Canadian pop and R&B phenomenon is either a heart-melting object of infatuation or a viral contagion infecting the web.11 Sep 05:30 PM
TechnologyGoogle's predictive text attempt leaves users lost for wordsIt does nothing to speed up typing; as one user said, it's as if someone is constantly interrupting you to finish your sentences, and always getting it wrong.10 Sep 02:50 AM
