Following Google's $500m acquisition of Skybox Imaging, Slate's Will Oremus looks into the scope of Google's future.

Mana Party Leader Hone Harawira is facing a new challenge in his Te Tai Tokerau seat at this year's election, from his party's former Te Tai Tonga candidate Clinton Dearlove.

The "state of constant distraction" created by the internet, email and instant messaging is killing the traditional literary novel, a leading British author has claimed.

There's plenty to get excited about at E3, but gamers should also be cautious of too much hype, writes Siobhan Keogh.

More than 80 per cent of Kiwis who use the internet have experienced a cyber security breach, but only 39 per cent have then changed their online behaviour, new research shows.

More than 40 per cent of children who use the internet are victims of cybercrime while girls are more likely to be bullied online than boys, a survey has found.

Wireless charging technology developer PowerbyProxi wants to have a $30 million to $40 million capital raising this year.

New Zealand's internet traffic will grow almost threefold by 2018, according to forecasts, mostly driven by a jump in the amount of television, movie and video being watched online.

It seems that no matter what your size, you can come under fire - as a new Instagram trend dubbed "thin shaming" proves.

India doesn't allow foreign-controlled companies to sell products online. Instead they operate online marketplaces where local traders sell goods.

A former Forsyth Barr stockbroker who poured $460,000 into a now-failed internet business says he was unaware of its tax debt.

Yesterday marked a landmark day for computer science. A programme finally passed the artificial intelligence test devised by Alan Turing.

When Eileen Joy decided she'd like to replicate the Pay it Forward concept she'd heard of overseas she didn't expect such a positive reaction.

The appearance of David Cameron's nanny in naked pictures posted online should see the issue of "revenge porn" become a greater priority for the Government.

He sparked mass treasure hunts across California after hiding hundred dollar bills in envelopes and posting online cryptic clues to their location under the Twitter handle HiddenCash.

Music and movie giants have joined forces to freeze Kim Dotcom's assets, but they'll have to negotiate conditions first.

Women who are sick of buying clothes online only to find they don't suit or don't fit when they are delivered might have a new favourite website.

Teaching methods will need to change if tertiary institutions expect to keep charging thousands for learning that is available free on the web, says an expert.

Q&A with Sophia Amoruso, the CEO of online fashion site Nasty Gal and author of the new book #GIRLBOSS.

We're now happy, and very willing, to pay for content, writes Lee Suckling. Do you agree?

Labour leader David Cunliffe now says his party would make it a priority to get rid of ''coat-tailing" under MMP if it leads the Government after the September election.

A Google Earth image of an axe-weilding man standing over a prone 'victim' was the work of two pranksters, a police investigation has discovered.

The sun was out as usual in southern California this weekend but, even so, one particular stretch of Hermosa Beach in south Los Angeles was unusually busy.

Hundreds of millions of people across Europe will be forced to change the way they use the internet, a key Google adviser says.