It may be a universal truth that parents are less techno and media-savvy than their kids. Experts say that parents need to improve their understanding of social media and technology to protect their kids from risks.

A new consumer behaviour survey backs other research that there is a growth of "digital dependency" in New Zealand, according to a leading academic.

Twenty years ago, a few desperate singletons signed up for a new dating experience. Today, a staggering one in five relationships and one in six marriages begins on the internet.

Ex-National MP Tau Henare has been fined $1200 for breaching a high-profile name suppression order online.

We like feeling that the things that make us upset are considered upsetting by other people, as well.

Scrolling through their lifestyle snaps may be a little torturous for ordinary mortals, as the Rich Kids of Instagram jet between the world's most glamorous cities, dine at the finest restaurants and wear the most exclusive clothes.

Vint Cerf, one of the people who helped build the internet (and who's now been assimilated by Google of course), is warning about a digital Dark Age.

Researchers at Oxford University are developing a wireless networking technology that uses light to beam information through the air at more than 100 gigabits per second.

What happened to the husks of once-heralded start-ups, or the websites that were all the rage in 2005?

Pip Smit of the Bay of Plenty's Beachrentals.net.nz was unhappy to discover his Trade Me advertisement to rent a Beach property had been copied and put on to another website.

Cindy Crawford's husband shared a bikini Valentine's snap of the 48-year-old the day after an untouched photo of the former-supermodel was leaked online.

Internet banking customers using a popular online payment system are being warned by banks that they might not be covered if fraud occurs.

Emoji are the language of our online era, and several recent arrests and prosecutions have included, at least in part, emoji.

Who made Google the official referee of exposing tech vulnerabilities?

If you're like most shoppers, it is likely that you do plenty of research before opening your wallet.

People who Facebook-post frequently about their relationships actually have better relationships than people who don't assault their friends, research suggests.

Twitter said government requests for user data and content removal jumped in the second half of 2014.

The internet has turned into a massive social experiment in which unknown people know everything about you and other people.

The bad guys are always one step ahead. That was the reality with party pills and it is much the same with illicit fitness supplements.

Police have warned tenants searching for accommodation to beware of an international property scam as more attempts to dupe renters came to light yesterday.

An exercise supplement containing a banned psychoactive substance was still available for sale yesterday despite Ministry of Health officials deciding it should be pulled from shelves.

First it conquered search. Then it was online video and advertising. Now Google is turning its attention toward telecommunications.

The age of information-sharing is brilliant, as long as you have no secrets, writes Heather du Plessis-Allan.

Twitter's CEO has said he is "ashamed" of the company's persistent failure to deal with harassment of users, admitting: "We suck at dealing with abuse and trolls on the platform."

If there's one thing executives need to be doing in 2015, it's getting out of the corner office and down with the kids, says Greg Doone.