You know what the Internet really needs less of? Sober coverage of serious issues.

The ex-fiance of the woman at the centre of the office romp in Christchurch says she's a 'really nice person' who made a mistake 'and it's gone world-wide'.

Buildings lie in waste, reduced to rubble. Others, their faces are shorn clean off. Bullet casings litter the streets, unexploded mortars burrow into pavements.

We increasingly fear things we have no reasonable cause to fear. While the number of clinically diagnosable agoraphobics hasn't increased, something that reeks of agoraphobia seems to be presenting itself all around us.

If you're one of the world's 1.3 billion regular Facebook users, you'll know the feeling of being consumed by your news feed.

High-profile good Samaritan Lucy Knight has joined thousands of New Zealanders sending messages of support and encouragement to broadcasting stalwart Susan Wood, who is recovering from a serious head injury after a fall at her Auckland home.

How to bring a legend to life? That was the challenge for film-maker Ava DuVernay when she was given the opportunity to direct - what is remarkably - the first major motion picture about Martin Luther King.

If your social media is filling up with pictures of women with smeared lipstick, don't worry, you're not alone.

Sky Television is making top rugby and motorsport events available to nonsubscribers online.

I've been using the service for 24 hours, and I gotta wonder: How can you not fall in love with him? writes Caitlin Dewey.

Cisco Systems New Zealand, the local unit of the global internet network group, lifted annual sales 4.3 per cent last year, and expects to be well placed this year as an increasing number of firms....

Former Act Party leader John Banks will face a retrial for filing a false electoral return, Solicitor-General Mike Heron, QC, has confirmed.

Friends who post too many selfies can be annoying, but is something darker afoot?

Researchers have found that computer predictions of personality traits based on Facebook 'likes' are more accurate than those made by participants' own Facebook friends.

When Miss Israel beamed her Crest-commercial grin for a selfie with Miss Lebanon last week, she likely didn't know the Instagram would become international headline news.

A review of taxi regulations has been launched following a complaint from new industry player Uber.

You could be forgiven for judging yummy mummies as the most loathed women in the world. But this year, Grace Cormack is going to give up fit shaming.

A new website promising ethical hacking-for-hire services is registered in Wellington.

Elon Musk, the billionaire technology entrepreneur, has announced plans for a space internet project that would provide faster, cheaper access around the globe.

As I wrote last year, it’s been great to have a simple way to travel overseas and use your voice and data plan there for an added $5 a day on Vodafone in many countries.

Just how accurate - and how worrying - is a personality test based on our 'likes'?

It's being described as a war, an arms race, an unseen struggle where the stakes are being raised and the weapons redefined each minute - the war a faceless cyber-criminal.

An internet company that shares its name with the controversial app Uber is embroiled in a trademark stoush with the global giant.

Social media has been accused of everything from killing conversation to making us lonely. But if you do it right it can do the complete opposite. Greg Dixon, a social media dummy, has six pieces of advice for other social media dummies.

As if we needed more opportunities to embarrass ourselves on Facebook, the world's largest social network is abuzz with a new and questionably worthwhile game.

Young royals, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are doing their best to become more social media savvy.

Parents and children have been warned to be more vigilant when using social media sites after a 12-year-old boy from Christchurch was allegedly threatened by an unknown Facebook user.