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.

You have to steel yourself to read the victim impact statements of the parents of Breck Bednar, the 14-year-old boy murdered by an internet predator.

Word-lovers are being encouraged to ditch new coinages for long-lost words that may have fallen out of favour.

An Instagram picture which appeared to show the PM's son with a suspected felon turned out to be a teenage hoax.

The US military's Central Command social media accounts are back online after apparently being hacked by Isis.

'The course is a theory/practice introduction to photographic self-portraiture,' intones a syllabus for the new class.

New Zealand's average internet connection speed is faster than Australia's, according to an international report, but we are still only ranked 42 in the world.

When gunmen attacked the Paris offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, it took less than an hour for the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie to appear.

Celebrity, it turns out, isn't always so great when it's unasked for. In fact, it sometimes looks a whole lot like exploitation.

Bristlr isn't just a bearded face: The app is introducing some innovations that could add critical social context back to online dating.

"The Oprah Effect" could turn minor works into million-sellers. Mr Zuckerberg may just do the same.

It was nicknamed the Year of God: the 12 months when Biblical epics swept the box office and brought Hollywood heavenly rewards.

My person of 2014 is the anonymous hacker who drew our attention to the accelerating conflict between the right to privacy and the public interest.

Workers consider email and the internet the most important tools for productivity, but still prefer landlines over mobile phones for the office, a study shows.

A film about a corrupt Wall Street stockbroker and an animated Disney movie were the two most pirated films of 2014.

A three-day cyber-attack against the TAB website has been thwarted by specialist IT staff.

Facebook has apologised after a new feature inviting users to review a collection of their 2014 highlights caused some to be confronted with pictures of their recently deceased family members and friends.

In 2013 Pope Francis had a lot to celebrate. Not only was he named Time magazine person of the year, but was also awarded the title of Esquire's best-dressed man.