Aucklanders will get the inaugural taste of a worldwide gimmick when the city becomes the first of 130 across the globe to offer smartphone users icecream delivered by private driver today.

Bich Ngoc, who earns less than $60 a week, cobbled together four months of savings to buy the latest iPhone so she could impress her colleagues.

What happens when you scratch at the surface of an iPhone 6 with keys, stab it with a sharp knife, or bend it more than 90 degrees?

Bentley and Vertu, two high class British brands, have announced an exclusive five-year partnership.

Online apps that have snagged celebrities such as Teuila Blakely, ex-Miss New Zealand Ella Langsford and All Black Aaron Smith in embarrassing poses are proving a growing hit with New Zealanders.

Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou asked shareholders to give him time to invest in new businesses including car electronics and cloud computing.

Google have bolstered their presence in the cloud storage space with an industrial strength version of Google Drive aimed at business users.

Google and Microsoft will incorporate a "kill switch" into the next versions of their smartphone operating systems as such security measures may be deterring theft.

Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg has admitted that the company made a string of blunders in underestimating the impact of mobile.

Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos wants control of the smartphone home screen so he can put more of the firm's services in front of consumers.

Computer users have been warned to take urgent action to protect themselves from a cyber virus pandemic, with up to a million computers in 12 countries infected since 2011.

Visa is to stop accepting signatures for its New Zealand-issued credit cards for most transactions from later this year in a bid to strengthen security.

Apple and Google have declared a cease-fire in their intellectual-property wars.

Remember that ad where Richie McCaw races around the shops in a suit, buying wedding presents and tapping his card on an eftpos terminal?

A mother who was driving with her 3-year-old child in the back was reading a text message before she lost control of the vehicle, which flipped and crashed into a ditch.

Using a mobile phone for more than half an hour a day over five years can triple the risk of developing certain types of brain cancer, a French study suggests.

I'm looking forward to seeing what gear the boffins at LG are about to unleash on an unsuspecting public.

A mother who was driving with her 3-year-old child in the rear seat was texting before she lost control of her vehicle, flipping into a ditch.

Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun Hee is in stable condition after surgery following a heart attack, Samsung Group said.

Oracle won a US appeals court bid to revive claims that Google copied its Java programming language to develop Android.

With the arrival of smartphones, we have to accept everything we do and say is in the public domain, writes Kerre McIvor.