New spy software has gone on sale in NZ to allow parents to monitor their children's text messages and cellphone calls.

A civil liberties spokesman is "very worried" at a new product which lets parents monitor their child's mobile phone use on the internet.

If you've flown Air New Zealand and found yourself on the new Airbus A320, you'll have had the chance to use your mobile at 5000m, or to listen to your neighbour doing important business by phone.

Insect attacks? Don't worry, be app-y, reckons Janice Marriott.

Squeezing a lens into a mobile phone may lead to reduced quality, but it doesn't have to mean bad pictures. Rhodri Marsden takes a snapshot of the photography apps that can make great art

Events in Christchurch give reason to ask if our phone networks are tough enough.

So passengers are going to be able to make mobile phone calls on domestic flights on Air New Zealand's new A320s. Fantastic. Hurrah. Yippee. Not.

No one sells more mobiles than Nokia, but the company has struggled for years to produce a smartphone with wow factor.

Much of Christchurch is without essential services after yesterday's earthquake with gas, power, water and phone infrastructure all affected.

A police officer has denied he was texting when the patrol car he was driving hit and killed a 16-year-old youth in Northland in 2009.

Twitter's chief executive has batted away questions about it being a takeover target and failed to outline any justification for a $10 billion company valuation.

Cellphone entrepreneur tries again, with venture targeting emerging markets.

A bored teen sent a random text to a random number not knowing if anyone would reply. Stephanie did and now they are in love.

Some secondary schools are banning cellphones in changing rooms to try to stop students photographing and then texting images of their peers.

As we embrace the wonders of smartphones, it pays to remember that they're at as much risk from cybercrooks as PCs.