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

In November last year Datacom attended the New Zealand Job Fair in Sydney, organised by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.

Point-of-sale software company Vend has grown to more than 200 staff and seven offices worldwide, and chief executive Vaughan Rowsell expects it to keep expanding.

Steve Jobs defended Apple's use of software for the iPod that blocked compatibility with a competing digital music store.

Leaders of Samsung Electronics' mobile-phone unit may be replaced as the company tries to revive a business where profits slumped by $4.5b.

Anthony Dixon is happy to be back. The chief executive of electronics technology company Times-7 was in front of New Zealand's angel community again at the annual showcase investment event, but this time he had a lot more to smile about.

WhatsApp, the world's most popular instant messaging platform, has begun encrypting all its data by default.

Shades of Silicon Valley are bubbling up in Tehran, which is home to a growing tech ecosystem, despite significant challenges.

Tech giants like Apple keep looking for overseas tax loopholes as their foreign cash has piled up to almost absurd levels.

US prosecutors have moved to bolster their case against two Wall St stockbrokers allegedly involved in an insider trading scandal.

Andrew Ferrier is well and truly back in the public eye.

Tech is part of everyone's life in Japan, but doesn't appear to have supplanted their livelihood, even for menial tasks.

Queensland's Health Minister is not aware of any deaths linked to defective software that manages medication for some of the state's most ill patients.

The same person at Apple was in charge of catching problems before the iOS 8 and the 2012 maps blunder were released.

Apple's iOS 8 operating system causes apps to crash 67 per cent more than last year's version.

Anyone who's ever searched for something online will have some idea of the impetus behind Wellington software startup Twingl.

The financial tech trend is seeing younger investors turning to robo-adviser apps rather than traditional financial advisors.

Unlike video games that had spectacular success and then fizzled Minecraft is a create-it-yourself platform that has staying power.

Benchmark Senior Living in the US gives each resident a "pendant": a device, worn around the neck that uses Wi-Fi to signal location in real time.

A new photo messaging app from the team behind Instagram has launched in New Zealand.