Yahoo's chief executive is making a US$1.1 billion ($1.3 billion) bet on the online blogging forum Tumblr as Marissa Mayer tries to make a former internet icon cool again.

It's one thing to say tech geniuses don't need degrees. After all, Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg all dropped out of college.

Alan Perrott finds out just how different @DanCarter is from the real Dan Carter ...

Twitter in sport is generally seen as an athlete's game but one coach bucking that trend is Dean Vickerman.

Reporters Kris Shannon and Steven Holloway investigate how Twitter has changed the daily experiences of Kiwi athletes - for better and worse.

Chris Harris, founder of Ninja Kiwi Claims of a gold rush going on in the mobile gaming space right now are entirely accurate, says the founder of game development company Ninja Kiwi.

Tech fans have finally had their first good look at Google Glass, the hotly anticipated web goggles worth US$1500 a pair.

A new change to Instagram policy is putting user information up for sale.

Twenty years ago this week, when humans still roamed the Earth freely without buzzing or beeping, a UK engineer unleashed the world's first text message.

From a wiki about Adele to one on Zoroastrianism, there seems no end to the well of editable online knowledge, writes Rhodri Marsden.

A man suffering from paranoid schizophrenia tried to kill his brother-in-law days after being released from a mental health unit at Auckland Hospital.

Analyst predicts Telecom faces major battle to fight off rival's bid for a greater share of broadband market.

As businesses grow they face a number of IT barriers. Diana Clement looks at some of the common headaches - and ways to cure them.