New Zealanders are becoming increasingly concerned about privacy and cyber-security, new research suggests.

After a significant amount of hype and fanfare, it looks like the recently launched Facebook Home android app has been a failure, writes Pat Pilcher.

Facebook users are being warned to secure their profiles after an Auckland woman's account was hacked and more than $300 was charged to her credit card.

Kiwis are increasingly becoming "convenient consumers" as they choose to shop and watch TV when it suits them.

How long will Manteresting last? Is the gathering of inspirational imagery a predominantly female or “gatherer” instinct?

If waking up to find your old tweets dredged up and splashed on the front page of a Sunday newspaper wasn't enough of a rude awakening for Paris Brown, the ordeal had only just begun.

It's a tiny community in the largest forest in the southern hemisphere, but Kaingaroa is about to be as connected as everyone else.

Rural communities are yet to see most of the benefits from a $500 million scheme to boost internet coverage and speeds.

A Hokitika man who crashed a party in Greymouth, assaulted a woman and broke a window, tried to avoid prosecution by shaming his accusers on Facebook.

Facebook users have to pay 65 cents to message anyone outside their group of friends - unless they're contacting people like Richie McCaw, who is worth twice that.

Social media is used overseas to incite democracy and create revolutions - but here it's used to organise "booze-fests", a victim of an out-of-control party says.

Many wring their hands in despair and call for sanctions for those responsible and for heads to roll, writes Derek Martin. I find this issue something of a yawn fest.

Online users are making sure they are keeping up appearances by sharing only content that they think makes them look smart.

New Zealand business feeling daunted by emerging technologies need look no further than the example of TradeMe, says a world-renowned expert in e-commerce.

A New Zealand study has found most students check Facebook each day, and there could be a link to academic performance.

Inciting someone to commit suicide will be punishable with up to three years in jail under tough new cyber-bullying laws to be unveiled today.

Nine out of 10 schoolchildren have watched pornography online, new research suggests. One mother, Lizi Patch, reveals the horrifying effect a ‘funny’ video had on her son.

Has Facebook become less fun? Many are asking if it's lost its edge - becoming too much of a chore.

Google's new privacy policy is under legal attack from regulators in its largest European markets, who want the company to overhaul recent privacy policy changes.

"Why is John Key demeaning himself by leading the chorus of ministers jumping up and down saying accidents will happen?" asks Peter Kerr.

John Key says privacy breaches like the two revealed in one week at the EQC are inevitable, and they are a result of human error, not systemic failure.