We increasingly fear things we have no reasonable cause to fear. While the number of clinically diagnosable agoraphobics hasn't increased, something that reeks of agoraphobia seems to be presenting itself all around us.

If you're one of the world's 1.3 billion regular Facebook users, you'll know the feeling of being consumed by your news feed.

How to bring a legend to life? That was the challenge for film-maker Ava DuVernay when she was given the opportunity to direct - what is remarkably - the first major motion picture about Martin Luther King.

High-profile good Samaritan Lucy Knight has joined thousands of New Zealanders sending messages of support and encouragement to broadcasting stalwart Susan Wood, who is recovering from a serious head injury after a fall at her Auckland home.

If your social media is filling up with pictures of women with smeared lipstick, don't worry, you're not alone.

The arrival of global entertainment giant Net­flix in New Zealand next month is sparking an unprecedented battle for TV eyeballs.

My best friends gave me a selfie stick for Christmas, and a fair bit of cheek. "It's cos we noticed pretty much every photo you take is a selfie," said Matt. "

Sky Television is making top rugby and motorsport events available to nonsubscribers online.

Former Act Party leader John Banks will face a retrial for filing a false electoral return, Solicitor-General Mike Heron, QC, has confirmed.

Friends who post too many selfies can be annoying, but is something darker afoot?

Researchers have found that computer predictions of personality traits based on Facebook 'likes' are more accurate than those made by participants' own Facebook friends.

When Miss Israel beamed her Crest-commercial grin for a selfie with Miss Lebanon last week, she likely didn't know the Instagram would become international headline news.

"This buggy signifies everything that ended my happy low cost child free life."

As writers, actors and directors jostle for favour following the Oscar and Bafta award nominations, scientists have discovered the true measure of a film's worth is not how many gongs it wins, but how many times later film-makers reference it.

A review of taxi regulations has been launched following a complaint from new industry player Uber.

Elon Musk, the billionaire technology entrepreneur, has announced plans for a space internet project that would provide faster, cheaper access around the globe.

As I wrote last year, it’s been great to have a simple way to travel overseas and use your voice and data plan there for an added $5 a day on Vodafone in many countries.

Just how accurate - and how worrying - is a personality test based on our 'likes'?

It's being described as a war, an arms race, an unseen struggle where the stakes are being raised and the weapons redefined each minute - the war a faceless cyber-criminal.

An internet company that shares its name with the controversial app Uber is embroiled in a trademark stoush with the global giant.

Social media has been accused of everything from killing conversation to making us lonely. But if you do it right it can do the complete opposite. Greg Dixon, a social media dummy, has six pieces of advice for other social media dummies.

As if we needed more opportunities to embarrass ourselves on Facebook, the world's largest social network is abuzz with a new and questionably worthwhile game.

Young royals, The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are doing their best to become more social media savvy.

Parents and children have been warned to be more vigilant when using social media sites after a 12-year-old boy from Christchurch was allegedly threatened by an unknown Facebook user.

You have to steel yourself to read the victim impact statements of the parents of Breck Bednar, the 14-year-old boy murdered by an internet predator.

Word-lovers are being encouraged to ditch new coinages for long-lost words that may have fallen out of favour.

An Instagram picture which appeared to show the PM's son with a suspected felon turned out to be a teenage hoax.