Social media giants have been accused by UK officials of confusing children into signing away their privacy. Youngsters desperate

A 6-year-old Arkansas girl used her sleeping mother's fingerprint to unlock her iPhone and buy US$250 worth of Pokemon toys on Amazon.

Someone has modified an Apple iPhone with some clever technology. The question is if it is worth the hefty price tag.

Brenda Wheatley knows the heartache caused by a driver's decision to use a cell phone while behind the wheel.

Kiwi anglers will be able to log their catch this summer - and contribute to data around our fish stocks - thanks to a free app.

Nokia said Apple agreed to license patented inventions in 2011 but has refused to extend those agreements that are now expiring.

If you don't check your mobile when behind the wheel, you're part of a shrinking group, but a driving mode could help us stay safe.

Facebook risks a multimillion-euro fine for allegedly misleading EU merger watchdogs when it won approval to buy the WhatsApp messaging service.

Technology is fickle beast and the pressure to release constantly innovative products in within restrictive time frames can sometimes backfire

Police have reached the site where a light plane has crashed near Gisborne today.

The European Union has approved Microsoft's $36.5 billion acquisition of LinkedIn, after the software giant agreed to fair competition safeguards.

A virtual health system set up by Waikato District Health Board will compete with another one designed by GPs and patients.

An Australian teen watched in horror as Bali security delivered brutal street justice to the boy who allegedly tried to steal her mobile.

Irate customer told she had to buy more items to get her iPhone for the advertised price.

Android users are more honest than iPhone users, researchers have found, in a study revealing what our choice of smartphones say about us.

Pushpay Holdings, the mobile payments app developer, says it will acquire a church app business from Bluebridge Digital for US$3.1 million.

Is your iPhone 6S randomly shutting down? Apple may owe you a new battery.

The short life of smartphone batteries can be frustrating but new super charging technology promises to have the answer.

COMMENT: Your cellphone is packed with pictures, apps and words of your choice but dirt on the outside could let slip your secrets.

Tinder is adding the option to chose and identify between 37 different genders.

A pregnant Western Sydney mother has suffered second degree burns from her iPhone 7. Melanie Tan Pelaez had her iPhone 7 plugged

What you need to know about the earthquake and tsunami and what people in the above coastal areas should do.

Visit any major urban centre today and you are likely to be confronted with hundreds of people walking with their heads down as they fiddle with phones.

Some of the new dating apps out there might be worthwhile. But here are a few I've come across that seem unnecessary or downright silly.

The New Zealand Telecommunications industry is blacklisting all Samsung Galaxy Note 7 mobile phones from November 18.

Many industries that rely on the web have been challenged by the rise of mobile devices.

One crafty female from China has performed the ultimate hustle to raise funds for a home deposit.

JUST when Apple thought its horror launch of the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus was behind it, the tech giant has suffered another crippling setback.

A fashion app is letting you style yourself from the comfort of your own home.

Snapchat will seek to raise as much as US$4 billion in its planned initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter.