It’s not just smartphones we’re buying – we are spending up large on the technology to use them according to the latest statistic.

A fifth of young New Zealand cellphone users have been caught snooping through their partner's device, a new survey has found.

There's a new phenomenon of the digital age growing ever more rapidly. It's called "virtual distance."

My experience of robotic communications is that they invariably bog down and end up repeating, parrot fashion: "I didn't quite get that."

I embarked on an experiment. I decided to quit my phone - cold turkey - for one week. I wanted to see if I really needed all that connectivity.

Samsung Electronics has won early praise for its new high-end Galaxy S6 smartphones, with reviewers saying the devices featured premium materials and innovative design.

Tinder Plus, the dating app's premium service, is launching today and will charge its older members far more than its younger ones.

New Zealand researchers have found "no consistent increase" in brain cancer during a period of rapidly increasing cellphone use.

What is the acceptable dinner etiquette around cellphone use these days? Is there such a thing?

British and American spy agencies allegedly hacked into a Dutch company that make SIM cards to obtain encryption keys.

None of us needs convincing that to answer a phone while driving is highly dangerous.

The age of information-sharing is brilliant, as long as you have no secrets, writes Heather du Plessis-Allan.

A new app aims to replace your conventional alarm clock with a friendly phone call that could come from anywhere in the world. Sarah Rainey puts it to the test.

More than 640 drivers were stung with fines during a 24-hour, 84-checkpoint police road safety blitz in central Auckland yesterday.

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.

Police are concerned drivers are getting complacent about using mobile phones after the number caught using them has doubled since 2010.

Few of us would have the disposable cash to drown a phone on principle but, dammit, haven't we wanted to?

Bristlr isn't just a bearded face: The app is introducing some innovations that could add critical social context back to online dating.

Gave your kids smartphones for the holidays? You might want to reconsider their bedtime.

From ride-hailing to photo sharing, here are a few up-and-coming apps and startups to watch in 2015. Which will be the breakout hit of the new year?