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

Samsung Electronics is reportedly planning to release two new versions of its top-tier Galaxy smartphone next month, including a model with a display covering three sides.

Parallel to the exponential growth in technology is the growth of the internet of everything, or put simply, the connectivity of all devices to the internet.

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.

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?

Have smartphones become so integral to modern life that they've altered the shape and function of the human brain?

Vodafone and Spark chiefs Russell Stanners and Simon Moutter have put aside competition to partner up and build the transtasman telecommunications cable along with Telstra.

New Zealand's mobile phone sector is performing well on an international basis, with competitive pricing and good mobile coverage, according to a report by the New Zealand Institute of Economic Research.

Mobile phone users are increasingly turning to messaging apps and shunning traditional calling and texting.

The New Zealand Defence Force has released a free "Force Fit" mobile app, which delivers training expertise it has amassed over many years.

Just as vinyl sales are booming in the age of Spotify, so the iPhone 6 must now compete with the flip-phone, its unlikely rival for the title of 2014's coolest handset.

The rise of mobile devices means keeping children safe online has become more difficult, experts say.

Finger print identification, a standard feature on new iPhones will soon be common place, a visiting biometrics expert says.

People are becoming more comfortable with the new way of paying for small items, with a trebling in the use of contactless card transactions over the past year.

Tinder: tacky, or just a super-efficient way to meet a match in this new age of need-it-now-ness? wonders relationship expert Jill Goldson.

Apple has promised that its Pay service can revolutionise the way we shop, replacing a credit card swipe with a tap of the phone.