First there was fat shaming, then slut shaming and skinny shaming. Now the internet is buzzing with makeup shaming, and women have found a unique way to respond.

Twitter is working on a marketing campaign to better explain how to use its services, people with knowledge of the effort said.

If you're a digital native you probably don't need to read this. If you don't know what a digital native is, you definitely do.

Instagram is the fastest-growing social network and the only place to see and be seen. Here are our six top tips to become popular on Instagram.

Supermodel Tyra Banks has shared a "raw and real" selfie on Instagram.

With digital pet therapy in mind, we have compiled our ten favourite cat videos - and as research suggests, there's no need for you to feel bad about it.

A new trend is blowing up on Chinese social media: The Belly Button Challenge. Here are five other unhealthy body image challenges that have taken over social media.

The trend has exploded on Chinese social media - and been criticised by those who point out it promotes unhealthy ideas about body image.

Auckland's own Snapchat story is causing quite a stir online where it's been dismissed as "boring" and "cringe".

Ah, weddings on Pinterest: 38 million boards brimming with white, pink and gold for all to admire.

Our social media scout Cam Mansel gives you the run down of things you might have missed in the weird and wonderful world of celebrity social media.

As established, "Are you a feminist?" is a dicey question no celebrity really wants to answer: It's a no-win situation, as stars get criticized either way.

Instagram's more than 300 million users will soon see a lot more advertisements in their feed.

Four students have been excluded from one of the country's top schools for taking and sending images that constituted "harassment".

For all the things we post to Instagram, more telling are those that we don't and why. Emma Gleason unveils the things we never post.

It was social media that connected American computer networking guru Steve Cotter with his New Zealand job.

Our social media scout Cam Mansel gives you the run down of things you might have missed in the weird and wonderful world of celebrity social media.

Is New Zealand in a golden era of death threats? The advent of social media has made threatening a media personality easier and safer for both sides, writes Matt Heath.

Children are stumbling across foul language, violence and sexual content on YouTube, but keeping them safe online is increasingly falling to parents.

You have sex, take a selfie, and post it online. But why? Verity Johnson explains how this post-coital over-share has become a status symbol.

A wannabe stuntman who surfed atop a taxi as it went over the Harbour Bridge has argued his case should be thrown out because he did not endanger anyone other than himself.

It turns out there's a text message that you can send iPhone users that will shut down their phones.

A man "fat-shamed" on social media after pictures of him dancing were posted online has got his own back on the trolls by partying the night away with stars in LA.

Tech writer Juha Saarinen on social media SMS messages reinstated on Vodafone and reviews the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge.

Destiny Church is circulating images of wads of cash and the Twitter hashtag "iwannagive" to followers before its annual conference.

Twitter's ad team will do about anything to win clients yet ad agencies still devote most of their budgets to Facebook and Google.

Women have hit back at the rising 'dad bod' trend by sharing pictures of their own bodies, in all their curvy, healthy glory, on social media and labelling them with the hashtag #MomBod.

New research has found that only four per cent of New Zealanders agreed they felt close to people in their local area.