Twitter’s Vine app only launched in January last year but it has become a powerful network for new stars who are attracting the attention of the TV and music industries.

Thousands of nude videos and images sent using Snapchat could be leaked over the weekend, hackers have warned.

A dramatic new report finds that the teens are over Facebook once and for all, fleeing it for the more forgiving embraces of Twitter and Instagram.

Our social media scouts Cam Mansel and Liam McEwan give you the run down of things you might have missed in the weird and wonderful world of celebrity social media.

The peaceful Leicestershire village of Burton Overy, with its thatched houses and picture-postcard church, is not used to scandal or tragedy.

Our social media scouts Cam Mansel and Liam McEwan give you the run down of things you might have missed in the weird and wonderful world of celebrity social media.

A woman alleged to have been an internet troll who abused the parents of Madeleine McCann has been found dead in a Leicestershire hotel.

Rugby was the winner on the day. Well, Israel Dagg was.

The happy, the sad and the quirky. Twitter responds to last night's election result.

Kiwi sporting stars flouted strict laws around making political statements on social media - and could face five-figure fines.

A Facebook marketing bungle sees Joan Rivers endorse iPhone 6 from beyond the grave.

Our social media scouts Cam Mansel and Liam McEwan give you the run down of things you might have missed in the weird and wonderful world of celebrity social media.

Our social media scouts Cam Mansel and Liam McEwan give you the run down of things you might have missed in the weird and wonderful world of celebrity social media.

Our social media scouts Cam Mansel and Liam McEwan give you the run down of things you might have missed in the weird and wonderful world of celebrity social media.

Dating app Tinder has become so popular in New Zealand, the Los Angeles-based office says 8 per cent of the population is looking for love on it.

Our social media scouts Cam Mansel and Liam McEwan give you the run down of things you might have missed in the weird and wonderful world of celebrity social media.

Nearly 40 per cent of mobile apps in New Zealand ask for too much information, a global survey has found.

Despite his best efforts Karl Puschmann found himself sucked into the latest social media craze.

Labour leader David Cunliffe says its up to All Blacks captain Richie McCaw if he wants to pose for a selfie with the Prime Minister.

An Auckland waiter’s plea for the object of his affection to get in touch has gone viral.

Spin doctors, journalists and general armchair pundits took to Twitter to provide a running commentary on the first TV leaders' debate between John Key and David Cunliffe.

Online abuse, including homophobic slurs, and questions about their sexuality has left a sour taste in the mouth of My Kitchen Rules New Zealand hopefuls.

Male celebrities get more Twitter abuse than women, but men are also more likely to hurl abuse, a study shows.

A police officer in Missouri was suspended after he voiced his contempt via Facebook for protesters condemning the fatal shooting of a black teenager by a white police officer.

The evolutionary biologist and philosopher Richard Dawkins created a Twitterstorm this week when he posted about a young woman in Ireland who was forced to give birth to a baby conceived through rape.