The London barman who attempted a citizen's arrest on Tony Blair has been rewarded with a sizeable bounty for his efforts.

Like most other 21-year-olds living in 2014, I have an addiction: I can't go more than one day without the internet, writes Rose Matafeo.

If you've been out for dinner recently, you've probably seen it happen. You might even have done it yourself.

40-year-old mother-of-three's blog about her breast cancer that has spread to her bones sparks debate on both sides of the Atlantic.

An All Black has been filmed taking part in a drinking game played on social media that has been labelled bizarre.

A video claims to show a Chicago office drenched in human waste after the icy 'polar vortex' storm hitting the US led to pipes bursting inside the building.

Mark Amsler, senior English lecturer at the University of Auckland explains where the word 'Selfie' came from.

Graphic images of a couple taken after they were shot on a Libyan beach have been removed from Facebook after site administrators were inundated with angry emails.

Stories of Facebook allowing beheading videos but removing breastfeeding images has led many to question how Facebook should treat controversial content.

The 12-hour party was shut down by police in full riot gear shortly before midnight after a tenant finally called them in.

A study of how older teenagers use social media has found that Facebook is "not just on the slide, it is basically dead and buried", an expert says.

It was the year of tweeting yourself into hot water, as celebrities, politicians and the suddenly infamous found themselves in social media disgrace.

Facebook denies any breastfeeding photos were removed from a New Zealand-based mothers' group page.

A Facebook page which alerts members to police checkpoints is encouraging drunk drivers to take their chances with all of our lives, police say.

Justine Sacco, a PR executive who found herself at the centre of a Twitter firestorm after posting a racist “joke”, now says 'words cannot express' how sorry she is for her tweet.

A PR executive for a major media company tweeted a racist 'joke' that sparked a social media revolt.

David Cunliffe says he has been given a written warning about a tweet he posted on the day of the Christchurch East byelection urging people to vote for Poto Williams.

Her social media followings outnumber NZ's population by 2 million, and she hasn't even finished high school.

Avid mobile phone users are less happy and suffer from higher anxiety, a new study shows.

A lovestruck Wellington man who launched a campaign to track down a mystery American woman admits he was "a little naive".

An overwhelming public response has helped a Wellington man track down a mystery American woman he met in Hong Kong last New Year's Eve.

A lovestruck man using social media to track down a mystery American woman he met in Hong Kong says he is overwhelmed by the public response.

"Find me," she said, before slipping away into the dawn of New Year's Day. A Kiwi is hoping Xmas magic and social media will reunite him with his mystery 'Katie'.

Tumblr is where the Internet's cool kids hang out. That's why Yahoo paid $1.1 billion to buy the blogging site in one of this year's most buzzed-about deals.

Eleven high school pupils who posted photos of themselves online smashing bottles and urinating in the yard of a Queenstown holiday home retreat could face serious charges.

The local innovator behind Realstew wants his communications platform to make WINZ redundant.

All Hopey wanted to do was show off his battle scar. He probably never imagined that by posting the photo online, he'd create what we know today as the selfie.

Bauer Media is planning to ease Metro magazine away from current affairs when it gets the Listener in its stable.

Just as one high-tech breakthrough often paves the way for the next big thing, technology IPOs move in virtuous cycles, too.