The MP whose tweet caused the Speaker to refer the issue of Twitter to the Privileges Committee does not resile from his description of the Speaker as a "Mafia don".

The Speaker has referred the use of Twitter by MPs in Parliament to the Privileges Committee after complaints from MPs about tweets criticising others.

Pinterest is now valued at $5 billion after raising a new $200 million round of funding.

It is not just what you choose to say or not say online that counts, it is what can be deduced from micro-units of information when it is all mooshed up together.

Prime Minister John Key displayed a staggering lack of curiosity about the death of a citizen abroad, writes Toby Manhire.

In the midst of my bad week - writes Deborah Hill Cone - I couldn't help noticing Teuila Blakely was having an even cruddier week - and thinking, why?

As the Nothing Trivial cast prepare to film a one-off special to tie up loose ends left after the show was controversially axed, Joanna Mathers reports on the role social media played in forcing producers' hands.

Judith Collins tweeted too close to the sun, writes Toby Manhire, as he 'humbly' offers 10 bits of advice for MPs on Twitter.

New Zealanders view social media providers as the least trustworthy organisations for keeping personal details private.

They’re the kids born totally wired, the first generation who will spend their whole lives in a world where the planet’s accumulated wisdom is available instantly at the touch of a finger. And the first of them have just left school.

Facebook has advice for New Zealand travel firms: get a good app.

The New York Police Department discovered the perils of trying to engage with Twitter to boost its own image after a hashtag campaign went badly awry.

The Chinese government has shut down thousands of websites and social media sites in a bid to purge the internet of online pornography, it was revealed today.

Just over a week ago, the Governor-General's Facebook page was just another fairly ordinary page in the social media world. But no longer - thanks to the royals.

The Independent's Ian Burrell gets the low down on how phenomenally successful site Buzzfeed is seeking to refresh itself.

The world's most famous murder suspect, Oscar Pistorius, returns to the witness box tonight to face further gruelling cross-examination.

A seminar at a Northland church tomorrow offering to help people overcome their "same-sex attraction issues" has sparked a furore on social media.

Mary McCoy from Continuum sings a humor-laced theme song for this year's Social Media Marketing World called "Let's Get Social". Courtesy of YouTube/Phil Mershon

Spending too long on Twitter makes you more likely to break up with your partner, a study claims.

The ascent of social media has produced a type of hyper-experience of mortality, Rosemary Overell writes, following the death of Peaches Geldof.

The online world has made trying to be yourself, to be honest and ordinary and real, more risky and exposing than ever, writes Deborah Hill Cone.

San Francisco's union workers plan to march on Twitter's headquarters to give it a bill for the $56 million tax break it got three years ago.

When I set out to explore Twitter, I had no idea it was possible to spend so much time to such little purpose, writes David Fisher.

Selfies are daily expressions for many. So what does the modern generation do when we start feeling a little bit sexy? Take a selfie, of course.

New Zealand internet sensation Jamie Curry and charismatic Kiwi The Mad Butcher are behind two anti-bullying campaigns aimed at teens.