These days, if someone calls me for "a chat", I adopt the same quizzical expression as if they'd suggested we mud-wrestle each other for kicks.

The best-selling author of The Tipping Point has enraged social network users by dismissing their impact on real issues. It is, Tim Adams writes, just the latest salvo in an argument set to run and run.

The smartphone revolution is gaining momentum and mobile operator 2degrees expects more than half of phones sold here next year will be smartphones.

Arch rivals Telecom and Vodafone have joined forces to try to deliver high-speed broadband to more NZ homes and schools.

Vodafone New Zealand are down 35,000 customers in the quarter ending September according to reports from its UK parent.

Vodafone admits that smartphone and 3G data customers have been suffering major problems using the network over recent weeks.

Aggressive foreign scammers are urging Kiwis to change settings on their computers in an attempt to obtain personal information.

Kiwis who make only a few calls from their home line a month are paying the highest line rental in the OECD, says the Commerce Commission.

TelstraClear customers are without email and web services after a technical problem that hit the network yesterday continues.

Telecom shows its reluctance to give up monopoly.