When Facebook arrived here, it quickly became an emblem for progress and freedom in post-Taliban Afghanistan.

When Anna Linden's online friendship with a handsome Australian general blossomed into romance, she thought she had finally met someone special.

As Adidas stopped using Luis Suarez for marketing, other social media-savvy companies have seized the opportunity for free publicity.

Glee star Cory Monteith and Charlotte Dawson's Twitter account is dormant but still visible.

One of the marketing ezines I find particularly helpful is called ‘The Likeable Expert’.

The smooth criminal who became an internet sensation after California police posted his mugshot on Facebook has broken his silence.

The deluge, damage and er...decluttering from last night's storm in Auckland, as documented on social media.

He sparked mass treasure hunts across California after hiding hundred dollar bills in envelopes and posting online cryptic clues to their location under the Twitter handle HiddenCash.

Almost four in 10 young UK adults describe themselves as digital addicts, according to research published by Foresters, the financial services company.

The social media phenomenon known as the Beached Az whale has been killed off by its creators to highlight the plight of marine life ahead of World Oceans Day.

Q&A with Biz Stone - the nice-guy idealist among Twitter's otherwise sparring co-founders.

Kiwis are being urged to think twice before clicking on a Facebook friend's new video, as fraudsters increasingly target victims over social media.

The sun was out as usual in southern California this weekend but, even so, one particular stretch of Hermosa Beach in south Los Angeles was unusually busy.

High above Rio de Janeiro, travel boss Lee Thompson became the first man to take a selfie atop Brazil's iconic 40m statue Christ the Redeemer.

Just over a week into his big OE, Jake Green is having the time of his life.

A couple of years ago, Kaikohe businessman Tony Taylor decided he had had enough of crime in his town, so he set up a community Facebook page.

A teacher who sent a 16-year-old student suggestive messages on social media, despite the student's attempts to stop him, has been deregistered.

Cyclists across social media have expressed their outrage after a motorcyclist uploaded a video that appears to show him running an unwitting bicycle user off the road.

Toby Manhire uncovers a series of newly uncovered political emails: "Gerry: Any more intel on Cunliffe? Does he own a racehorse - ideally in a trust or New York? Has he ever played cricket? Are there any photos of him winking?"

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.