Counties Manukau police are tweeting from the beat, giving an insight into an average Saturday night on South Auckland streets.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani scooped Barack Obama with a tweet revealing a break in the 34-year silence between leaders of the two nations.

Whether it’s misguided Facebook marketing campaigns or expletive-ridden Twitter tirades, social media can turn an embarrassing lapse of reason into a viral global phenomenon in seconds.

Social media is acknowledged to be powerful, but - like learning Mandarin - many managers and businesses owners put the task of learning how to use it correctly on a very long to-do-list.

Privacy concerns are leading to "virtual identity suicide" with large numbers of Facebook users deleting their accounts, according to new research.

When Russell Coutts promised to deliver an America's Cup regatta that would appeal to the "Facebook generation" rather than the "Flintstones generation".

Home-grown lingerie company Rose & Thorne is rapidly gaining a cult Facebook following and rave reviews.

The country's most influential and prolific tweeters have been revealed in a survey by Twitter New Zealand.

If you're low on cash and feeling peckish would you eat a stranger's leftover food, at the same time reducing waste?

Labour's leadership candidates have already had to start reining in over-enthusiastic supporters in a bid to stop the contest becoming dirty.

A teenager who died at his school hostel after a severe asthma attack had celebrated his 17th birthday a week earlier.

Many are being subjected to horrendous abuse, threats and bullying while using the social networking site Ask.fm.

Social networker to beef up measures to prevent harassment after five teens die following cyber bullying.

An Italian astronaut aboard the International Space Station has captured glimpses of New Zealand in images posted on social media this week.

He's the newest member of the Shortland Street family, but 16-year-old actor Robbie Evison is learning the hard way about the downside of fame.

It used to be dodgy pamphlets and misleading how-to-vote cards.

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and American colleague Thomas Marshburn who are avid users of Twitter aboard the International Space Station have taken several stunning photos of New Zealand as they orbit 370km above the Earth.

Thousands of people are visiting a Facebook page that details where police checkpoints and hidden speed cameras are located nationwide.

A video meant for Mike Pero Real Estate's internal use and parodying a supposed rival agency boss as Adolf Hitler, was accidentally posted online.

Jamie Curry's videos about anything and everything have attracted millions of fans from around the world.

Much has been written about the risks social media presents to youthful careers but it is not just young people posting awkward selfies who can get tripped up by what they post online.