A message on social media shatters an Aucklander's belief that his older brother died 33 years ago

The British are known for their hugely popular tabloid newspapers and a love of all things royal.

Dan Carter and Jerome Kaino are celebrity clients, and Ali Williams is an investor.

More than half of the world's business executives think their company is underdeveloped in the art of social business, according to a recent study.

If political parties have codes of conduct for social media, they are apparently flexible depending on how senior the MP is, writes Claire Trevett.

There are no flash cars parked outside Google headquarters in Silicon Valley, California, only smart cars.

Facebook has asked the Government for an exemption from a new spying law that could see its two million Kiwi users' messages subject to GCSB interception.

The demonstrations in Brazil began after a small rise in bus fares triggered mass protests.

Thanks to social media, the secret that a New Zealand brand of washing machine can sing anthems has been uncovered.

By the time you read this, I'll be gone. I will have ended it, I'll have popped my clogs, cashed in my chips. That's right, I have deleted my Facebook account.

Ex-BBC consultant Michele Romaine has this week installed a rigid social media policy at TVNZ, dubbed "The Rules".

Television singing coach Seal has made a sudden about-face and apologised for a Twitter outburst aimed at the media and a Sydney hotel.

Privacy scholars refer to the dangers of aggregation of data and the potential this affords for profiling of individuals and for making of assumptions, writes Gehan Gunasekara.

The cartoonist who penned two controversial cartoons won't apologise for them and says they weren't racist because they depict a mix of ethnicities.

Race Relations Commissioner Dame Susan Devoy says she found cartoons printed in two South Island newspapers personally offensive, but they were not racist.

Sometimes kids can look like they're living in another world. While the day whirls around them, they're lost in their mobile phones - photographing, tweeting, texting, emailing.

Prime Minister John Key was bubbling over with generosity on Saturday night as son Max celebrated his 18th birthday with friends.

Social networking site Twitter is becoming increasingly popular with teenage girls.

Forbes Magazine predicts that 2013 will be the year for social business, with organisations integrating social technologies into the way they attract, engage and empower employees.

Just after the 2011 Rugby World Cup, Samoan centre Eliota Fuimaono-Sapolu received a six-month ban from the IRB for a series of offensive Twitter rants.

When Usain Bolt sprinted clear of compatriot Yohan Blake to complete an unprecedented second straight Olympic 100m-200m golden double.

After publicly issuing media guidelines for players to follow on their coming tour of Australia, the Lions lost the plot with their official account.

It's 6.58 on an unremarkable Tuesday night in Mt Wellington, and influential sports jock Andrew Mulligan is about to go live on air.