Wall St is aflutter over Twitter, which is this week set to make the most anticipated stock market debut since Facebook in a huge test for social media and the technology sector.

The Government is reviewing a voluntary code of conduct for wheel-clamping, which Labour and the Automobile Association want made mandatory, with a maximum $50 fee.

Twitter says its new changes make the social media platform "more visual and engaging" - but not all users are impressed, writes social media editor Paul Harper.

In the past week, Facebook has gone full circle on its policy around censoring violent material, writes Theresa Sauter.

A White House official was fired after it was discovered that he was behind an anonymous Twitter account that criticised the Obama administration.

A prankster appears to have had some fun at the expense of the Minister of Police.

It wasn't the first complaint about airline food, but it was definitely one of the most emphatic.

A little piece of Paris and a part of media history steps into a new era today when the International Herald Tribune dies and is reborn as the International New York Times.

A blogger has sparked furious debate with a claim that Lorde's hit Royals is racist.

Twitter.inc last week filed the documents for an initial public share offer that will see it raise US$1 billion.

More than a million young people in Britain are subjected to extreme online bullying every day, according to the biggest survey of internet abuse.

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.

Parental oversharing has become commonplace thanks to social media. Emma Rowley meets the controversial blogger telling proud mums and dads to put a lid on it.

A former Air New Zealand flight attendant who was forced to hand over her bank records and Facebook page for an employment investigation has won her case.

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