John Key's children, Max and Stephanie, have raised plenty of eyebrows with their postings on social media this year. But their powerful Dad has resolutely stood by them.

The internet has responded to the publishing of footage of a young Queen Elizabeth doing a Nazi salute in typical fashion.

Amy Schumer's Star Wars GQ spread has been blasted as "inappropriate".

A glitch means some phones are automatically turning text messages that contain emoticons, or emojis, into a pricier multimedia text message.

The Corrections Minister has announced a "robust and thorough" review over footage of inmates engaging in banned behaviour in New Zealand prisons.

A study which surveyed people from 26 countries, including 1500 Kiwis, has found that 16 per cent of New Zealanders are constantly logged in to Facebook.

A wanted woman didn't realise her recent activity on Spotify was helping the police track her whereabouts.

You'd think that, between the filters and the #fitnessgoals and the celebrity-grams, Instagram would make an unfriendly place to talk body acceptance. But the opposite is actually true.

Tennis superstar, Serena Williams, has reacted to social media comments calling her brows 'caterpillars', sharing a video as she undergoes personal grooming.

When her selfie went viral and people started making cruel remarks about her boyfriend, Ashley Stevens had the perfect response.

"I can't believe I'm stuck with this stupid name and I still can't get into my Facebook. It's ludicrous and I am embarrassed to tell people what has happened."

Selena Gomez thinks social media is "so toxic."

For the first time, users will be able to choose for themselves which posts and pages appear at the top of their feeds.

I want to know what is going on in people's heads as they shuffle towards me, on the footpath, engrossed in the device they hold in their hand.

While we share travel photos and life musings with a long list of virtual friends, the average person still only relies on a few people.

An image of a homeless boy doing his homework by the light of a McDonald's restaurant has inspired thousands of internet users.

One Direction is encouraging fans to share what they think about climate change and social inequality.

Women have found a wacky way to fight censorship of their breasts on social media, covering them with images of male nipples.

Rugby fans are fuming after missing much of yesterday's All Blacks match in Samoa because of a glitch in Sky TV's app, Sky Go.

Young Aucklander Ruby Joy says her life was saved by the touching words of British literary star Julie Burchill, who recently lost her son to suicide.

Before you take your unfriend-number to heart, remember most of the people we connect with on Facebook are not, and were never, actually our friends.

A makeup vlogger has made a moving video based on the hurtful comments she received when she began baring her makeup-less face on social media.

Social media users are using hashtags like #sunburnart and #tantattoo to show off their "artistic" sunburns to the world.

You'll do much better in the 'likes' stakes if you are willing to wait until the optimal time to post on Facebook.

If a picture paints a thousand words, then what might a selfie say about you?

Prince Harry is right - selfies have to stop. Writer Alice Audley turned her back on them and says her life is better for it.

Facebook users will one day be able to send messages and posts telepathically, says founder Mark Zuckerberg.

Jacobs took the selfie of the side of his butt and body and posted it on Instagram for his 194,000 followers with the caption, "It's yours to try!".

New York police have issued a warning against new mobile phone cases that make it look like the user is carrying a gun.

The kind of food Facebook is advertising to teenagers is the subject of a study being done at the University of Auckland.