Social media use among New Zealand business owners has fallen over the past year, with only 20 per cent maintaining some form of profile.

Facebook’s latest move - to create automatic “couples” pages for anyone listed as in a relationship - has crossed the line, users say.

When people post deliberately extreme comments from the anonymity of cyberspace, the effects can be devastating - and sometimes fatal.

"In my opinion, if you relied on free to air television, TV3's local coverage of the US election was better," writes John Drinnan.

A 73-year-old Christchurch man who posed as a teenage girl on Facebook, friending and convincing a local girl to show him sexualised videos, has been jailed for three years.

Most customers go online to choose what they’ll buy. Why can’t they find many businesses there, asks Gill South.

US President Barack Obama is taking on Republican challenger Mitt Romney in their second debate today starting at 2pm NZ time. Watch it live and read commentary here.

The Advertising Standards Authority has issued guidelines which are short of a formal code for social media.

Almost half of NZ has account as site becomes 'necessary evil' - but are we just being used as advert fodder?

Not every Tom, Dick or Harry's views deserve to be treated as expert and aired in public discourse, writes Patrick Stokes.

US President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney have faced off in their first debate. Follow the commentary here.

A Kiwi has been identified as the mastermind behind a viral internet invitation that led to more than 3000 people gatecrashing a Dutch teenager's birthday and trashing the town.

In the cut-throat world of Silicon Valley, Kiwi Victoria Ransom says it's a blessing she came out on top.