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.

A top legal expert has waded into the "racist" cartoon row, by saying the law cannot regulate "ignorant, uninformed, and generally crass behaviour".

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.

Alan Perrott finds out just how different @DanCarter is from the real Dan Carter ...

Twitter in sport is generally seen as an athlete's game but one coach bucking that trend is Dean Vickerman.

Reporters Kris Shannon and Steven Holloway investigate how Twitter has changed the daily experiences of Kiwi athletes - for better and worse.

Few top businesspeople in this country think social networks such as Twitter and Facebook place their firms' reputations at risk, new research suggests.

A beauty therapist who was caught treating salon clients at home after leaving her Facebook page open at work has been ordered to pay damages.

MYOB New Zealand executive director, Scott Gardiner on establishing ambassadors for your brand instead of doing it all yourself.

Check out this list of the most popular musicians on Twitter.

Former Apple chief evangelist and now entrepreneur and author Guy Kawasaki says he wants to help New Zealand be even more enchanting on his upcoming visit here on Wednesday.

With so many eyes glued to social media during work time, employers are increasingly considering how sites such as LinkedIn and Facebook can help them hire staff.