An Italian astronaut aboard the International Space Station has captured glimpses of New Zealand in images posted on social media this week.

He's the newest member of the Shortland Street family, but 16-year-old actor Robbie Evison is learning the hard way about the downside of fame.

It used to be dodgy pamphlets and misleading how-to-vote cards.

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield and American colleague Thomas Marshburn who are avid users of Twitter aboard the International Space Station have taken several stunning photos of New Zealand as they orbit 370km above the Earth.

Thousands of people are visiting a Facebook page that details where police checkpoints and hidden speed cameras are located nationwide.

Much has been written about the risks social media presents to youthful careers but it is not just young people posting awkward selfies who can get tripped up by what they post online.

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

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

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

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.

Dire finances means beauty salon owners will get less of a payout from an employee they caught via Facebook treating clients at home.

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".

The cartoonist whose drawings depict overweight brown-skinned adults exploiting the Government's breakfast in schools programme says he has received hate mail.