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The police in Sydney are recommending that people take a friend along with them when they meet a person for the first time after arranging a date on a computer site or app on a mobile phone. Audio

A survey of small to medium-sized businesses in New Zealand has found 47 percent don't have any kind of online presence. Audio

Student gathers video evidence of himself being harassed to use in prosecution, just under 50 percent of UK consumers have used their smartphones to read ebooks, technology is changing the way people… Audio

Shellshock Bug? Iceland: The Switzerland of Bits? Rolls Royce aiming for "Robotic Chauffeur" by the end of the decade. Audio

Professor of English literature and intellectual history at the University of Cambridge, visiting New Zealand as the Distinguished Visiting Fellow in the School of Humanities at the University of… Audio

New Zealand singer/songwriter Brooke Fraser talks about her career and new album, Brutal Romantic. Video, Audio

Ello, contender to Twitter's throne, is barely launched and already hated; China blocks Instagram during Hong Kong protests and the Shellshock Bug. Audio

There's a shout out to New Zealanders with stories to share about road trips around the country, to be woven into an interactive drama/documentary series by Emmy award-winning web-series makers David… Audio

Hamish Carter, Melodie Robinson, Jamie Tout and John Cronin on the future of technology in sport. Audio

Professor of Classics at the University of Cambridge, author of a number of books, television presenter and blogger, who has become renowned for her fight back against online abuse and trolling. Audio

As the UN Security Council demands a global crackdown on the flow of foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria, governments are also being urged not to forget the ideological battle playing out on social… Audio

Nielsen finds older adults are embracing digital video, a new smartphone app gives sight to the blind, how Instagram's drug deals go undetected, Netflix launches new site specifically for spoiling… Audio

Ele Ludemann has been looking at food websites, and eggcorns: malapropisms that ape the sound of a word. Audio

Mireille Silcoff writes for The New York Times magazine on the global phenomenon that is unboxing. Audio

CEO of video software start-up Wipster, in Israel for the Start Tel Aviv Competition 2014, where eighteen companies from around the world have seven days to meet investors and like-minded people. Audio

Spark (nee Telecom) has launched Lightbox an on-demand streaming TV service online, soon Sky TV will be doing the same. Both are in competition with internet giant Netflix. How NZers can access… Audio

A U2 Removal Tool and Microsoft Buys Minecraft. Audio

Minister of Communications and in the third Somali Government, who is trying to assert control over the lawless factions in the recovering state, and re-establish the institutions of civil society. Audio

American journalist and author on his new book, The Impulse Society: America in the Age of Instant Gratification. Audio

21 Comics That Capture The Frustrations Of Depression. The Economist's glass ceiling index finds the best and worst places to be a working woman. Audio