John Key's six greatest social media photographs
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 19th Jun 2013
The prime minister's finest pictorial moments on Twitter and Facebook.
Judith Collins fails replicant test
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 16th May 2013
The justice minister accidentally answers the Blade Runner question on Twitter.
Ricky Gervais and the charity game
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 7th May 2013
The comedian pledges on Twitter to donate thousands to charity - if no one responds to his tweet.
The Syrian Electronic Army’s war on Twitter
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 1st May 2013
A series of hacks show up Twitter security shortcomings – and the limits of automated share trading.
Could Twitter have been a handbrake in the rush to war in Iraq?
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 29th Apr 2013
The microblog might have “helped puncture the Beltway media bubble”, writes commentator.
Boston, mobsourcing and the Reddit effect
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 24th Apr 2013
The social news site apologises for “witch hunt” after error-strewn frenzy to name Boston bombing suspects.
How Monopoly cards for Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch should read
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 23rd Apr 2013
Of more than 1,200 suggested wordings, here are some of the best.
"What Twitter will look like the day Margaret Thatcher dies"
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 9th Apr 2013
So far, this infographic looks about right ...
43 new names for the North and South Islands
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 3rd Apr 2013
South and Southerer? Rivendell and Mordor? Yeah and Nah? Hokey and Pokey?
On Twitter etiquette and retweeting praise
By Toby Manhire in The Internaut
Issue Listener Plus 26th Mar 2013
Novelist Mohsin Hamid gets a dressing down for overdoing the self-promotion.