Social Media

With tools like Facebook and LinkedIn, you can learn the dominant languages spoken among your social media audience, as well as their age and gender.

Hosted by the Pacific Business Trust and presented by business expert and author Matt Jull, CEO of My Business People,  the Social Media workshop showcased to more than 50 participants how Social Media can help them not only as a professional, but market your business to other businesses and consumers.

"Emails, text messages, social networks and chats can also be fully human forms of communication," the pope said in his message for the Roman Catholic Church's World Day of Communications.

"It is not technology which determines whether or not communication is authentic, but rather the human heart and our capacity to use wisely the means at our disposal," said.

Drones may soon be delivering packages, cars are driving themselves and dogs are posting on Instagram.

That's right, pets have taken to social media to connect and share their cuteness with the world. For the record, it's not really the pets that are running these accounts; it's their owners.

Pet owners are creating Instagram, Facebook and Twitter accounts for their furry friends in a trend that was boosted by celebrities.

The video has been watched over 17000 times in less than 24 hours, illustrating the power of social media to amplify Pacific voices during the Paris-based climate change negotiations.

The video and other messages from the Pacific are being promoted across social media using the common hashtag #4PacIslands.

McCaw has only been on Facebook for a few weeks, after Carter finally convinced him to join the social media revolution in the wake of their World Cup final victory celebrations earlier this month.

A digital revolution is underway in the Pacific, but there's concern over a clash between cyber culture and traditional culture.

Mobile phones are now a way of life in the Pacific, but what they're being used for is causing concern, with phone video of groups fighting having been posted online.

The Tongan government is holding community consultations over a possible cyber clampdown. 

It's looking at a total ban on porn sites and selective blocking of young Facebook users after bullying.