TECHNOLOGY

Barely a week after being unveiled the Apple iOS 5 app Find My Friends is already instrumental in breaking up a marriage after a suspicious husband caught his wife cheating using the app.

Apple's new iPhone 4s has reportedly sold over 4 million units three days after its launch but that record-breaking figure doesn't mean that everyone is enjoying Apple's latest smartphone. Although early reviews have been positive there have been several notable problems with the iPhone 4s. Here's a brief rundown on the top five iPhone 4s issues.

Telstra has told shareholders the company will consider a share buyback after approval and implementation of the deal with NBN Co.

E. coli or Escherichia coli are a common type of bacteria that is found in unclean food, usually contaminated due to careless toilet habits. E. coli can get a person really sick if these bacteria found a way into someone's system. Unfortunately, a mobile phone has been revealed to be a common E. coli vessel due to users' poor hygiene.

Shareholders of Telstra have agreed and voted in favor of the $11 billion deal with the Australian government, allowing Telstra's fixed-line dominance be used by the NBN Company.

Australia's central bank has hinted that benchmark cash rates in the country may go down after months of being held at 4.75 percent.

Google Inc. has announced it will close down social networking site Google Buzz in the next few weeks to concentrate on building up its successor Google+.

Adapting to new technologies such as having an online presence was the way how small businesses in Australia coped with the hard times.

Smartphone dealers in Hong Kong bought iPhone 4S from Australia and Japan and sold them to locals for up to six times the original price.

Anti-rape campaigners are raising a howl over Facebook's refusal to remove pages that glorify and make fun of rape and violence against women.

Here is a step-by-step process of transferring the data from your old iPhone to the new iPhone 4S.

Some apple stores were reported to offer unlocked and contract-free iPhone 4S.

Although jailbreaking your iPhone or iPad carries the risk of bricking your device and voiding your Apple warranty there are some benefits to jailbreaking your iPhone 4s or iPad 2. Here are the five reasons why you should jailbreak your iPhone or iPad.

Apple Inc. has pushed iPad 3 into production and is expected to release early next year the third edition of Apple's market leading tablet, according to a report.

If you're one of the lucky ones who were able to snag a new iPhone 4S or upgraded your existing Apple device to iOS 5, then you're probably wondering how fast you can fill up all those gigabytes of memory with apps. The Apple App Store has half a million apps available, so narrowing it down to what you really need can be a forbidding task.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd has filed for a sales ban on Apple Inc's iPhone 4S in Australia and Japan in Monday after its defeat in it attempt to ban sale of the iPhone 4S in the Netherlands.

A world first platform added to the SOC Exchange marketplace gives Australian retailers and service outlets the opportunity to establish or boost their online presence to cater to customers in their local area.

MetaQuotes Software Corp. on Monday officially launched its MQL5 Cloud Network service, a solution that allows people to make money out of their computer resource.

Apple hit Samsung with a one-two punch this weekend as U.S and Dutch courts ruled against Samsung in its continuing legal battle with the iPhone manufacturer.

The Cue system is like an iPad2 on wheels, bringing tablet-type usability into the car. It's definitely cool, but is it also distracting?

Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett may have temporarily banned Samsung Electronics from launching its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia, but Aussies have found a way to go around the ban. They ordered the gadget online.

Singaporean scientists have perfected a technique of making nano structures that will allow the development of hard drives of up to 21 terabytes (TB) storage capacity using ordinary salt.

Apple and Samsung are taking a timeout in their fierce legal battle over smartphone and tablet patents to pay their last respect to the late Apple co-founder and technology icon Steve Jobs.

Search engine giant and Android maker Google is joining the crowd of online music stores soon.

Australian customers lined up around Apple stores and other retailers Friday to get the new Apple iPhone 4S, but for budget-conscious consumers, the new smartphone could be too much for their wallets to handle.

Apple has described Siri as an "intelligent assistant" but developers should have added another feature to Siri: budding comedian.

It was a lucky week for Apple fans who downloaded iOS 5 for their iPods, iPhones or iPads without getting an Error 3200 message. The same goes for those who lined up early outside Apple Stores and retailers and were able to get their hands on the iPhone 4S, which comes pre-loaded with the latest operating system from Apple, which boasts 200 new features.

Google Inc. and Samsung Electronics finally are unveiling days from now their "next big thing", i.e. the Samsung Nexus Prime and Google's newest platform that will unify Android tablets and smartphones.

There are important things that you need to know before you upgrade your Apple devices to iOS 5.