Daily Archives: 20 October 2016
Google announce the winners of the 2nd annual Material Design Awards
What's the use of a beautiful design paradigm if no one uses it? As part of their multi-faceted approach to promoting and encouraging developers to adopt the Material Design principles, Google started the Material...
Asus Convertible Chromebook details and images leak
Chromebooks have steadily spread their footprint through the technology world since they first came to be and it seems that manufacturers are beginning to become more innovative in their design. Asus have done exactly...
Google brings Chrome Canary to Android
Do you fancy yourself a pioneer on the blistering edge? Do you like to have the latest thing before it's even officially a thing? Do you have a penchant for buggy and occasionally completely...
Optus to boost 4G services in Canberra
Optus has today announced that it has launched an expanded 4G service in Canberra to improve data coverage, download speeds and voice quality for Optus mobile customers in our nation's capital.
During October, Optus will boost...
Google would like you to by a new phone according to their latest video
It may not be terribly surprising that on the day Google releases a new and admittedly awesome phone that they would like you to buy one, but that's just what their latest video ad...
Good (Great!) Deal: Optus 3G Wi-fi modems at Harvey Norman
If you're ever out and about looking to quickly "do something" on your laptop but can't find a free public Wi-fi network, you're not alone. Carrying hardware to run your own Wi-fi hotspot and...
LG announces the V34, a smaller sibling to their new V20
Hot on the heels of LGs latest flagship - the LG V20 which is, incidentally, coming to Australia - LG has announced the release of a smaller variant of the device in Japan, named...
Protect your Google Pixel or Pixel XL with Incipio’s DualPro Cases, available now at...
Getting a new phone is exciting, but then comes the sometimes-daunting task of protecting it. With customers picking up Google's new Pixel phones today, it's good to hear about case options becoming available to...
Google launches the Android 7.1 developer preview, available for download today
It wasn't long ago that Google announced that the developer preview for Android 7.1 Nougat was coming, and today, it's here. You can now try out Android 7.1 release on your eligible device, and...
OPPO announce the R9s and it’s heading down under
Oppo have officially announced their latest Android Smartphone the R9s, and it will be headed to Australia soon. We're not sure how but let's check out the official specs of the device. The R9s...
Google expands Android Pay into Hong Kong
Android Pays slow expansion across the globe has taken another step today with Hong Kong becoming the 6th market to get Google's mobile payment system. Starting right now Android users in Hong Kong can...
Google’s latest beta version of its app brings new ‘Upcoming’ tab that organises urgent...
Google originally back in August, through its Google Now section was originally testing a Dashboard tab that showed cards and info from other services which included a new, 'Upcoming' tab that shows cards related...
Qualcomm announces introduction of new Snapdragon 600 and 400-Tier Processors
Qualcomm has announced three new Qualcomm Snapdragon processors which are aimed at supporting enhanced user experiences and connectivity for high performance and high volume mobile devices.
The three new processors, the Snapdragon 653, Snapdragon 626...
Samsung Galaxy S7 phone saves fishermens lives in Melbourne’s wild weekend weather
It seems that there's been some wild weather in Melbourne over the weekend, and out of tales of wild winds and powerlines down comes a surprising good news story which involves Samsung. This story...
Rumour: Samsung is reportedly looking at releasing just one flagship device next year
After what has been a very disastrous final 3 months for Samsung with Galaxy Note 7's suddenly exploding and catching fire, reports are surfacing from Korean news outlet, The Korean Herald, reporting that Samsung...