Australian Nexus 9 orders now shipping
The Nexus 9 could be sighted in the wild here in Australia by the end of the week, with many Ausdroid readers reporting this morning that they had received shipping confirmations for their tablets.
The tablets are sold through Google...
Nexus 9 changes status now ‘In Stock’ and shipping in 1-2 Days
Tomorrow, the 5th of November is the official launch date for the latest tablet, the Nexus 9. Pre-orders, are due to start shipping tomorrow, but if you decided to wait then you can now order the tablet on Google...
Taking Clipp out for a spin – a new way to handle bar tabs
If you haven't heard of Clipp yet, maybe you will soon. The app wants to be the new bar tab, and it's got some nice ideas up its sleeve that put it in a good position to do so....
Developers can now publish Android TV apps to Google Play
Android TV is about to take off in a big way - not for us of course in Australia, with no official Android TV on-sale as yet, but the platform as a whole is now open for business according...
Gmail 5.0 made official – coming to everyone
The Gmail app we saw leaked over the weekend, has now been made official by Google. The updated app contains 'modern style, sleeker transitions, and a few other handy improvements'.
As we saw in the leak, the app allows you...
Asus launches three ZenWatch companion apps on Google Play
Google is controlling what Android Wear looks like and how it operates, pushing OEMs towards extending functionality for their watches through apps. Asus has taken this to heart and has released three apps over night which are destined to...
Telstra 24×7 Android app gets major facelift
Telstra's 24x7 Android app has just received a major update in the Google Play Store, bringing a major visual overhaul and a few usability tweaks.
The Play Store change log for the update, listed as v9.0.0, is as follows:
• introduced a...
Calendar app joins the list of Google apps made over with Material Design
Lollipop is so close you can almost taste the sugary goodness, with that the last of the major Google apps are getting their Material design makeover. This morning the Calendar app is also getting a material design makeover and...
Google talks a bit about the design behind Android Lollipop
With the official release of Android 5.0 Lollipop yesterday, Google has taken to the Official Android Blog to talk a little bit about the design that went in to the latest release. As we all know, Material Design has been...
Telstra offering a $20 Google Play Gift Voucher with purchase of a ‘selected’ phone
The shops are starting to fill with the ephemera associated with Christmas, and it seems that Telstra is ramping up for Christmas with the launch of a new offer which gives you a $20 Google Play Gift Voucher with...
Google starting to charge customers for Nexus 9 – shipments starting
Google has listed on the Play Store that the Nexus 9 will begin leaving their warehouse by the 5th of November. It looks like shipments are due to begin imminently with customers reporting that their Credit Cards have now...
BBM for Android update brings Message Retraction, Timed Messages and more
BlackBerry's instant messaging service BBM is rolling out an update to all OS platforms over the next few days that will see a few new features such as Timed Messages which allows users to send a 'secret' message to...
Instagram begins roll out of video ads
Instagram has begun rolling out 15 second paid ads to your photo feed or within videos posted up on the photo social sharing site.
This initiative has been in testing for the last 6 months, with Instagram's parent, Facebook Inc,...
Google wanting more services to take advantage of Highlights in Now & Inbox
Google has been making it easier for companies and third party developers to take advantage of its newly released products. Providers such as airlines, restaurants and certain event venues take part and open up their own products onto Google's...
Google working on Android Beam like sharing system called Copresence
Android Beam is actually pretty good when you start using it, but it seems that Google is trying to make it better. How much better? Well, imagine beaming files, pictures, URLs, a large range of content to almost anyone,...