Microsoft launches Skype Qik: Group Video Chat
In April this year, Microsoft announced it was retiring their Qik video messaging service, and were merging it with Skype to better enhance user experience. It seems to have finally come to fruition with Microsoft today announcing its new...
Facebook stickers are coming to comments
Facebook has begun rolling out an update to their Android app, which will allow you to use stickers in the comments section of your status, picture or video updates.
The stickers, which have been widely available for a little while...
Google Play offering up free tracks and albums
Google Play has been selling music in Australia since it launched in April last year, we've seen a bit in the way of 'Free' music, but you can now grab some free tracks and albums for a limited time.
The...
Google begins a push on Google Search as a service with real world advertising
Google has been the undisputed king of search for a while, Microsoft has been trying to catch-up with Bing since it launched in June of 2009. Google contains the lions share of the market at around 68% with Bing...
Google trialling video chats to connect you to a Dr based on search results
Google is always trying new things, mostly involving parsing your search results and offering you contextually correct offers for help, such as knowledge cards (or advertising) based on the search. One of their new trials is an offer to...
Movie Pre-Orders available in Google Play in the US – coming to more countries...
Pre-ordering content is a mainstay for fans, pre-ordering a new book, comic or even an album or movie at a bricks and mortar store is pretty well accepted. It allows stores to get stock in and also gives the...
Grab a bunch of Gameloft games for just $0.10 now on Google Play
Gameloft is running a sale at the moment which will let you get your hands on some of their older premium titles for as low as just $0.10, or some of their newer titles like Modern Combat 5 for...
Rumour: HTC Nexus 9 to launch October 15th for US$399
October is definitely Nexus season and the rumours are flying thick and fast. Specs, launch and release dates and now prices are being thrown around, with Bright Side of News reporting all four pieces of information have been confirmed...
New Material Design version of Google Play is hitting the web now
The release of Android L is imminent, which means Google is finalising updates to their apps and Android as a whole to prepare the way. The latest update to begin hitting devices is the updated Google Play for Android...
Cars: Fast as Lightning from Gameloft burns rubber on its way into Google Play
Cars is one of Pixars biggest lines, it's an absolute smash hit with the kids and Gameloft has partnered up to release Cars: Fast as Lightning, a new game based in the town of Radiator Springs.
In this new game,...
Google introduces Interactive Polls for Google+
There was some excitement yesterday, as newly installed Google+ head, Dave Besbris announced on Google+ yesterday that he was 'Looking forward to tomorrow.' before adding 'This should be fun. :)'. We now know what he was excited about, with...
Google adds PayPal to list of payment options in Google Play for Australia
Back in May, Google announced that they would be adding PayPal to the list of ways you could pay for items in Google Play. Unfortunately at the time, just 12 countries made it into the list, but Australia wasn't...
Google toying with Try Before You Buy Android app trials
Google is apparently looking at a new way to try out apps in Google Play, with a new report from paywalled site The Information stating that Google is looking at allowing customers to try out features without having to...
Google opens up Android Wear Help Forums to the masses
Google has always maintained help forums for their products, the forums cover a range of topics at all skill levels for their customers. From Nexus, to Chromecast and even AdSense, you'll find forums to get help for most Google...
Three more Android apps now available officially on ChromeOS
After announcing that Android Apps would be coming to ChromeOS back at Google I/O, it took a while but finally arrived last month with Vine, Evernote, DuoLino and SightWords. Of course unofficially, there's been many more, but Google has...