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Redesigned Gmail app to launch on Wednesday
Will we see a new version of Gmail launch this Wednesday? If the anonymous tipster that revealed this information to The Next Web and Android Police is to be believed, then yes, we will. The screenshots that have been leaked show a new version of Gmail with the slide out navigation drawer and smart labels. [...]
App review: Wunderlist to-do and task list. Ist wunderbar!
Shortly after the announcement that Astrid was acquired by Yahoo, the kids at 6Wunderkinder released their Wunderlist To-do & Task List app for Android mobiles and tablets. Since it’s inception in 2011, there’s been the odd iteration of the app for Android, but following the launch of Wunderlist 2 in December last year, they’ve broken out with a completely redesigned [...]
Android Gmail app to get a Navigation Drawer
Looks like the new Gmail Android app got an outing at one of the IO developer sessions. At a session called ‘Structure in Android App Design’ Jens Nagel showed the slide above which shows the use of the navigation drawer as opposed to the action bar currently used in the Android Gmail app. The new [...]
Reckon One – Cloud based modular Accounting for the Web, Android and iOS
When talking accounting software in Australia and New Zealand, one of the most recognisable names is Quickbooks or Quicken. The company behind this software, Reckon has been developing their accounting software products for the last 25 years. Reckon is currently rolling out their new modular accounting software package called Reckon One through a travelling trade [...]
Chrome Beta adds full screen browsing for tablets
Yesterday we told you about the update to Chrome for Android (the stable build) and how this brought full screen browsing to phones. Well, with the stable build of chrome being promoted to version 27, it comes as no surprise that the beta version has now been updated to version 28. The biggest changes in [...]
Game Review: PUK
I am a fan of simple games. You know, the sort of game you can pick up and play for a few minutes and then forget about. PUK is one of those games, well at least it should be. The official description of PUK on the Play Store reads as follows: PUK is a fast [...]
Google Play Magazines updated with a new UI
Quite a few of the ‘Best of Google’ apps have seen some pretty nice updates over the last few days bringing the new user interface that Google are promoting which includes the new Navigation drawer. Today Google Play Magazines joined the club and I for one like the new look. The new user interface only [...]
A new phone from Samsung, new claims in the Apple patent war
Here we go again: another phone from Samsung brings another claim of patent infringement from Apple. While the issue Apple has with the Galaxy S4 is essentially the same as they had with the Samsung Galaxy S III and only required an amendment to the existing claim, this amasses a total of 5 direct patent [...]
Two-step auth for Twitter, a bit late for some but it’s finally here
Twitter Inc. has announced today that they’ve enabled two-step authentication for users of their social networking service. Like most other services offering two-step authentication, you need to give Twitter a secondary point of contact before you can enable it — in this case, a mobile phone number. Once enabled, when you access your Twitter account [...]
Google Drive update brings new functions
Google have today announced some updates to Google Drive which should bring some further happiness to users of their Android app. The new Drive app allows you to quickly preview documents card-style, as you can on the desktop, which is useful for flicking through images and documents which might not have meaningful filenames. This is [...]
Chrome for Android goes full screen
Last month I told you about some new features that had been added to Chrome Beta and today those new features have made their way into the stable release of Chrome. Today we finally see the addition of full screen browsing on your Android phone. Simply start scrolling down and the navigation bar will disappear, [...]
Amazon App Store now live in over 200 countries, including Australia.
It appears that Amazons promise to open up their Android app store to over 200 countries including Australia has come to fruition, with Amazon updating their Android App today to add that additional support. Countries on the list include Australia, Brazil, India, Mexico and South Africa. The update now allows consumers to purchase and download [...]
Opera browser, now in the Play Store
Opera, a browser alternative for those who don’t like the stock browser or Chrome, is now available via the Play Store. Opera has come a long way from the first beta build we saw which was unstable, crashed a lot and had more annoying bugs than you could poke a stick at in a lifetime. [...]