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Matias Duarte talks Facebook Home
There’s a lot of differing opinions on Facebook home, mostly surrounding how it’s implemented and whether Facebook is secretly launching an assault on the Android homescreen, but Matias Duarte has spoken with ABCNews in the US about his thoughts on the design of the new launcher. With other Google executives such as Eric Schmidt coming [...]
CyanogenMod adding hands-free photography
Soon, it’ll be easier than ever to take the perfect selfie, as CyanogenMod will soon be adding hands-free photography to their camera application. One of the senior members of the CyanogenMod team, Richardo Cerqueira, posted the above photo to his Google+ page earlier this week, showing off the new feature, which allows you to set [...]
Google updates Play Store policies to remind app developers about update mechanisms
Google has obviously been watching the antics of Facebook over the last month or so very closely because they’ve updated the Google Play content policies page to remind developers that any updates to apps should only be updated via Google Play not through their own inbuilt native mechanisms. In a note added to the top [...]
New York Times releases Google Glass App
If you thought that the release of Google Glass had been quiet on the app front, then this announcement from the New York Times could be about about to start a whole landslide of new apps designed specifically for Googles new wearable device. The New York Times has announced that their headline reading app that [...]
Security flaw found in Viber app
Update: Viber has been in contact with Ausdroid and has told us: Since this is a major issue, and since we care a lot about our users’ security, we kindly ask that you edit/update the current article, adding our response, and officially stating that we have fixed this issue in matter of days. The fixed [...]
Makers of Vine promise an Android app ‘soon’
Dom Hoffman, the co-founder of Vine — that nifty little app which (for iOS only at the moment ) allows users to film and upload short video clips — has given a presentation at the NYC Apps meetup, a small networking event held in NYC for developers and designers. Amongst a whole lot of things [...]
New Google Play starts rolling out to Australians
We have received word that the new Play Store has started rolling out officially to Australians. We saw a few days ago that the recommended content was added for those that manually updated to the latest version but it is good to see Google officially rolling it out. The new layout adds the Cards UI [...]
Google has also put an Easter Egg in Google Glass
Google is well known for putting Easter Eggs in their software – just go tap the version number in your Android Settings or type ’tilt’ into the search bar on the Google Webpage – and it seems that Glass is no different. Google Glass Explorer Jay Lee has posted on his Google+ page about an [...]
Google gets more serious about tablet apps – Google Play Developer console receives tablet optimisation tips
Google is really beginning to make an effort with regards to addressing a perceived lack of tablet ready apps in Google Play. This began last year when Google introduced their Tablet App Quality Checklist for developers and continued just last week when they introduced new Tablet App Guidelines and Screenshots for the Play Store which [...]
Iron Man 3 flies into Google Play in time for Australian Movie launch
With Australian cinemas amongst the first in the world to show the latest movie from the Marvel superhero stable – Iron Man 3 – Gameloft has managed to release their official movie tie-in game to both Android and iOS on the same day. Admittedly the iOS version launched some 12 hours before the Android version [...]
Remember The Milk updated with new user interface
Popular to-do list app Remember The Milk has been updated with a brand new user interface. The new interface uses sliding panels to display information to the user. It’s not just for phones either, with the layout scaling nicely to tablets as well. The default display shows you tasks that are due this week, and [...]
Samsung Knox not shipping with the Galaxy S4
Adding to the news that James brought us earlier that Galaxy S4 shipments are going to be delayed in the US due to overwhelming demand, it looks like the Knox software that was to be launched with Samsung’s new flagship device looks like it is going to be delayed as well. For those of you [...]
DEEWR releases Job Search Mobile app to help Job Seekers
At the Penrith Jobs and Skills Expo on Tuesday, Employment Participation Minister Kate Ellis launched a new app designed to help the almost seven hundred thousand Australians currently out of work to find employment. The new app which allows easier access for job seekers to the Job Search website is available on Google Play (and [...]