Aldi has another 7″ Android tablet on-sale this Saturday for $79
As part of their 'Special Buys' this week, Aldi is bringing another Android tablet back, this time a 7" model for $79.
The tablet, which has no branding on it, goes on-sale this Saturday the 24th of March for $79....
Google is opening up a Maps API for game developers
The Game Developer Conference (GDC) in San Francisco is seeing a lot of new gaming focused announcements coming from Google and a new one is the opening up of a Maps API for game developers.
The opening of a Maps...
Google starts bringing transit cards to Google Pay starting in Las Vegas
In a very welcome piece of news for commuters, Google has today announced that they're adding support for transit passes and tickets, starting with the Las Vegas Monorail (LVM).
The addition allows commuters in Las Vegas to purchase a ticket...
Ausdroid celebrates its 8th birthday today
It feels like only yesterday that Ausdroid was starting out, but that feeling is wrong. Ausdroid is, in fact, eight years old today, with our first post appearing on the 20th of March, 2010. In that eight years, we've...
Optus shows off the ‘Yes Optus store’ at the 2018 Commonwealth Games athletes village
As the official Support Network partner of the Commonwealth Games, Optus has announced their plans to help connect athletes with the world at the upcoming games on the Gold Coast.
The games open on April 4th and run through to...
Earn up to $100 in Google Play credit with the latest Google Pay Promotion
Following on from Android Pay's renaming to Google Pay, Google has launched their second promotion for the mobile payment platform in Australia, and this one's pretty awesome.Between now and 15 May, every new user you sign up to Google...
Google Play Instant lets you play Apps and now Games without downloading the whole...
At the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco, Google has announced that their Android Instant Apps feature is now called Google Play Instant and it's not just apps any more, it also includes games.
Google announced Android Instant Apps...
Oppo R15 and R15 Dream Mirror are now official coming to China from 1st...
At an event in Beijing, China, Oppo Mobile has today officially unveiled their latest handsets announcing the R15 and R15 'Dream Mirror'.
As expected, the phones specs match previous leaks, with the phones powered by different CPUs and camera setups...
Routines on Google Assistant are rolling out – but only in the US
After announcing Routines for Assistant in October last year, Google has finally begun rolling them out to users - but only in the US.
Routines are basically editable commands, like shortcuts but they allow you to string a bunch of...
Some Google Pay financial Institutions have merged but there’s some new faces on the...
There's been some movement at the station with Banks, Credit Untions, and financial institutions in Australia supporting Google Pay this week, there's some new names, but not all of them are 'New' new. Some are the same banks with...
Ausdroid visits Huawei’s R&D Centre in Beijing where new ideas are created and devices...
Just over an hour north-west of China's capital city, Beijing, is Huawei's Exhibition and Research & Development centres. The buildings are separate, with the Exhibition Centre designed to show the best of Huawei and what they've achieved, while the...
FirstStep, the Australian-made micro-investments platform now in public beta
We first covered Australian investment startup FirstStep back in 2015, and since then, they've come along in leaps and bounds. Their aim is simple - to help young people (and every one else) to automatically invest small, regular amounts...
Charge for Stripe from Australian developer Platinum Apps allows you to accept credit card...
In Australia it can be hard, or expensive to work out payments, but thanks to independent developer David Stallard, his new app Charge for Stripe will fix that.
David started developing the app after his wife began selling jewellery...
Lenovo Mirage Solo and VR180 Mirage Camera up for pre-order – with pricing and...
It's been almost a year since Google announced that standalone Daydream headsets would be coming to market. Lenovo is the sole remaining hardware partner to actually release one and now it's been officially priced and given a release date...
It appears phones running Android Auto can now be unlocked while connected
Android Auto is one of the more popular implementations of Android on devices, but it's been somewhat restrictive with Google claiming certain restrictions are to do with safety. Now it seems that there's been at least a little rolling...