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Google Fit, while functional hasn’t been quite on par with competitors since its launch. Today they have announced their new Google Fit app designed to bring their fitness tracking up to par. The all new Google Fit is redesigned to encourage the user to be more active and get fit. …

After revamping Gmail massively earlier this year, a new feature has finally cropped up on the mobile Android app which we’re surprised hasn’t arrived before – the ability to Undo a sent email. The option to send an email and then recall it is now present in Gmail v8.7 though …

After announcing support for voice commands in Google Assistant for their wired security cameras last month internationally, Swann has today advised it’s now available in Australia. The integration means that customers with a wired Swann security camera setup are now able to ask Google Assistant to show them the live …

Fitbit is the biggest name in fitness tracking and the Charge is their number one series of fitness tracker – over 35 million sold to date. While the Charge 2 was a great fitness tracker with extensive functionality in a stylish package they are looking to improve on that with …

Huawei are having a great year and even with their misadventures in the US are now the number two smartphone manufacturer in the world. Their P20 Pro was a massive success thanks to ground-breaking photographic quality but they need to follow up that success with another one to cement their …

Just last week we got an in-the-flesh view of the almighty notch on the Pixel 3 XL via a Canadian reader of Mobile Syrup. Today another few pictures of one in the wild in Canada have surfaced. Mobile Syrup have once again managed to get their hands on pictures of …

Smartwatches are a truly wonderful technology that gives users quick access to all sorts of information like notifications, caller ID, news and messaging… when the user has normal vision. For vision impaired users, they’re not always going to be useful but the Dot aims to fix that. Back in 2015 …

Telstra has today announced they’ve added some new handsets, the Alcatel 1X, Telstra Superior, and Telstra Essential Plus to their pre-paid range. The three phones represent the value end of the range, offering great value for money. The Telstra Essential Plus (priced at $99) and the Alcatel 1x (priced at …

For most people, the NBN is awesome. If you ignore the politicians politicking, and the comments section on the Daily Telegraph, you’ll find there is growing goodwill about our national network, especially now that everyone is signing up for NBN 50 plans and discovering the benefits of fast internet. Of …

This is the story of how Australian Border Force (ABF) hacked a mans Android phone…or rather how a dumbass accused them of hacking it when in fact nothing happened. A story on news.com.au caught our attention overnight, in which a ‘British-Australian IT businessman Nathan Hague claimed his privacy was violated …

ZTE has had a tough year. Due to indiscretions in previous years and their inability to abide by the original sanctions imposed by the the US Department of Commerce they had their ability to effectively function as a company removed by the aforementioned department. Ever since the reinstatement of their …

Backing up and restoring your data from Android can be a frustrating, hit and miss affair, but Google has been working on it though it’s never been quite good enough to rely on. A new entry in the Google Issue Tracker could mean we get more control over our phones …

Thanks to Android One, the Nokia mobile range has become quite the phenomenon for those wanting a stock Android experience at a great price. With a full range of handsets available in Australia ranging from the low to high-end it’s time for Nokia to announce something new, with the possibility …

Earlier this year it was revealed that Google had a new Chromecast in the pipeline that supported Bluetooth. Today a new FCC filing has been submitted that demonstrates modifications to the original filing. The new filing submitted by Google to the FCC mentions that the 5GHz Wi-Fi antenna will be …

[Update: Maybe Not] Even though the category has been around a while now, smart speakers are experiencing a bit of a boom at the moment with Google Home and Amazon’s Echo products driving innovation in others. Once a market dominated by a couple of powerful brands, smart speakers are coming …