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Huawei Australia has moved to reassure its local smartphone customers, following the news yesterday that Google had implemented the US Government’s ban on companies dealing with Huawei. Following the good news that Google had been granted a temporary licence to continue to support Huawei’s existing smartphone customers. Huawei in Australia …

With Google officially announcing Dark Mode coming in the next version of Android Q (or is it 10?), Google is continuing its rollout of dark mode to the core apps on Android. Today it’s Google Keep and Calendar that’s getting the dark treatment. There’s not a lot to see with …

This morning, Reuters reports that the U.S. Department of Commerce has allowed Huawei a temporary reprieve with very limited scope, which will allow the company to purchase American-made goods to maintain existing carrier networks, and to provide software updates to existing Huawei handsets. The company is still prohibited from buying American parts …

Did you know there’s a war going on? We wouldn’t be surprised if you didn’t; It’s kind of quiet. It’s the battle for your eardrums, and it’s a huge market – there’s a lot of money in it for everyone. Sony’s fired a new salvo this week, bringing a new …

I’ve used OnePlus phones for quite a while but have always thought (and I’m not the only one) that the camera let the experience down. The camera was good, just not great. The OnePlus 6T scored 98 on DxOMark’s rating, a rating considered to be a fair approximation of the …

The Bixby key on Samsung devices is a source of much internet consternation. The main area of concern is Samsung’s unwillingness to allow it to be remapped to another voice assistant service. To combat this you can download a 3rd party app that will simply redirect to your Assistant of …

This isn’t going to be an overly groundbreaking or controversial opinion. I’ve heard rumblings echoing the sentiment for a while now, but I think Android Pie may be the last Tasty Treat name we see out of the Mountain View crew. Why you ask? Firstly the internet seems to agree …

Earlier this week Google announced Rivet, an app focused on assisting kids to learn to read. We were excited to see it launch, and we still think that overall it’s a fantastic concept. If you want to know more about Rivet itself check out our earlier coverage. Having played with …

Last week when OnePlus announced their new ultra-premium flagship the OnePlus 7 Pro in New York there was not a single mention of the rumoured OnePlus 7 and the OnePlus 7 Pro 5G. At the time we thought that the rumours got it all wrong. Once the London, Indian and …

Moto has been the unsung champion of the midrange for years now, thanks mostly to the Moto G line of devices. Starting with the Moto G5 launched at MWC in 2017, Moto upped the bar for the affordable smartphone, bringing a decent camera to affordable market segment for the first …

Last week, the US made a number of moves against Huawei, and we’re already starting to see the effect. Following the listing of Huawei on the Department of Commerce Entity List – which specifies those companies which are considered a risk to the US national security – companies in the …

Children of the 80s and 90s will probably remember the time their mum or dad came home with a Motorola StarTAC mobile. Among the most popular foldable phones, the format has largely died out until recently, when rumours began to emerge of a new Motorola folding phone. In 2019, we’ve …

Some online services make it fairly difficult to secure your account beyond an email address and a password. When you stop and consider just how much of your online identity is protected by these two simple things – which are also quite easy to steal – you’d be a little …