Monthly Archives: April 2013
Telstra’s LG Optimus G gets rooted, unlocked, and Cyanogenmodded
We've been playing with the LG Optimus G for a little while now, and while we loved it in our review, we're liking it a whole lot more now.
Yesterday, we received a tip that...
The Chrome OS Improvement Bus Rolls On
If you have been paying attention it will seem like every day there is something new being committed to or proposed for Chrome OS. Today there are yet more interesting little tidbits that the...
Google Glass Explorer Edition to ship within the next month
Further to Google's announcement yesterday of the Glass Collective being launched by Google Ventures, today we're seeing news that developers could get their hands on a developer edition of Google Glass -- named the...
Babel Rumours: Feature list, iOS interface and more
With all the rumours, leaks and particularly the screenshots that are appearing more consistently by the day it seems more and more likely that Google Babel is in fact real, and fast approaching. In...
Google Ventures announces the Glass Collective
Google's venture funding arm - Google Ventures - has launched a campaign seeking to encourage developers and entrepreneurs to make the most of Google Glass.
The Glass Collective is an alliance between 3 firms -...
Got a new Chromebook? Get FREE Google Drive space!
As the owner of a brand new Chromebook, you'll be familiar with the device's limited onboard storage. When you live and work online, you don't really need a lot of local storage, and your...
Close Button in ChromeOS about to be Exxed?
Most will admit that Chrome OS, in its relative infancy, still has a few rough edges that need smoothing and polishing. It seems that the design gurus at Google are looking at looking to...
Samsung announce 6.3″ LTE and 5.8″ 3G HSPA Galaxy Mega phones
Samsung has officially announced the Samsung Galaxy Mega phones. The Mega is actually two phones, one is a 6.3" phone with HD display and LTE radios while the smaller Galaxy Mega 5.8" is has...
Vodafone update the HTC One SV to Jellybean starting tomorrow
The Vodafone blog has been updated with news that HTC One SV owners will be excited to see, starting tomorrow HTC will be pushing out an Over The Air(OTA) update to their device which...
Chrome Beta Updated: More web, less chrome
Google have recently updated Chrome Beta with a few nice little features and one that many users have been calling for since the release of Chrome on Android: Full screen web browsing.
This feature has...
Google takes out the trash, 60,000 apps removed from the Play Store
Google has shown the door to nearly 60,000 apps considered to be repetitive, spammy, in violation of "terms of service" or otherwise deemed to be inappropriate for distribution through the play store.
It appears that...
Ausdroid Podcast 063 – 09/04/2013
This week we hit HTC's new Facebook phone the First and of course the launcher at the centre of the handset, Facebook Home. We also broke down the latest from Samsung and their Galaxy...
Samsung Galaxy Express coming soon to AllPhones
According to the April edition of the AllPhones buyers guide the Samsung Galaxy Express, which was announced in January will be 'coming soon' to AllPhones. When asked about exactly when the Galaxy Express would...
Chrome rich notifications promoted to stable channel
These decidedly Google Now like notifications are soon going to be appearing in Chrome very soon according to a recent Google+ post from open-source Chromium Evangelist François Beaufort. He advised that the code has...
Google Play Music now available in Australia
Google Play Music has just gone live in Australia. The link is now showing up in both the Google Play Web Interface as well as the Google Play app on Android - although not...