Monthly Archives: April 2013
Further evidence of unified Google Messaging system ‘Babel’ surfaces in screenshot
The release of a Google Messaging system named 'Babel' that unifies Google Messaging apps such as Google Messaging, GTalk and other Google Chat services seems pretty certain at this stage. A search for the...
Google Staff now ‘Dog-Fooding’ new Google Play Store for Android
We first saw evidence of a new Google Play re-design last month in the form of a video walk through. But it appears that the new Google Play Store for Android is in the...
Want to wear some Ausdroid gear? You can.
Way back when Ausdroid turned one (that was two years ago.. yikes) we launched a limited range of clothing available for people to buy. Quite a few of the (then) fairly small team bought...
Game Review: The Room
Ever since I purchased the Humble Mobile Bundle, I have been slightly obsessed with one game in particular: The Room.
The Room is your typical point and click cryptic puzzle game that most people have...
Ausdroid Media presents: AusChrome – The home for all things ChromeOS in Australia
We've been following ChromeOS and related hardware on Ausdroid for a while but recognise that there are some people who just aren't that interested in Google's ChromeOS or the hardware that runs it. So,...
Acer C7 Chromebook — Review
Welcome to Chrome OS, the new wave in connectivity and working in the Cloud.
Ausdroid primarily focuses on Android related news but when the latest range of Google devices, the Chromebook started to emerge --...
JB Hifi offering 20% off select Notebooks, includes Acer C7 and HP Pavillion 14
If you're at all interested in getting into a Chromebook or checking out ChromeOS, then this weekend is a great time to do so. JB Hifi has announced on Twitter this morning that they...
Uber — App and Service Review
It started innocently enough. Yesterday (Friday, 5 April) there was a bit of chaos on Sydney's transport network. A train had destroyed some overhead wiring leaving most trains north of the city either delayed...
Ausdroid Exclusive: Virgin Mobile pulling out of third-party retail stores, focusing on their in-store...
Ausdroid Exclusive Virgin Mobile have confirmed to Ausdroid that they are changing their focus in Australia, but they are not pulling out from the Australian market. Quite the contrary.
How did this start?
Overnight we received...
Third Party cloud storage options possibly coming to files.app in ChromeOS
According to a recent issue submission in the Chromium project, the suggestion has been made to give third parties access to the Files.App API which would allow for companies such as Microsoft, SugarSync and...
HTC M4 rumoured to be coming with Ultra-Pixel Camera
With the launch of the HTC M7, which is now known as the HTC One there has been no official word on the lower end of the market from HTC as yet. Before the...
HTC First Official specs
A few days ago we reported the rumored specifications of the upcoming HTC First. The specs are now official, and they're pretty much as we expected:
Qualcomm dual core 1.4Ghz CPU
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean
16GB storage
1GB...
Google Drive introduces Application Data Folders
A couple of weeks ago Google announced real-time editing of files for Google Drive. Today the Google Drive development team, have added another useful feature specifically targeted at developers. Google has introduced Application...
Facebook’s new “Home on Android”
Facebook today launched Facebook Home, a replacement launcher and suite of supporting Facebook applications and services that can transform an Android device into the much-rumoured, oft-mentioned, fabled "Facebook Phone". There's a huge number of...
Australian Samsung Galaxy S 4 launch set for April 23
Samsung's next big thing, the Galaxy S 4, will be launched in Australia on April 23, so says Samsung in its exclusive invite to attend the launch event, received this morning.
While we've brought you...