Monthly Archives: April 2013
CyanogenMod adding hands-free photography
Soon, it'll be easier than ever to take the perfect selfie, as CyanogenMod will soon be adding hands-free photography to their camera application. One of the senior members of the CyanogenMod team, Richardo Cerqueira,...
Achievement Unlocked: Galaxy S4 Rooted
The Samsung Galaxy S4 has been rooted and it couldn't be simpler, download a .zip file and follow these instructions
Extract the entire contents of the zip file.
If you are using Windows, ensure you have...
Galaxy S4 with dual sim and Exynos 5 Octa-core, now in China
The dual-sim variety of the Samsung Galaxy S4 leaked images and videos from some time ago, has come to fruition. The dual-sim, octa-core beast is now available in China.
The GT-i9502 looks great and...
Google adds Chrome Office Viewer (Beta) extension for Chrome Beta for Mac and Windows
If you've been using a Chromebook then this latest update to Chrome Beta won't add anything new to your Google Docs experience, however if you're on a Mac or Windows machine and edit Microsoft...
Telstra opens pre-orders for Samsung Galaxy S 4 – shipping May 2
If you are after the Galaxy S 4 on Telstra, your wait is over. Telstra have just let us know that they are now taking pre-orders online, which will begin shipping next week. Considering...
Google updates Play Store policies to remind app developers about update mechanisms
Google has obviously been watching the antics of Facebook over the last month or so very closely because they've updated the Google Play content policies page to remind developers that any updates to apps...
Google finally adds Nexus 7 travel covers to Australian Play Store
After almost nine months of being teased on the Australian Google Play store and being available freely at retail stores for nearly seven months, Google has finally made the Nexus Travel covers available for...
New York Times releases Google Glass App
If you thought that the release of Google Glass had been quiet on the app front, then this announcement from the New York Times could be about about to start a whole landslide of...
Security flaw found in Viber app
Update: Viber has been in contact with Ausdroid and has told us:
Since this is a major issue, and since we care a lot about our users' security, we kindly ask that you edit/update the...
Makers of Vine promise an Android app ‘soon’
Dom Hoffman, the co-founder of Vine -- that nifty little app which (for iOS only at the moment ) allows users to film and upload short video clips -- has given a presentation at...
New Google Play starts rolling out to Australians
We have received word that the new Play Store has started rolling out officially to Australians. We saw a few days ago that the recommended content was added for those that manually updated to...
Optus stores will have Samsung Galaxy S 4 stock tomorrow, despite online sell-out
Samsung's Galaxy S 4 hits store shelves in Australia tomorrow.
Despite recent reports of stock shortages in the US, it seems that Australian carriers are doing fine.
Optus tweeted on Wednesday that their online preorders had...
Factory Reset your Chrombook
In the world of laptops, you'll eventually be required to wipe the software and re-install everything back to the way it came from the factory. You may have gotten some malware you just can't...
Google has also put an Easter Egg in Google Glass
Google is well known for putting Easter Eggs in their software - just go tap the version number in your Android Settings or type 'tilt' into the search bar on the Google Webpage -...
Google gets more serious about tablet apps – Google Play Developer console receives tablet...
Google is really beginning to make an effort with regards to addressing a perceived lack of tablet ready apps in Google Play. This began last year when Google introduced their Tablet App Quality Checklist...