Monthly Archives: April 2013
Telstra to introduce shared data plans across multiple devices
Good news for people out there who have multiple devices capable of using SIM cards, the days of handling multiple accounts could soon be over. Telstra has announced that in the coming months they...
Make the most of your Chromebook Battery
Some Chromebooks, such as my Acer C7 have small batteries that won't get you through a whole day of work. There's a number of tips and tricks that the Auschrome team would like...
New Play Store begins populating with featured content; update to 4.0.26 available
We posted a couple of weeks ago about an all-new Play Store that had begun rolling out to Android devices in the United States. While you could download and install it manually on your...
Rumour: Upgraded Nexus 4 coming at Google I/O?
Tech news site Sidhtech is is reporting on rumours that a new model of the Nexus 4 will be announced next month at Google I/O. The rumoured device would have two critical upgrades, addressing...
Samsung Galaxy Note 8 on sale now in Australia starting at $456
For those of you that think a 7-inch tablet just isn't quite big enough, you'll be pleased to note that Samsung's new offering, the Galaxy Note 8, appears to have arrived on shop shelves...
Cygnett releases a slew of refined cases for the imminent release of the Samsung...
This afternoon, Ausdroid has received a giant parcel from Cygnett, makers of mobile phone cases. This package contained none other than the seven cases you can see shown above.
Once we get our hands on...
Larry Page: Google Glass does run on Android
During Google's earnings call, CEO, Larry Page confirmed that Google Glass does indeed run on Android. Whether it is news to anyone or not, the confirmation is great nonetheless. Page noted that it's great...
Google releases charity-minded One Today app
Google has today launched a new app that opens up a charitable side to the Play Store, but unfortunately, it will (for now) only support US based charities. In Google's words, this app will...
More Motorola hints in Google’s Q1 earnings call
Lately we have seen a few people from both Motorola and Google hint at devices from Motorola being a cutting edge device. Today during Google’s earnings call CEO Larry Page made a statement regarding...
Real-time multiplayer gaming coming soon to Google Play?
Some exciting stuff going on in the Android world today, folks. The team over at Android Police have discovered some interesting files amongst the new MyGlass app that the Google Glass team launched yesterday....
How to: Enable HTML 5 audio playback in Google Music
Now that Google Music is available to Australian customers, you've probably noticed that audio playback uses Flash. It's no secret that Chromebooks often see poor performance running Flash content, so you might want to...
How to: Add a swap partition to your Chromebook
While many users are more than happy with the performance of their Chromebooks, there's a handy little tweak that could make your life a little bit better if you're a RAM hungry user -...
More information about Google Babel and features
Every other day we're finding out more things about Google Babel, the rumoured unified chat service which Google looks to be readying for public access. Rumours have included Google 'dogfooding' Babel to its employees,...
Google Glass Explorer Edition hits eBay, vanishes
Now that the Google Glass Explorer Edition units are out there, as always there's people trying to make a profit while doing evil. The early release was intended to give those who are prepared...
Motorola’s future phones to use ‘unadulterated’ Android
Motorola stuck very closely to stock Android when they designed the software for their 2012 devices, the RAZR HD and the RAZR M, but when the company was acquired by Google, it seemed only...