Monthly Archives: April 2013
Save to Google Drive – Extension review
Save to Google Drive
Save to Google Drive is a simple plugin that allows you to save links, images, snippets or even full web pages directly to your Google Drive in a format that can be loaded...
Facebook Home now available in Australia for selected devices
After launching less than a week ago to a US only audience, Facebook has today rolled out their Facebook Home launcher to an international audience. The app which is available in Google Play is...
Joby GripTight Mount — Review
The Joby GripTight Mount is an attachment allowing you to mount and stabilise your smartphone, helping you take better photos by reducing the movement that occurs when you take photos with the device held...
Ausdroid Podcast 064 – 16/04/2013
This week we spent a while talking about Facebook's shiny new Android homescreen - Facebook Home - and the recent update to Facebook Messenger which brought about the much-reported Chat Heads feature. We also...
Secure Shell – Extension Review
Secure Shell (or SSH) is a tool that many people might not use, but for a good number of people out there who need access to SSH, this extension will be either a bit...
Extensions – How to make the most of ChromeOS
A topic that comes up when we discuss Chromebooks and the capabilites of ChromeOS is the ability (or perceived inability) for users to install their favourite programs and apps. Superficially this inability is present...
Motorola extends the $100 cashback for RAZR M
Earlier in the year, perhaps facing increased competition in the mid-range handset market, Motorola announced that it would offer a $100 rebate to those who purchased the Motorola RAZR M through Telstra. This ran...
A big day for Google Glass – specs revealed, and units ready for shipping
The developers who signed up (and paid) for the Glass Explorers programme last year at Google I/O must be ecstatic today, as Google have sent out emails notifying those lucky ducks that the units...
Google to add Chrome Apps link in your Bookmarks bar
Is this a vision of things to come on ChromeOS? We've seen this morning (care of 9to5Mac) that Google are preparing to add a direct shortcut to your Chrome Apps and Extensions to the...
Sick of annoying notifications? Silence them with this app
Here at Ausdroid we test a lot of applications, and like us, the Android Police have come across a major annoyance -- apps that generate spam notifications requesting that you install other apps. These...
Domayne and Joyce Mayne now selling Chromebooks
The original launch in Australia saw Google partner with Harvey Norman and JB Hifi to start selling their Chromebooks at retail, but if you would like to get a look at a Chromebook and...
Kobo Arc — Review
Can the Kobo Arc compete with the Nexus 7?
The Nexus 7 has been the dominant 7 inch Android tablet in Australia ever since it launched and other companies are now playing catch up. So...
Ever rooted something and wished you hadn’t? Now you can undo it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_viwAMoIcJM
We at Ausdroid have occasionally experienced this kind of remorse, and no, you dirty people out there, we're not talking about regretting our Saturday night exploits. Rather, we're talking about what happens if you've...
Facebook Home not enough? Facebook Chat Heads might wet your whistle
Facebook Home might not be to your liking; some people like what they've seen, and others surely don't. However, one aspect of the new Facebook experience is available here, now, and it doesn't even...
Facebook Home launches, install it onto any device now
Facebook have today launched Facebook Home -- their replacement launcher for a variety of Android devices (those being: Samsung Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note II, HTC One, One X, One X+). So if you...