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Eli Hayes Healey Foundation fundraiser on Saturday 16 November
In just one week's time now, Saturday 16 November 2013 at 5.30pm, Ausdroid Community Foundation and the Eli Hayes Healey Foundation will be holding their first fundraising gala event at a black tie event...
[Update] Kogan and the GPL
One of the best things about Android is its open source nature. While it is not entirely open source (many apps are not), there is the Android Open Source Project, or AOSP, which...
Nuance updates Swype with Bilingual support and dictation
It seems the keyboard wars are upon us, Google updated their keyboard when Android 4.2 was released with Gesture Typing which was a clear shot across the bow of well known keyboard replacement Swype,...
Telstra Dave sent through Tough Mudder – comes through with flying colours
The Telstra Dave, which launched on Australias largest mobile network last month last month, is a ruggedised beast built by ZTE. Telstra has obviously seen the need for a ruggedised phone in their range,...
Pictures of the back panel of the HTC 2014 flagship model codenamed ‘M8’ leak
The HTC One, launched early this year was known quite early on by it's internal codename 'M7'. At an end of year party last year, video was taken of HTC CEO Peter Chou on-stage...
Sony advises upgrade paths for Android 4.3 and Android 4.4 for Xperia devices.
Sony has updated their blog overnight with updates on their line of Xperia devices, advising exactly which products are getting the newly announced Android 4.4 update, as well as listing the schedule and lineup...
Galaxy Note 3 Experience app lets you try out a Note 3 for free
Are you in the market for a new phone but not sure where to go? Are you considering a Galaxy Note 3, but not really sold on its features?
Samsung wants to help ease...
The ART of turbo charging your Nexus 5
Google's popular new phone, the Nexus 5, certainly is a snappy performer with its top shelf Snapdragon 800 SoC and 2GB of RAM, but there are ways to make it faster again.
For those that...
Google Hangouts 2.0.122 now available in Google Play and rolling out to everyone
The updated Google Hangouts App, which was announced last week just prior to the release of the Nexus 5 and Android 4.4 at their 'Morning With Google' Google+ event has just arrived in...
Google Glass XE11 update rolls out – Take me home tonight
It's time for the latest update to Google Glass to rollout to Glass Explorers. While the product moves closer and closer to a retail release, the updates for the software increase the usefulness of...
Swiftkey advises Emoji Support is coming
If the announcement of system wide Emoji support in Android 4.4 was a defining feature of the update for you, you're still out in the cold when using keyboards such as Swiftkey. We asked...
Google updates Stable, Beta and Developer channels for Chrome
It's rolled around to the average 6 weekly cycle for ChromeOS updates and the Chrome Team has updated the Chrome Releases blog to advise that the Stable, Beta and Developer channels for ChromeOS have...
Google updates Stable, Beta and Developer channels for Chrome
It's rolled around to the average 6 weekly cycle for ChromeOS updates and the Chrome Team has updated the Chrome Releases blog to advise that the Stable, Beta and Developer channels for ChromeOS have...
Samsung Galaxy S4 with Cat4 4G launches November 12 on Telstra
Telstra are looking to launch the Samsung Galaxy S4 with Cat4 4G on November 12 according to a source. The device is identical, in terms of design and most of its hardware, to the...
Google Play Services update disabling Android Device Manger on some devices
The latest update to Google Play Services, the App that Google is using to update older devices with new APIs and services, is having a few teething issues it seems. Android Police have discovered...