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Sonic the Hedgehog games on sale until New Years Day
If you're like us this time of year, you might be looking for something to fill in the gaps between your Christmas commitments, and what better way to spend some spare time than playing...
Oppo N1: CyanogenMod Edition
Back at the start of December Oppo announced the Oppo N1 which comes with an option to flash/install CyanogenMod custom ROM on it. At the time they also said that there will be a...
Play This: Colossatron
Aussie developer Halfbrick Studios have unleashed their latest creation, and this time it's a doozy - meet Colossatron!
A giant robot snake is heading to Earth to wreak havoc and destruction. Where most games would...
Boxing Day Deal: Google Play Gift Cards will be 10% off at Big W
This weeks' catalog reveals that Big W will be selling Google Play Gift Cards at a 10% discount in their Boxing Day sales. We'll do the math for you - that's $10 value for...
ACF Christmas Raffle — Winners Draw
Ladies and Gents, our Christmas raffle closed at 5pm, and as promised, we've conducted the draw nice and quickly so the winners can receive their prizes as soon as possible.
The winners, as drawn by...
Motorola Moto G — First Impressions
When we heard that Motorola were launching a capable quad core smartphone with an HD display for the paltry sum of $200, we took notice. Motorola are becoming known as makers of good handsets...
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas now available in Google Play – sort of
Grab your pistol and pimp your ride, you're heading back to Los Santos, the original Los Santos. Before GTA V made Los Santos a beautifully rendered city of the stars, Los Santos was the...
ROM Manager app pulled from Google Play Store for IAP violations
Popular app ROM Manager from developer Koushik "Koush" Dutta has been removed from the Play Store by Google for violation of the Google Play Developer Program policies. In particular, Koush's app fell afoul of...
Sony begins Android 4.3 rollout to Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z Ultra
The Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z Ultra should start seeing Android 4.3 on their handsets quite shortly, with Sony announcing that the rollout is now underway to unlocked handsets.
The update will add 'Project Butter'...
Fitbit App now supports selected Nexus and Motorola devices
Fitbit has just announced to it's Beta tester group that the App available through the Google Play store is now supporting Sync support for selected Nexus and Motorola devices.
The v1.8.4 of the Fitbit App...
Blackberry Messenger (BBM) to come pre-installed on LG Smartphones
Blackberry is refusing to fade quietly into the night, and has announced a partnership with (successful) smartphone maker LG to have the BBM (Blackberry Messenger) app pre-installed on certain LG smartphones.
This will start...
Add a cool new theme to your Swiftkey Beta Keyboard
Emoji are cool, but Swiftkey have gone one step cooler - and at this time of year in Australia we need as many cool things as possible - introducing an 'Ice' theme...
Dropbox updated to include invites to shared folders and in-app purchases
The Dropbox app for a while has allowed users to share an existing folder with anyone, so long as they have the shared folder URL. Unfortunately the contact that the folder would be shared...
Go caroling with Google Now
Its seems Google is starting to get into the festive season with the latest update appearing in Google Now.
The feature allows user to take part in the carolling or karaoke if you must be...
Transport Tycoon now available from the Play Store
Earlier in the year we reported that Transport Tycoon was looking at coming back to life and onto Android devices before the end of 2013 and it seems the Transport games has been released...