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Samsung Rumoured To Be Abandoning Their Home Button On the Galaxy S8
Someone at Samsung seems to be slowly leaking details of the Samsung Galaxy S8, probably in a bid to build up anticipation for the...
Google Play Movies coming to more places in more resolutions, including Samsung TVs
Google Play Movies has announced that you will now be able to install a native Play Movies app onto all 2016 - and presumably...
Report: Samsung Galaxy S8 won’t have a 3.5mm headphone jack
Samsung are going to make a move bound to be unpopular with a few when they release the Galaxy S8 next February, according to...
Android Tablets — Have they gone the way of the dinosaur?
A couple of weeks ago you may have read Scott's opinion piece on Android Tablets. I suppose you might consider this story to be...
Google releases December 2016 Android distribution figures.. Nougat only at 0.4%
The final results are in for 2016, and the distribution figures for Android show that little by way of surprise; based on the devices...
Meizu Launch The Meizu Band — Plus Hands On Review
Meizu, while relatively unknown here in Australia, is one of the biggest smartphone manufacturers in China having received an investment of $590 million from...
Google joins other tech companies to jointly fight Terrorist Content Online
Google's YouTube has partnered with Facebook, Microsoft and Twitter to create a central database of flagged Terrorist content that would allow the partner organisation,...
Scott: What’s In My Bag?
Each week I get people asking me what devices I am carrying that week and while it might change often due to review devices...
UPDATE: it’s live. Westpac may be launching Android Pay as early as today
According to a tip we received this morning (thanks Eli!) it looks as if Westpac maybe launching Android Pay in the very near future....
Report suggests aggressive design may have been Samsung Galaxy Note 7’s downfall
While we await Samsung's report into what happened with the Galaxy Note 7 (promised by the end of the year), others aren't waiting for...
Samsung Offers Update Pack For Gear S2 That Includes Many S3 Goodies
I am yet to come across someone that does not love the design of either of the Samsung Gear S3 smartwatches. Even with...
Google releases personal safety app Trusted Contacts
Personal safety is something many of us take for granted, but it's something that can be cause for concern for a great many more. How...
Android 7.1.1 update now ready for download from Google – Factory images, OTAs now...
It's December 6th and right on schedule, Google has released the latest Android update to Android 7.1.1 for all of their currently supported hardware....
Google launches shop.tap.reward with Android Pay in the UK
For those Android Pay users living in the UK, Google has an early Christmas present for you. Each time you use Android Pay to...
Rollout of Android 7.0 Nougat to LG G5 commences in Australia
For those who bought in to LG G5's promises this year, you're about to become one of the first device owners in Australia to...