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YouTube announced HDR video for the service and a partnership with GoPro during their...
YouTube’s chief business officer, Robert Kyncl, was a surprise attendee and presenter at the GoPro keynote at CES last week, taking the opportunity to...
Huawei P8 Lite — Review
Here at Ausdroid we get to review a lot of high end phones and it’s what we all love to do. The problem...
GoPuck’s USB power banks have a few tricks up their sleeves
Tucked away on a small stand at CES' Tech West venue, I found a company called GoPuck making USB power banks with a focus...
Speck’s Pocket VR is a collapsible Cardboard viewer
Case manufacturer Speck raised eyebrows with its new Pocket VR Cardboard viewer at CES this week.
Pocket VR is so named because it can fold...
Nextbit’s Robin smartphone is nearly ready for launch – Australian hands-on
Nextbit made headlines in September with the launch of its Kickstarter campaign, seeking $500k for production of its Robin smartphone. Fast forward to January...
Android Auto at CES – new products from Pioneer, Kenwood and Parrot
Considering its a good 18 months since Google announced its Android Auto initiative, it's taken a while for compatible head units to become readily...
There’s a colourful new Weather Card coming in search and Google Now
While searching the weather in Australia isn't exactly using the best information, the search card that appears in Google Now and mobile search results...
Motorola officially clarifies brand strategy moving forward
Yesterday's C-Net interview with Motorola CEO Rick Osterloh surfaced the issue of the Motorola brand being removed from phones moving forward. Today, Motorola has...
Malware apps found and removed from the Play Store
It really shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that there are malicious people out there who are coding all sorts of things in...
HTC Vive Pre – Australian eyes-on
There's been a lot of interest in HTC's SteamVR-powered Vive system since its announcement early last year, and some of us in the Ausdroid...
Samsung Pay to launch in Australia in 2016
Samsung has had a relatively quiet CES in terms of Mobile, though with an expected Unpacked 2016 event in Spain around MWC for the...
Samsung is working on a 360º camera, too, likely called the Gear 360
Samsung has filed a trademark application for "Gear 360" in its home of South Korea, suggesting the launch of a 360º virtual reality camera...
Samsung could be working on a foldable smartphone this year – Analysts
Look, I'm no industry analyst, and sometimes I wonder where they come up with some of the weird predictions they do, but this one...
Google and Lenovo announce the first consumer Project Tango phone – coming in Winter...
Google's Project Tango has been brewing as a development platform since it was announced in February last 2014, today Google has announced their plans...
Belkin announced a bunch of new USB-C cables and products at CES and they’re...
CES is a great big hive of new technology, but it's also the showcase for new cables and the little accessories that help you...