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Acer announces new Chromebook and Chromebase for CES
As well as their Iconia One 8 Android tablet, Acer has today announced a couple of new Chrome OS devices with the Chromebase 24...
Acer announces kid friendly Iconia One 8 (B1-850) with sub-US$100 price tag
Like most companies, Acer has also gotten a jump on the CES announcements coming this week announcing a new Android tablet as well as...
Oppo announces camera focused F-series
Chinese phone maker Oppo has announced a new line of phones that will launch this year, with a heavy focus (hah) on photography.
The Oppo...
CES 2016: Lenovo announce new Thinkpad 13 Chromebook
The Conusumer Electronics Show (CES) will kick off officially in Las Vegas this week, but manufacturers are getting in early with announcements and Lenovo...
Movie rental deals on Google Play
Google Play is kicking off the new year with a new deal for movie lovers giving them the opportunity to rent a range of...
CES 2016: Ford Announce Android Auto Support
Android Auto was announced at Google I/O 2014 but it's adoption into cars has been very slow with only a handful of cars offering...
Android Wear category added to Google Play to aid in app discovery and adoption
Whether you just received your first Android Wear device or have been using one for a while you have most likely noticed that app...
CES 2016: Alcatel OneTouch’s Pixi 4 range brings small phones, a phablet and a...
Alcatel OneTouch is revamping its entry level Pixi range, launching the Pixi 4 range of smartphones and a tablet at CES 2016 this week.
The...
Digitally Imported Radio supports Chromecast … and somehow I missed it
Look, we try to post news at Ausdroid, not olds. This is firmly in the latter category, but I have an excuse. Let me...
Motorola Moto G Gen 2 Marshmallow update is in testing
Since announcing their list of devices in line to receive an update to Marshmallow, the question of when Motorola would deliver has been the...
Camera MX brings Apple’s Live Photos to Android
If the idea of breathing a little more life into your photos appeals, then Live Shot, a new feature in AppicLabs Camera MX sounds...
The new X-Files series starts this month and it looks like Mulder has joined...
The team is getting back together! After an extended break from both the large and small screens, Mulder and Scully are returning to our...
Huawei Watch speaker is being activated in the latest Android Wear update being tested
Android Wear is overdue for a general update, the last update saw LTE enabled with the launch of the LG Watch Urbane 2 LTE...
Huawei reports 35% revenue growth in 2015, likely to continue on the up and...
It shouldn't really come as a surprise to anyone that Huawei had a ripper year in 2015, culminating in what can only have been...
Next version of Android to leave behind Oracle’s proprietary Java APIs for OpenJDK
Android was built on top of Java, which began life at Sun Microsystems before being acquired by Oracle. There's been a bit of legal...