2019 was going to be the year of the foldable, at least that’s what we all thought at MWC this year when we got our first glimpse of the new devices. For us, there was a clear favourite of the two main foldable phones and that was the Huawei Mate …

These days everyone is trying to get in on the smart home game, and unlike some aspects of our modern tech life, much of the smart home caper is found in walled gardens. Fortunately the tide is changing, and the latest smart home gear is coming from D-Link in the …

While Google has never bothered to release a Wear OS device it seems some of their partners are more than happy to keep investing in the platform. Misfit (a Fossil company) has announced their latest Wear OS Smartwatch this week, the all new Vapor X. Surprisingly the Vapor X doesn’t …

With the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 event clearly in the rear-view mirror, we missed the rumoured opportunity for Samsung to release a successor to the Galaxy Watch, potentially the Galaxy Watch 2. However, a new filing with the FCC outlines a new “smart wearable” with a familiar round face. According …

It’s the little things in life that often make a big difference. Things like fingerprint sensors, headphones jacks (editors note: for some people stuck in 2014) and full screen displays just make technology better. When it comes to reading and writing on the web, fonts can make a huge difference …

Living in Australia is awesome, unless you want a decent broadband connection or the latest in technology. It seems Fossil would like to fix one of those problems. Speaking with Fossil Australia, they have confirmed that in addition to their new Generation 5 Wear OS smartwatch already being available online …

Passwords can’t go away fast enough, and if you’re the family tech support guy or gal I’m sure you’d agree. Assisting family and colleges with “lost” passwords is just no fun any more. Google has just announced another milestone in the eventual reduction if not replacement of passwords, on device …

OEMs are always striving to be different, sometimes this results in fantastic innovations and sometimes we get notches in our displays. Depending on where you sit on easy access or screen smudging, your feelings on in-display fingerprint sensors may vary. All of that aside Huawei has shown off proof of …

With Google Trips becoming the latest product that Google has killed off people who used the server have been hoping for a solution a little better than Google’s new Travel website, especially on mobile. In a blog post today they announced that the future trip tracking features will be rolled …

As we consume more and more disposable technology it becomes ever-more important that those products are made sustainably, and it seems Google’s hardware team agrees as they move towards a greener hardware future. In a blog post today Google’s hardware arm has made a series of commitments to move towards …

As another month ticks over Google is right on track to send out both the August Android Security patch as well as device specific patches for Pixel devices going back all the way to the original Pixel and Pixel XL phones. The patch notes don’t include any major changes in …

With the smart home – or is that helpful home? – gaining mainstream consumer traction we are seeing more and more OEMs bring their wares to Australia. Lenovo has been in and around the space for a while now with their original Smart Displays and more recently the first Assistant-powered …

Late last month, the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) handed down it’s final ‘Digital platforms Inquiry’ report. We’re still pawing through the 600-odd pages of the report to get a full understanding of the 23 recommendation the protection agency has outlined. From the 23 recommendations one thing jumped out …

Back in October last year Google announced that Google Lens was coming to mobile search but wait, you say, I already have Google Lens on my phone. The difference here is that Lens will now be available via the image search results rather than running on your phone, in the …

Have you ever heard the term optimising for growth? Well it looks like hat’s what Netflix is trying to do, with a “mobile-only” plan launched overnight in India as rumoured last week. Netflix is working had to get more subscribers for its service, especially after missing recent growth forecasts. Offering …