Apps, Games & Google Services

Since the introduction of RCS, we've seen a continual push from Google to improve their Messages app. This has been feature tweaks, improvements and additions. We're seeing another one that could be landing soon thanks to an...

Social media can be a harsh mistress, particularly if you're in the influencing realm. So much so that not enough likes can have an effect on your income or even mental health. Finally, the big players --...

It's been far too long in the making, but Fitbit has finally started to roll out 2-factor authentication (2FA) to accounts. Now, by all reports, the rollout is in the early stages and only available to selected users...

If you've ever been a visitor to Sydney or even a local, sometimes wayfinding can be an utter pain in the backside, especially at some busy, inner city stations (here's looking at you Central, Town Hall and Wynyard) and...

You'd probably be hard-pressed to find someone who isn't sharing at least one streaming account with family or friends. For consumers, it's a great thing because we're saving money. For the businesses such as Disney Plus, Stan,...

After a fairly significant hiatus due to being flooded with requests, Twitter is almost ready to reopen its verification process. This reopening will include some improved guidelines outlining expectations for users who wish to become "blue tick" verified. https://twitter.com/verified/status/1395400234952441862 You'll...

When the messaging war began, who knew we would end up with over a dozen viable options? The issue that most people face is that not everyone you want to message is on a single platform. So you're...

It's been a bone of contention for quite some time, but it appears that Google may be about to show some love to tablets. The APK teardown by XDA developers shows some work going on to make Google...

Social media has a huge role to play in society these days, particularly when it comes to general communication and inclusivity. Instagram has joined the growing number of social platforms that now allow users to add pronouns to...

With every Google account, you get a small amount of free storage available. For many users that is more than enough to last them for quite some time. But if you're using Google Drive, Photos, Docs, Sheets...

It's easy to get caught up in everything being on our phones these days, but the reality is many of us email or message ourselves to get data between PC and phone. It's that exact driver that brought...

If there was ever any doubt that Facebook has a stranglehold on the messaging market, they've hit 5 billion installs on another messaging app. Following -- Facebook-owned -- WhatsApp hitting the marker in January 2020, Messenger has also...

Social media can be a wonderful, entertaining thing, or it can be cesspool of misinformation perpetuated by laziness. Thankfully last year, Twitter started prompting users to read articles before re-tweeting, now Facebook is ready to follow that example. https://twitter.com/fbnewsroom/status/1391816265891778560 The...

Since the announcement that WhatsApp was changing their privacy policy and sharing more data with Facebook, there's been quite the buzz. This has resulted in a lot of concern about user privacy and a fairly significant exodus of...

After being at home for much of 2020 during 2021 I've been travelling around Sydney more and when I'm in a rush or public transport isn't convenient at night I've been catching rideshare cars. My guess is that many Australians...