Facing mass user exodus, WhatsApp extends privacy deadline to May 15
If you've read the news - even in the mainstream - in the last week or two, you'd have heard about WhatsApp and its new privacy policy. Claimed to allow Facebook to do everything from reading your messages to...
Samsung gives everyone Google Messages on Galaxy S21 range .. except US buyers
For as long as I can recall, Samsung has had its own messaging app for Android phones, and for just about as long, it hasn't been especially good. One of the beautiful things about Android is that you can...
LG CES Roundup: Intriguing rollable phone, Google Stadia on webOS 5 & 6, new...
LG made a lot of announcements at CES 2021, here's a roundup of some news that's of interest to Ausdroid readers:
Two project explorer concept devices make it to production and sale
LG's Project Explorer continues and it's second device will...
Whatsapp responds to the Facebook furore
A few days ago something of a storm erupted around the changes to the Whatsapp privacy policy and the requirement to share certain data with Facebook. While the changes do result in a not-insignificant amount of data being...
Whatsapp: Share with Facebook or leave
Whatsapp is one of the biggest cross-platform messaging options available. The problem is, it's owned by Facebook and very soon you have the not option but to share your details/ data with Facebook or leave. The updated...
Google releases updated statement regarding the News Media Bargaining Code
Google has today announced an updated statement regarding the News Media Bargaining Code, ahead of the final review of the new code Law in front of a Senate Committee. Google Australia’s head, Mel Silva, is doubling down on the...
Android Origami from the Android Developers channel
Well, this was an unexpected find on the Android Developers YouTube Channel: a "fold along" origami tutorial to make your very own Android logo.
It's pretty cute and well put together but be warned, it's got a lot of steps...
Google Family link not meeting your needs? What are the other options on Android?
It's that time of year when many users, particularly kids have new devices in their pockets. What this means for parents who've just moved to the world of connected kids is concern over what they may be accessing.
There are...
Google Photos adds the ability to make a 2D photo a 3D “Cinematic” representation
At this time of year most people love to look back over not just the previous year but over many memories of family and friends. You can do this with Google Photos in Memories and now Google is...
Update: Services are back online – Multiple Google services are down, it’s not just...
Update: 11:30pm - Services have been restored.
Following plenty of reports in short succession, a quick check shows that Google services are down. This appears to be a major incident in that it's not just web interfaces but appears...
Todoist’s integration with Google Assistant gets a refresh
There are a lot of task management apps available in the current era. In total honesty, they really do mostly the same things and it comes as a matter of preference in which you use. At Ausdroid we use...
You can now finally add Google Home Routines to your homescreen
I've wanted to do it for a long time and is one of the many things missing from Google Home and its home operations (so much so that I've switched over to Alexa for most of my home control)...
Google data gives more insight into Australia’s year in search
The global landscape changes every year, but 2020 had been something many of us would rather forget. Regardless of the year's events as individuals, the year in search released by Google often reminds us of major events --...
Google releases the December Pixel Feature Drop with a lot of new features for...
One of the best reasons to buy a Google Pixel is the regular updates they receive. Google have also begun dropping regular feature updates (every three months) bringing new features to their Pixels, even old ones with newer...
Thanks to Google’s new publisher tool, ebooks could soon become audiobooks
The AI text to speech capability has improved steadily for a number of years and with the new publisher tool, your ebooks could soon become audiobooks. Publishers in the UK and U.S.A. will have access to automatically generated narrators so that...