Google acquires Word Lens makers Quest Visual to help make Google Translate better
Google pretty much wins when it comes to translation software, but there's been one company making a name for themselves when it comes to visual translations - Word Lens, but Google Translate is about to improve that aspect of...
Many Epson printers can now be used with Android KitKat printing support
Android 4.4 KitKat introduced a fairly cool new feature for people who simply must have some things on paper, allowing direct printing from your Android device to a supported printer.
Unfortunately, most printers weren't supported to begin with, with primarily...
Google Now will now remind you to pay (some of) your bills
A little while back, when an update to the Google Search for Android app showed some hidden strings, it looked as if Google Now was going to remind you to pay your bills.
Now, it seems, it will be doing...
Google Maps now gives you “quick facts” about the biggest tourist attractions worldwide
Google Maps has been given a small update to include a new info card containing quick facts when you look up popular tourist attractions.
Shown above, the new expandable window "quick facts" gives you bite sized factoids about some...
Google adds PayPal as a payment option in Google Play for 12 countries –...
Google wants you to purchase content from Google Play, and they're trying to make it as easy as possible. Google has recognised that two-thirds of purchases from Google Play occur outside of the United States, and they're moving to...
New Foursquare app Swarm hits Google Play
Announced earlier this month, the new app from Foursquare which will take-over the check-in aspect of the location based App, as well as adding functionality to find your friends and organise your outings - Swarm - has just landed...
Google adds Nexus 5 snap cases to the Play Store from $29.99
Nexus 5 accessories, at least the official kind, aren't too many in number, but if you've tried out the other cases for last year's Nexus headliner, you might be tempted by a new option: a range of five snap-cases...
Monument Valley now available to everyone in Google Play for $4.99
We first saw Monument Valley on Android a couple of weeks ago, when developer ustwo began asking for volunteers to sign up to the Beta to test the game out before a wider release. The signups quickly closed, and...
Use Twitter? Dislike noisy users? Twitter’s fixing that, finally.
Are you a Twitter user forever frustrated by some users who decide to engage in back-to-back tweets from time to time? For example, do you have that one friend who you love talking to, but they like to live-tweet...
LoopWallet offers a different way of using your Android to pay
Available in iOS land for awhile now, Loop has now made their mobile payment technology available to Android users for the first time. Pictured above (right) is the Loop dongle which allows this magic to occur.
You see, Loop doesn't...
Google Maps version 8.0; walk through of new features
Last week, Google updated Maps to version 8.0, and while we gave you a quick rundown of the new features, it's worth taking a closer look at some of them and showing you the new interface for navigation, route...
Pie Control — Pie For Everyone
For those of you who do not follow the custom ROM (Android operating system) scene, you may not have heard of Pie. Well, you may have heard of pie but not in the Android sense. Pie is the use...
Do you listen to Google Play Music on a Mac? Try Radiant Player
Google Play Music is a service that we're quite fond of on Ausdroid; yes, it's just one of many streaming music players, but this one is Google and its well integrated with our Android devices, and so it gets...
GEL XPOSED Settings are back!
For all the Xposed users out there it was a bad day when the popular module for GEL settings was rendered useless. But in the latest update the bug was fixed.
Google sent out an update for Google Now Launcher, which obfuscated...
Telstra puts the AFL on your wrist with AFL Live for Pebble
Telstra today announced that they're bringing a Pebble companion app for their AFL Live app on iOS and Android.
The app allows Pebble owners to view real-time AFL Live scores and updates directly from their watch - something Telstra says...