PSA: Redeem your Google Play Credit from Nestlé Australia by May 31st or lose...
Just when you thought that the Google/Nestlé Australia KitKat promotion was over there's just one more thing as a certain tech company likes to say at their launches. This afternoon, Nestlé Australia began sending out emails to entrants in...
Rdio and Crackle add more content for you to Chromecast
Once the Google Chromecast Developer SDK was finally released for official builds, there has been a pretty constant stream (see what I did there?) of new content that you can play through your Chromecast. Now Rdio, Vudu and Crackle...
VLC Beta gets an update
VLC is one of the most popular, open source media players across popular platforms including Windows, Linux as well as Mobile OS'. The Beta for Android has received a UI update that is moving towards the trend in...
PayPal Here brings new Chip & PIN card reader to Australia
PayPal Australia has launched the next generation of PayPal Here, an app and bluetooth device combination that enables Australian business signed up to PayPal Here to take transactions from Chip & PIN enabled credit and debit cards, wherever their...
Chrome Remote Desktop app for Android appears, but it’s in private beta
Google is continuing to push its Chrome browser into new areas, and this week it's started privately testing an Android client for Chrome Remote Desktop (aka "Chromoting"), making good on a promise from nearly a year ago.
You can use...
How an Australian company is helping promote Google Play in the US and beyond
Sydney based company Tapit — which just so happens to be one of the market leaders in the Near Field Communications (NFC) marketing world — have just announced their newest campaign working with Google in the US. The campaign will use NFC...
Google Play gets more social, incorporates My Play Activites and recommendations from friends form...
My Play Activities has arrived on the Play Store, it's a one stop shop for you to see all of the items that you've given a +1, review or shared to G+. There's also a new section in the...
Facebook updates its Messenger service for Android – lets users pin chats right to...
Facebook has unleashed an update to its Messenger service for Android users which allow users to 'pin' their chats right to their home screen.
The update, bringing the app to version 4.0, brings it into line with the recent iOS...
Vine now allows users to chat and message friends
Vine — the service for sharing short videos — has announced overnight that it has added a new feature to the service, enabling users to message and chat with friends and followers.
The Twitter-owned service has begun the rollout for the...
ChatON updated with new languages and functions
Samsung's own answer to Whatsapp, ChatON has been updated and posted to the Google Play Store and the Samsung App Store. Adding a handful of new features, some minor bug fixes and improvements to existing functions; the app is...
Google updates Play Newsstand, Movies & TV along with Google Keep apps for Android...
Google has begun to push out a updates for Google Play NewsStand, Movies & TV following the update to Google Keep. The updates bring a few new features and minor changes within the each of the apps -- let's...
Google Opinion Rewards now available in Australia
If you're willing to fill in a survey or two in exchange for credit in Google Play, then Google Opinion Rewards is for you. The app is now available in Australia, as well as Canada and the UK.
It's a...
Google Play Gift cards begin showing up at more stores
Google Play Gift Cards are rolling out to more retailers now, expanding availability to more people. They have now been spotted at Coles as we previously reported, but have now been confirmed at Target, JB Hifi, Australia Post and...
Blackberry updates its BBM app – Brings new features to users
Blackberry has announced that an upgrade to its BBM messaging service app which brings a whole new raft of features users have been wanting the Canadian company to bring.
BlackBerry has launched stickers for its messaging app, similar to what...
Google testing new Gmail app
It looks like Google are testing a new Gmail app for Android and from what I can tell there are some nice changes heading our way.
As with most Google updates these days this one is bringing with it a...