Samsung Galaxy S5 will come with up to $500 worth of free ‘gifts’
Samsung is pulling out all the stops when it comes to making sure the Galaxy S5 is full of incentives to people looking to purchase a flagship smartphone, offering some bonus offers from services like the Wall Street Journal,...
NRL updates their Android team Apps for the 2014 season
Mount up NRL Fans, the NRL has updated their Android offerings in Google Play releasing a whole new lineup of Apps for the 2014 season.
Just ahead of this weekends official start to the 2014 season the NRL has...
Nokia X gets root, Google Apps, Google Play store and Now Launcher
With the launch of the Microsoft/Nokia services focused Nokia X series of phones, the race is seemingly on for the first person to get as many Google services working on them as soon as possible. At least one has...
Trend Micro unveils new mobile security solutions for smartphones
It seems odd to be reporting on mobile Internet Security after this morning reading about how Google is addressing malicious Apps on Android, but Trend Micro has just unveiled two new mobile security solutions for Android (and iOS) devices...
The next Google Play Services update will increase security by constantly scanning Apps
Google Play Services, the background service which allows Google to update almost ALL devices running Android(approximately 99% of them in total) with features and fixes is about to get another update and this one will be looking further at...
Any.Do releases Cal 1.1 with new heads-up feature
Any.Do have released a new version of their popular calendar application, known simply as Cal, which brings the new 'HeadsUp' feature to the masses, after testing in beta for the last couple of weeks.
HeadsUp will pop up a special...
Google Now launcher now in Google Play for all Nexus and GPE devices
When Google updated Google Search for Android which introduced the Google Now launcher, they put in place the functionality and ability to be a standalone launcher that hinted at a possible launch to Google Play at a future date,...
[MWC 2014] HTC ‘Power to Give’ lets you use your phone’s idle CPU time...
Distributed computing projects are nothing new, but so far none have leveraged the ubiquity of the modern smartphone. During their press conference at MWC this morning, HTC announced the 'Power to Give' programme, which will initially target unused CPU...
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras finally brings its Android app out of the...
Well its that time of the year again where curling wands are flying around, glitter fills the night sky and music beats out loud to the sound of the nightlife folk. Yes it's the annual Sydney Gay & Lesbian...
Google Currents now merged with Newsstand in recent update
Well its official, Google Currents, which was a beautiful looking newsreader App, which allowed users to keep up to date with their favourite leading publications, from breaking news headlines to blogs all in one neat package has finally bitten...
Facebook buys WhatsApp for $US19b, nets 400 million daily users
It must be nice to have billions of dollars to throw around. That's just what Facebook has done, announcing today the purchase of WhatsApp Inc (and its eponymous cross-platform messaging app) for a cool $US 19 billion in cash...
TuneIn Radio Pro now allows you to record to SD card
The makers of TuneIn Radio Pro have rolled out a new update which gives users the ability to record radio to their SD card. Of course there are other new features as well, but this is the headline. TuneIn...
LG adds more smarts to Knockon with Knockcode
Last week, LG revealed revealed to Korean press the latest device to follow up from its G Pro smartphone, the LG G Pro 2
The press were invited to have hands on experience with the G Pro 2 whilst also...
Strava Cycling — App Review
With so many running, cycling and various assorted fitness apps out there at the moment I thought I would take a look at one of the more popular cross fitness styled applications, Strava.
Immediately there's a lot to...
Blackberry’s BBM receives update to 2.0, new features added
Blackberry has begun pushing out an update for its messaging services, BBM, to Android, iOS and Blackberry users which has brought a raft of new and additional features which the company originally announced late last year.
The features which the...