Nexus 7 (2013) launches today at retailers across Australia
After going on-sale on Google Play in the UK, Germany, Spain, France and Japan yesterday and in the US in late July. The day is here, the Nexus 7 (2013) is now rolling into retail stores across Australia.
The WiFi...
PSA : Google Play has price protection on hardware
One of the biggest pieces of news today was the slashing of the price of the Nexus 4 through Google Play by $100, leaving the 8GB Nexus 4 at just $249 and the 16GB Nexus 4 at $299 -...
Google Play Gift Cards now available at 7-Eleven
While Woolworths may be the exclusive supermarket retailer of Google Play Gift Cards and BIG W will be the exclusive discount department store, it seems the convenience store supplier was wide open and 7-Eleven has jumped in to fill...
Good Deal: Nexus 4 now $100 off on Google Play Store
I've just received an SMS notifying me that the Nexus 4 has dropped by $100 on the Google Play Store. The price drop puts the 8GB version at $249.00 and the 16GB version at a very affordable $299.00...
Action Launcher Pro v1.9 is out now
Aussie developer Chris Lacy has done some great work, starting with Tweet Lanes which was later handed over to the community to drive due to Twitter's token limitations and now with the replacement launcher; Action Launcher Pro.
While Action Launcher...
BBM for Android, Coming to Samsung Galaxy devices first
As we reported a few days ago, BBM (or Blackberry Messenger) is confirmed for Android and it's coming soon, but further information in the form of a leaked advert from Samsung has shown that the messaging platform is likely...
Virgin Mobile release My Account app for Android
Virgin Mobile has today announced their new Android App - My Account - is available to download from Google Play.
The App, which is described in their Google Play description as an 'initial release' is primarily a usage meter. The...
Samsung hub rolling out to certain Samsung Devices
It seems Samsung Hub, which we reported about back a few weeks ago, is now rolling out via an update through the Samsung Apps store on certain Samsung Devices.
The update, which not only brings it in line with what...
Developer guidelines for Google Play updated – Airpush ads are Gooooooorne
Google Play Developers all received an email yesterday morning, outlining some changes that will now be applied to submissions to Google Play, they involve an update to the way ads are displayed, an update to the existing 'Hate Speech'...
Beautiful Android # 5
Welcome to the fifth edition of our Beautiful Android series, in which we highlight some of the most beautiful and useful applications available for the Android platform. As you'll see below, Android has truly come a long way since...
BBM for Android, ready or not it’s coming
Blackberry announced that Blackberry Messenger (BBM) was coming to Android and iOS 'this summer' at their developer conference back in May, but since then there has not been much in the way of further information on release dates.
There was...
Chrome Beta for Android updated; brings improved navigation gestures and search-by-image
The beta channel of Chrome for Android is far superior to the stable version in every possible way. It's so very much faster, but it also has some cool features that are missing from the mainstream version. This morning,...
Google Play Store the out trumps Nintendo and Sony in gamer spending
Well Ladies and Gentlemen, it's official. Revenue from Google Play Games have surpassed spending on games from the now former top two heavyweights of the handheld gaming world - Nintendo and Sony - at least according to a combined...
Asphalt 8: Airborne from Gameloft spins onto Google Play
After being announced for release on August 8th at the Breakfast with Sundar event, where it was shown off as an example of how good the Nexus 7 (2013) and OpenGL 3.0 ES could look Asphalt 8: Airborne from...
Google Now updated to provide car rentals, concert tickets and more
Google Now is a great tool, it provides some pretty great contextual information based on time, date, locations as well as serving up information on upcoming events and your recent searches and it's getting better, if you live...