Play store acknowledges and resolves package file invalid error when installing or updating apps
The annoying "package file is invalid" error, which recently began appearing on devices for a large number of Android users has been marked as resolved by Google Play Support.
First reported to Google Play on August 7, 2013, the...
Tapatalk 4 – On Sale for Launch
Last week we reported that the Tapatalk 4 Beta would progress to a release version this week and as expected it's happened. The app has taken the best of Tapatalk, Tapatalk HD and combined it with their findings...
Google+ for Android updated to version 4.1 – Hangouts is in, messenger is out
Android Social Networking engineer Virgil Dobjanschi has today announced that the latest update to the Google+ for Android app, contains five 'highly-requested improvements'. The update which should rollout to Google Play over the next few days, will see many...
Get your ABC iview content with unofficial client – aview
If you, like Huawei, really can't wait till the end of the year for the official ABC iview client to arrive so you can access the streaming content available for viewing from the ABC, then you may want to...
Huawei calls out ABC over missing iview app for Android
As Android users we all celebrated the recent movements from the ABC in introducing video streaming into their ABC app for Android, and then a further update which saw them announce an Android App was in the works and...
Google Play Textbooks live in the US – no Australian launch information known at...
Announced at the recent 'Breakfast with Sundar' event which saw the launch of the Nexus 7, Chromecast and Android 4.3, Google Play Textbooks was semi-overshadowed by some larger announcements but that's not to say it's not a valuable service...
Virgin Australia and Qantas to start streaming content to your personal devices inflight
Air travel can be boring at the best of time, especially the domestic flights that don't include any on-board entertainment. Both Virgin Australia and Qantas have somewhat ameliorated this by doling out tablets - iPads for Qantas, Galaxy Tabs...
WhatsApp gets update with one press record-and-send features
If your one of the many thousand Android users who use WhatsApp, then you may have noticed that an update has become available within the Play Store which brings a more refined experience and feel to the app, but...
Latest Vine update brings push notifications and additional sharing options
According to a number of people and articles around, many feel that Twitter's Video sharing social app - Vine - is dying a slow painful death because of the recently introduced 15 second video sharing feature in Instagram. Well,...
Singtel looking to enable NFC Payments in Australia and Singapore with Visa partnership
Singtel the parent company of Australian mobile operator Optus has announced a partnership with Visa to allow their customers to use their NFC enabled phones to make payments at NFC Paywave enabled terminals across Australia and Singapore.
The partnership will...
App to share media from Dropbox to Chromecast shown off
With a large number of mainstream applications working on Chromecast support, it's great to see other developers also working on their own Chromecast applications and well known Android developer Koush has already shown off an app that shares local...
Google announces new service coming to help track your lost Android device
There are a variety of third party applications that promise to track your Android device when you lose them, some of them have varying degrees of success. Today the Official Android blog has announced that something new called 'Android...
Tapatalk 4 Beta moving to release next week.
Earlier this year in May, the team at Tapatalk released Tapatalk 4 Beta through the Play Store for users to have a look at. Frankly it's great, it takes the best of the original Tapatalk, Tapatalk HD and...
Motorola Migrate eases the pain of moving to a new phone
Soon after the Motorola Connect Chrome extension launched last night, Motorola launched another companion app called Motorola Migrate. It's an Android app available from Google Play store, aimed at transferring important things like contacts, music, messages, photos and videos...
CyanogenMod’s new camera application, Focal, now availiable to download
Last week, CyanogenMod announced that they were working on a completely new camera experience for their ROM to replace the rather bland and featureless application that Google have made. Taking features from manufacturers like HTC and Samsung, whose...