Security researchers find flaw in Android that affects 99% of devices
The security research team at Bluebox has announced partial details behind a potential security flaw that has been present in Android since version 1.6(Donut) and makes 99% of Android devices vulnerable to attack.
The flaw lies in the encryption of...
Falcon Pro now free; if you have your own token
Falcon Pro is one of the most popular third party Twitter clients available for Android and has received a lot of attention lately due to it hitting the maximum number of users Twitter is allowing for third party clients.
Well,...
Telstra offering $50 Google Play vouchers with new handset purchases
Telstra has tonight confirmed that Google Play Store Gift Cards are indeed coming to Australia, advising Ausdroid that anyone purchasing an eligible Android handset between 2 July and 2 September 2013 will receive a $50 gift card to spend...
Is Google readying to launch Play Store Gift Cards in Australia?
Back in March, we noted that Google was just about to announce Google Play Gift Cards for the UK market, and then they did. Well, in the last 24 hours, we've seen some tips indicating that such a launch...
Skype Passes 100M Android Installs and Launches Redesigned 4.0
Skype for Android has reached a significant milestone by passing the 100 million install mark on Android devices and they have decided to celebrate by releasing version 4.0 of the app and bringing with it a completely redesigned UI.
Today...
ABC Android app adds ABC produced TV content for streaming
The latest update to the ABC Android app has added in the ability to stream ABC produced TV shows as on demand. This long awaited feature has been delivered without Adobe Flash and is hopefully a promise of further...
Google might be lining up for more of a take from Play Store sales
In South Korea, Google is apparently in negotiation with local carriers to take a larger slice of the revenue pie from the Play Store, according to local analysts.
At present, Google's revenue share in Korea looks like this - 70%...
Google Earth 7.1 for Android, now with Street View
Google Earth has been around for about 8 years now, giving us access to satellite images of places most of us can only dream of visiting. Now Google Earth for Android has been updated to 7.1.1, this time bringing...
Vine updated to enable front-facing camera
Taking selfies just got significantly easier, thanks to Vine's latest update. Twitter's short video social network added the ability to take videos using the front-facing camera today, along with some 'performance improvements'. Many Android users were put off initially...
Microsoft clarifies: Age of Empires is coming to Android,no other Xbox titles
Earlier in the week, we heard that Microsoft were bringing a free-to-play version of Age of Empires to Android in the near future. This was expected to be the first of many Xbox titles to be ported to Android...
Facebook announces beta programme to help make theirAndroid application better
Facebook is the most popular application in the Play Store, and despite their impressive effort over the past 12 months, it's still pretty horrible. Notifications don't work consistently, content is slow to load, and it still doesn't use the...
Updated Camera App now available to download – Photospheres on non-Nexus devices!
With the ROM dumps for the Google Edition HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4 now out in the wild, it was only going to be a matter of time before things were pulled from it, first the Boot Animation...
Updated Camera app included in ‘Google Edition’ Galaxy S4 and HTC One
The last we saw of Android 4.3 was it running on a Nexus 4 at the Thailand Mobile Expo, where an XDA user managed to take some snaps and a video of an updated Camera App that included a...
Google launches HTC One and Galaxy S4 ‘Google Editions’ in US Play Store
Google has put the HTC One and Samsung 'Google Edition' phones on-sale in the Play Store as an exclusive for the US. Orders are being taken now and the phones will begin shipping on July 9th. The 32GB HTC...
Vine vs Instagram Video – Which will you choose?
Hot on the heels of Twitter-owned Vine's long awaited Android release, Facebook-owned Instagram last week launched an updated app (version 4) featuring video capabilities for both iOS and Android.
For months and months we were told that Vine was coming...