Game Review: PUK
I am a fan of simple games. You know, the sort of game you can pick up and play for a few minutes and then forget about. PUK is one of those games, well at least it should be.
The...
Google Play Magazines updated with a new UI
Quite a few of the 'Best of Google' apps have seen some pretty nice updates over the last few days bringing the new user interface that Google are promoting which includes the new Navigation drawer. Today Google Play Magazines...
A new phone from Samsung, new claims in the Apple patent war
Here we go again: another phone from Samsung brings another claim of patent infringement from Apple. While the issue Apple has with the Galaxy S4 is essentially the same as they had with the Samsung Galaxy S III...
Two-step auth for Twitter, a bit late for some but it’s finally here
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Twitter Inc. has announced today that they've enabled two-step authentication for users of their social networking service. Like most other services offering two-step authentication, you need to give Twitter a secondary point of contact before you can enable it...
Google Drive update brings new functions
Google have today announced some updates to Google Drive which should bring some further happiness to users of their Android app.
The new Drive app allows you to quickly preview documents card-style, as you can on the desktop, which is...
Chrome for Android goes full screen
Last month I told you about some new features that had been added to Chrome Beta and today those new features have made their way into the stable release of Chrome.
Today we finally see the addition of full screen...
Amazon App Store now live in over 200 countries, including Australia.
It appears that Amazons promise to open up their Android app store to over 200 countries including Australia has come to fruition, with Amazon updating their Android App today to add that additional support. Countries on the list include...
Opera browser, now in the Play Store
Opera, a browser alternative for those who don't like the stock browser or Chrome, is now available via the Play Store. Opera has come a long way from the first beta build we saw which was unstable, crashed...
Australian Rugby Union releases Official Wallabies 2013 Lions Tour Mobile App
In June/July of this year the British and Irish Lions will tour Australia playing Rugby against the Wallabies. There will be three tests played in Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney as well as games played in between against local sides...
Google+ updated with some cool new features
By now most of us have heard all of the news that came out of Google I/O, and one of the bigger announcements was the introduction of the new enhanced photo features included in Google+.
Well today the Google+ app...
Google Hangouts arrives for tablets
When Google Hangouts launched last week amid the Google I/O fanfare, one thing that was notably missing was support for tablets. We all know that Android tablets do take a bit of a flogging, but the reality is there's...
Instant Upload renamed to Auto Backup
After taking a few videos of my kids tonight I went into the gallery app and was greeted with a new folder called 'Auto Backup'. This folder appears to have replaced the 'Instant Upload' folder, and given the photo...
Hangouts for tablets in the works, SMS might be too
At Google I/O this year, Google unsurprisingly launched its unified messaging services Hangouts. Users of the new service have quickly discovered two shortfalls - one, Hangouts doesn't work on tablets just yet. The second, however, was that contrary to...
Google releases Field Trip application to 80 more countries including Australia
Released in September last year as a US only release, the Field Trip app from Niantic Labs - the team behind Ingress - is a location based app which provides notifcations when you are near certain points of interest...
Google Play Games, now syncing your progress across devices
Cross device sync of game progress, leaderboards and achievements is long overdue on a platform as powerful as Android and now it's here. The Google Play Games platform was announced very early this morning Australian time during the...