Google announces – Google Play Education
At the keynote for Google IO this morning a new initiative announced was Google Play Education. The new initiative seems to be aimed at introducing Google products and services to educational institutions. Google has already integrated into educational institutions...
Google Hangouts released, comes as a surprise to no one
Amongst the other things being announced overnight at Google I/O was something we'd certainly anticipated and lusted for, the much-rumoured update to Google's messaging platforms that would unite them all under one brand -- Hangouts.
This morning, Hangouts is live...
Google Play Books updating – Ability to upload and read your own ePub and...
Google Play Books has been with us for a fair while and as an avid reader I have been disappointed so far to discover that we have so far been unable to read our own PDF or EPUB files....
Coming this winter: redesigned Google Maps for Android
Come this winter, it's not just iOS that's going to have the nicest looking Google Maps application, Android will finally get a slice of the key-lime pie. At Google I/O it has been announced that Google Maps is getting...
Google Search App Update with Reminders
While you were sleeping the Android team went and updated the Google Search app for you. They've added some new features which are quite useful, especially if you like to use your voice to do stuff.
Reminders
Send Emails
Upcoming things you...
Google Music All Access: music subscription service with personalised ‘radio stations’
Just as it was previously rumoured today, Google have indeed announced a subscription service for Google Play Music and they're calling it "All Access". Sadly, it's US only for the time being -- just like that Galaxy S4 --...
Google Play Store hits 48 billion app installs, huge revenue increases
Google's Hugo Barra took the stage at Google I/O to announce some pretty amazing stats for the Google Play Store. Those can be broken down into the following:
48 billion app installs
2.5 billion installs in the last month
More money paid...
Developers already integrating Google Play Games into their apps (updated: more!)
Google I/O isn't even underway yet, and Google Play Games still hasn't been given it's official titled or been unveiled at all, but developers are stating that they've integrated the service into the games already. One game is Euphloria...
Download the new Google Play Store now, subtle changes all around
Google has done a little bit of a refresh of the Google Play Store, adding not much in terms of functionality, but there are a few UI tweaks that are welcomed. The content section buttons on the main screen...
App Review: Norton Mobile Security
Norton Mobile Security promises a lot on the packet; so many features that it concerned me how it could achieve this without impacting system performance and battery life. The Lite version of Norton Mobile Security is free and packs...
Blackberry announces BBM for Android coming this ‘Summer’
Last night in Orlando Florida, Blackberry held their Blackberry Live 2013 event at which CEO Thorsten Heins announced among other more Blackberry centric topics, that they would be extending the Blackberry Messenger(BBM) service to Android and iOS - no...
All Google Play developers can now reply to user reviews
Back in June 2012, Google gave 'top developers' the ability to respond directly to user reviews through the Play Store, which is great for communication between customers and developers. Then in January this year, Google started giving more developers...
Google Play Services teardown reveals app data syncing
In another of their famous apk teardowns, Android Police have discovered what is probably the best thing to come to Android since Mathias Duarte -- app data syncing. There are some other interesting reveals too, but for me this...
Parrot AR.Drone Academy – now boarding on Android
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Parrot, makers of the AR.Drone quadrotor UAV, advised us today through their Australian PR agency that they've released an updated version of their Android control app AR.FreeFlight to the Google Play store. Alongside the already-existing remote control functionality for...
Nova Launcher updated to version 2.1: New menus and more options
A favourite launcher replacement amongst Ausdroid's writers is TeslaCoil Software's Nova Launcher, and it's easy to see why. Released shortly after Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich, Nova Launcher feels like a stock AOSP-based launcher, but it has enough extra...