Apps, Games & Google Services

Need For Speed Shift is one i`ve been eyeing off for a while, but there are a couple of other good ones including Shazam for those who prefer it over Soundhound which was offered on the first day :...

Looks like the clever devs at XDA-Developers have done it again, released this morning as a US Only service with the app in the Android Market (and for iOS) only available to the North Americans. But an XDA-Developer(shenye) has...

Google announced a new product this morning called Google Currents, it appears to be a new way to aggregate all your RSS feeds into a magazine style layout. Currents seems to be aimed at people who like a more...

At the 12th Australia Safer Community Awards in Canberra yesterday the Federal Attorney-General Robert McClelland launched a new Android App (available for iOS too) called DisasterWatch which is available from the Android Market. The app will pull in data...

The other day we got the basic graph from Google showing that the Android market had served up 10 Billion downloads and then came the 10 cent app sale to celebrate, then this morning Google released an infographic via...

Day 3 of the sale brings us Tetris, but as usual i`ll buy all of these, cause I love a bargain : Homerun Battle 3D Talking Tom Cat 2 Reckless Getaway ADW EX Launcher Toki Tori Tetris Space Physics Blue Skies Donation Wallpaper Can Knockdown 2 Kids Learn to...

Wondering what the $0.10 apps in the Android Market for today are? Well here you go: NFL Rivals Reckless Racing Read it Later Pro Flick Golf Fruit Ninja Christmas HD live wallpaper AirSync by doubleTwist Star Chart Beautiful Widgets The Berenstain Bears' Bedtime Battle You can also find them at...

The time is coming, ladies and gentlemen, Instagram is making its way to Android in the (near?) future according to CEO Kevin Systrom. Whilst speaking at LeWeb conference in Paris, Systrom noted that two of their developers are currently...

Update: The update is now available for download off of the Android Market. It looks and feels really nice, although scrolling seems slower than usual. There's still no support for tablets. Facebook are rolling out a new version of their...

It`s summer so that means it's cricket season(much to my wife's dismay). The most exciting form of the game is in my opinion the 20/20 and the KFC Big Bash is about to kick off on the 16th of...

As you all know, every second Wednesday evening we record the Ausdroid Podcast. It's sometimes a challenge to keep the podcast fresh, interesting and relevant to the rapidly changing world of Android! In an effort to keep...

Arriving just in time for the Cricket season is a game that my brother has been telling me about on iOS for ages, Stick Cricket. This game has been hugely popular on iOS for a long time and apparently...

Believe it or not, the Android Market has surpassed 10 billion application downloads since it opened its doors. To celebrate this achievement Google are selling 10 different application for the next 10 tens for $0.10 a pop -- a...

One of my favourite games is just about to launch on Android, Grand Theft Auto III: 10 Year Anniversary Edition, most of my friends will tell you i'm no gamer but I do play Grand Theft Auto games, and...

The latest platform dashboard for Android shows that 50% of the devices accessing the Android Market are running Gingerbread (2.3-2.3.7) -- this percentage is up ~12% since October 1st. In the same time frame Froyo dropped 7% and Eclair...