Off-topic: There’s now a cross platform command line interface for speedtest
Speedtest by Ookla is one of the most popular ways to check if your Internet connection is up to par, as well as the throughput capacity of your devices. For some time there have been apps for multiple...
Living overseas and want Aussie content to stream? ABC’s iView might be able to...
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (or the ABC, or maybe even Aunty), has announced that Aussie expats living overseas can now download an international version of the iView app for free from either the Google Play store or the App...
A YouTube Music update brings widget to life
Oh boy... I am so close to giving in and shifting from Google Play Music over to YouTube Music, and with the increasing frequency of new features and updates, it's getting harder and harder.
Today's update brings a feature I've...
Spotify trialling a system where artists can pay to send you notifications
Anyone else get the feeling that this could blow up quickly? Spotify is trialling a new system in the USA where artists can pay to send users notifications.
Clearly this is about getting ears listening to newly released music and...
YouTube Music leaps forward again, now playing nicely with Siri
Another step forward for YouTube Music, another nail in the coffin of Google Play Music. Now iOS 13 has made its way to market, Siri can trigger YouTube Music and that’s a bigger deal than most people realise on...
There’s some .new functions appearing in Google services, and no that’s not a typo
There's some interesting functions being added to Google services and so far, I really like them.
The latest functions enable quick creation of certain content items, through use of the new ".new" domain name. To make it work, there's a...
Google Messages update allows you to set reminders on messages
Google Messages continues to steadily improve. One of the bigger changes we’ve seen in recent times was the addition of Assistant-based suggestions in the context of your discussion. The next version of Messages adds chat reminders, allowing you to...
Control your Christmas Tree lights with Google Assistant and Alexa thanks to Mirabella
Alright, yes I know it’s not quite Christmas yet, but with our major retailers now getting ready with their Christmas stock now being displayed in store, I was intrigued to learn that my local Kmart store are stocking Wi-Fi...
Google wants to help you find a balance between tech and digital wellbeing
Let's be honest here, smartphone, tablets and smart speakers and technology have very much taken over our lives and it can be hard enough to find that medium between digital and personal wellbeing now a days.
However, its seems Google...
Todoist Foundations is being delivered to all users
A few weeks back we got our first look at Todoist Foundations in the public beta. Now we get our first look at the final polished product as it rolls out to users.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=VhsIJzSGu_M
Todoist's blog gives the full marketing spiel...
Be My Eyes is growing and calling for partners
Having a blind child, it’s a cause close to my heart to see the Be My Eyes project in place. Not just existing, but growing with the support of companies like Google and Microsoft.
Many people don’t think about the...
You’d better brighten your Pixel 4 display as the display will only use 90Hz...
As someone who tends to set their brightness on around 60% and leaves it at that all the time I never thought I'd run into issues caused by this with the operation of the Pixel 4. It seems...
LastPass bring Google’s Pixel 4 biometric face unlock support to their beta app
When the Google Pixel 4 was released earlier this week just five, that's right, five apps supported their new biometric face unlock with LastPass making a public promise to bring it soon. For all other apps Pixel 4...
OneDrive Makes It Easy to Migrate from Dropbox, Google Drive etc
Microsoft has purchased cloud to cloud data transfer specialist Mover to further accelerate the growth of its OneDrive and Office 365 online services.
As customer demand to move content to the cloud continues to grow, Microsoft hopes that Mover will...
YouTube finally lets subscribers use the service when travelling to unsupported countries
Like it or not, YouTube Music is the future of those invested in Google’s Music platform. There are a number of criticisms of the app and platform as a whole, a lot of them valid and not just subjective....