Released: SBS On Demand Android TV App Soft Launched
Australia's multicultural public broadcaster Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) soft launched their SBS On Demand Android TV App to the public on the Android TV Play Store late yesterday.
SBS On Demand has been available as an HTML5 app for some...
Tiny Tower returns later this year with Lego Tower
We missed this on its first reveal but Nimblebit, makers of the Tiny Tower games that have amused us to no end over the years, has announced a collaboration with Lego coming in 2019.
Unsurprisingly, it's named Lego Tower,...
Telegram update brings new features and better privacy
Telegram is our messaging service of choice at Ausdroid, and we're part of a 100 million strong install base for the app. Telegram needs to stay sharp when it comes to functionality, and with regular updates, we're pretty impressed...
Google is allowing some users to create public events in Maps — Australian users...
Google Maps has grown to become way more than just maps. It's also the place you can share your location with family and friends, contribute photos and reviews to local businesses and attractions and many other Local-Guide-related things. Today,...
Google and eBay set to introduce G Pay to pay for eBay purchases
Like a lot of people, I buy a bit of stuff on eBay and for many users eBay shopping is their only regular use for Paypal. In good news, eBay and Google have now partnered up to allow eBay...
Google will close the Inbox by Gmail service on April 2
Last year, when Google announced the end of the Inbox by Gmail experiment, we were given the approximate date of March 2019. It is now March 2019, and this means the end for Inbox is near.
So near, in fact,...
Tasks now offers the ability to set start times and reminders
Google Tasks has been a bit of a neglected love child for a while now, with the basic functions being there but with little added functionality or capabilities.
This is probably one of the big factors in the...
Google Drive update looks like it will work with system wide dark mode on...
Dark mode is easy on the eyes and, more importantly for a lot of users, easy on the battery. So with the feature going system-wide in Android Q, we can expect that Google's apps will lead the charge and...
Google maybe looking to feature phones as possibly the next Android offshoot
Google may be looking to feature phones, non-touchscreen devices, for the next Android offshoot going forward according to 9to5Google.
9to5Google have seen an upcoming update code for Google Chrome that enables a new vision and feature for future touchless Android...
New Office 365 Trick: Convert Photo of a table into Excel Table automatically on...
Anyone who has had to manually create an Excel table from a printed data table knows how the boring and time-consuming this is.
Thanks to an update for Office 365 those days are over - say goodbye to manual data...
Google updates the design guidelines for app icons, developers told to update or be...
In a bid to improve the consistency of app icons across Android, Chrome OS and the web Google has released new design specifications for app icons. Google's going full squircle for app icons this time around, and if developers...
Google continues to lead the charge on inclusivity
Earlier this week, Australian Healthcare provider Feros Care announced in partnership with Google a voice based app for Google assistant to assist those with disabilities. Google have continued to target inclusivity with further announcement assisting those with visual...
Twitter has updated the camera function in its Android app to make it easier...
Twitter has updated its Android app to include an easier-to-access camera to make capturing that important moment on the go all the easier.
You can see the new functionality in the tweet announcing the feature below:
https://twitter.com/Twitter/status/1105815777616191489
Simply swipe right from your...
Google is using the power of AI to help visually impaired people discover their...
Google has taken to its blog to announce their new app that will help the nearly 253 million people in the world who are blind or visually impaired using Artificial Intelligence.
The app, called Lookout, uses technology as Google Lens...
Google AI announces on-device speech recognition for Gboard
There are many 'great divides' in technology, Android vs iOS (clearly Android is better), Xbox vs Playstation etc, but none may be as contentious as voice input vs text input. I myself sit firmly in the voice input camp,...