Weekend Warrior: Telstra makes traffic optimisation for gaming really simple
If you're heavily into gaming there's a good chance you understand the concepts of lag and how it's better to use local servers than those overseas, but not everyone does.
Equally, there's plenty of ways you can optimise your home...
If you’ve got Fibre NBN, D-Link WiFi can help get decent speed on all...
After so many years of living in Australia's Internet backwater, I'd not really paid an awful lot of attention to how higher performance home networking had evolved and how it mattered to getting a good experience. After all, when...
Advanced Mobile Location makes your emergency calls quicker and easier
Hopefully you never need to call 000 (or 112) for emergency help, but if you do, you'll know that seconds will count - the sooner you can convey the nature of your emergency, what you need and where you...
Hot off the press: Samsung Galaxy S21 official press shot leaked
We have our first "official" look at the Samsung Galaxy S21 from who else? Evan Blass of course. Over at Voice he's delivered an official press shot of the upcoming device.
He notes that there's little difference visually...
Google Photos adds the ability to make a 2D photo a 3D “Cinematic” representation
At this time of year most people love to look back over not just the previous year but over many memories of family and friends. You can do this with Google Photos in Memories and now Google is...
Google Assistant routine with sunset/sunrise trigger arrives in the beta with a new UI
Google have recently been adding new features to the Google Home app, and more specifically Routines, and now they are set to roll out another new feature. According to a Redditor Google will be introducing a new sunrise/sunset...
Update: Services are back online – Multiple Google services are down, it’s not just...
Update: 11:30pm - Services have been restored.
Following plenty of reports in short succession, a quick check shows that Google services are down. This appears to be a major incident in that it's not just web interfaces but appears...
Bang & Olufsen Beoplay H95 — Noise cancelling with B&O styling
There are plenty of options if you're after active noise-cancelling headphones. There aren't too many though, that carry the look, comfort and sound to the same level as the Beoplay H95. The styling is unmistakably Band and Olufsen with...
Todoist’s integration with Google Assistant gets a refresh
There are a lot of task management apps available in the current era. In total honesty, they really do mostly the same things and it comes as a matter of preference in which you use. At Ausdroid we use...
Forget 5G, even 4G might give NBN a run for its money in consumers’...
As someone who's relied on 4G internet for two years because we lived in a place that NBN forgot (thanks, shady developers) I never really thought I'd pen a story about mobile wireless rivalling fixed line services.
I certainly never...
Foldable Android phones will be everywhere in 2021 with Google, OPPO, Vivo and Xiaomi...
Many of us who have used a foldable smartphone have come to a realisation that, eventually at least, foldable Android smartphones may well be the future. The ability to have a much larger display in your pocket only...
Samsung confirm that they will launch the Galaxy S21 on January 14
Love them or hate them there is no escaping that in Australia, Samsung is THE phone of Android. When scanning barcodes how often are you asked "is it an iPhone or a Samsung?" For this reason whenever...
Circles.Life great 6 month discount deals: 60GB $22.40 and 100GB $30.40
Singapore based mobile telco Circles.Life has made a splash since entering the Australian market a year ago and they are known for offering good deals on a regular basis.
Their newest end of year offers run from 11 Dec (3pm...
Aspera Mobile launches rugged IP69 rated R9 Android smartphone
Aspera Mobile has launched its new ultra-rugged R9 4G smartphone designed with a robust exterior to cushion heavy knocks and drops. It also has the highest IP rating IP69 which means it can withstand being blasted by a high...
Leaked renders give us a first look at the Samsung Galaxy S21
We're not too far away from the expected release of the next range of Samsung devices and -- surprise, surprise -- the leaks are plentiful. Android Police has obtained exclusive access to the teasers and they do look...