LG’s G2 launch event promotional material confirrms backside touch controls
A teaser video sent out by LG to promote the G2's launch has all but confirmed that their upcoming flagship, the G2, will have a rear touch surface, despite how horrible these have been in the past (Motorola Backflip,...
Emergency ID app saves your ICE information to your lockscreen
Emergency ID Australia, the current leader in Medical Jewellery and Emergency ID products has designed and released a new App which displays your In Case of Emergency(ICE) information as a background wallpaper on your phones lockscreen.
The new app...
Samsung ditches media and music hubs, combines them all into one App
If you have ever owned a Samsung device, you would have been familiar (or not) with Samsung's own marketplace app, affectionately called Samsung Apps and it's own music hub (aka Samsung Music Hub) which were separate from each other,...
LG teases G2 in new video
LG has posted a new video in the lead up to the August 7th launch of their new flagship. The video whilst well produced, doesn´t actually reveal a whole heap of new information. Although, some could point out the...
Canonical launch an IndieGoGo campain for Ubuntu Edge – $800 Dual OS Phone
That's right, Canonical the company behind Ubuntu have just launched an IndieGoGo campaign for their new project named "Ubuntu Edge". For those who have heard about Ubuntu Touch, the Ubuntu Edge project has been created in a similar sense...
Optus Now app will now collect anonymous data to help improve the network
If you have an Android phone from Optus, then you´re most likely one of the 300,000+ users who have installed the Optus Now App from Google Play. The app has up till now been delivering news, weather, games and...
LG Australia comments on the local availability of the G2
The fact that LG's 2012 flagship phone - the Optimus G - launched here in April, almost six months after its Korean debut in September 2012, has lead to much speculation about the local launch window for its successor,...
Cyanogen Mod team teases ´Nemisis´
This morning, there was a bit of a tease released from the team behind the popular ROM Cyanogen Mod. The tweet teased something new called ´Nemesis´.
https://twitter.com/CyanogenMod/status/358713209840087040
The link is to a YouTube video which has streams of words, starting with...
First Press shots for the Motorola Moto X and what could be inside
Motorola get points for keeping the Moto X at the forefront of the news, seemingly strategically leaking tidbits here and there so that there's always something out there for people to see. This latest pic comes from @Evleaks and...
Weapon of Choice: Headset Button Controller
You've started using Google Music. You've queued up a playlist ready to blast away on your commute. You throw your headphones on, hit the play button and walk out the door. Google Music magically whisks you away to your...
Chromoting app for Android coming soon.
The Chrome remote desktop function is a very handy tool especially for those using Chromebooks as well as just the every day Chrome browser, but it appears that isn't enough for the Chromium team who are apparently working on...
Moto X to be launched on August 1st in New York
The worst kept secret in the mobile industry the Motorola Moto X is due to be announced at an event in New York.
The invite has been sent out to US sites indicating a more US centric launch but...
Telstra confirms Samsung will skip Android 4.2.2 update on Samsung Galaxy Note II in...
Just a couple of days ago, we saw rumours appear that Samsung was considering skipping the Android 4.2.2 update for the Galaxy Note II and the Samsung Galaxy S III. Yesterdays Telstra software update blog has indeed confirmed this...
Aussie Apps: VinePaper sets Vine videos as live wallpapers
Melbourne-based developers Dylan McGannon and Ry Van Veluwen pinged us this morning to let us know about their new app, VinePaper. Guys, you have our attention.
VinePaper is a simple Live Wallpaper that downloads and plays a Vine video in...
Bandwidth-saving ‘server-side compression’ feature rolling out to select Chrome for Android users
Users of Chrome for Android -- not Chrome Beta, where this feature is already available -- are slowly beginning to see a limited roll out of Google's new server-side data compression proxy which can theoretically reduce bandwidth by 50%....