Samsung ‘looking’ to free up space on Galaxy S 4
One of the many quirks about Samsung's Galaxy S 4 is that it only has just over 7GB of its 16GB internal memory free, straight out of the box. Samsung's official party line was that so much space was...
Google releases Field Trip application to 80 more countries including Australia
Released in September last year as a US only release, the Field Trip app from Niantic Labs - the team behind Ingress - is a location based app which provides notifcations when you are near certain points of interest...
Google Play Games, now syncing your progress across devices
Cross device sync of game progress, leaderboards and achievements is long overdue on a platform as powerful as Android and now it's here. The Google Play Games platform was announced very early this morning Australian time during the...
Google announces – Google Play Education
At the keynote for Google IO this morning a new initiative announced was Google Play Education. The new initiative seems to be aimed at introducing Google products and services to educational institutions. Google has already integrated into educational institutions...
HTC: No ‘Nexus Edition’ of the HTC One will launch
Earlier this morning, Google's Hugo Barra announced a variant of the Samsung Galaxy S4 running stock Android and covered by the Nexus experience. It's a pretty big deal, and it's even more awesome to see Samsung doing it with...
Android 4.3 confirmed by Developer website
While the next version of Android wasn't announced at the Keynote for Google IO 2013, it appears that the next version of Android has been confirmed on Google's developer website. The screenshot taken by TheVerge :
Shows that along with...
Google Hangouts released, comes as a surprise to no one
Amongst the other things being announced overnight at Google I/O was something we'd certainly anticipated and lusted for, the much-rumoured update to Google's messaging platforms that would unite them all under one brand -- Hangouts.
This morning, Hangouts is live...
Google Play Books updating – Ability to upload and read your own ePub and...
Google Play Books has been with us for a fair while and as an avid reader I have been disappointed so far to discover that we have so far been unable to read our own PDF or EPUB files....
Coming this winter: redesigned Google Maps for Android
Come this winter, it's not just iOS that's going to have the nicest looking Google Maps application, Android will finally get a slice of the key-lime pie. At Google I/O it has been announced that Google Maps is getting...
Google Search App Update with Reminders
While you were sleeping the Android team went and updated the Google Search app for you. They've added some new features which are quite useful, especially if you like to use your voice to do stuff.
Reminders
Send Emails
Upcoming things you...
Google Music All Access: music subscription service with personalised ‘radio stations’
Just as it was previously rumoured today, Google have indeed announced a subscription service for Google Play Music and they're calling it "All Access". Sadly, it's US only for the time being -- just like that Galaxy S4 --...
Google announces Samsung Galaxy S 4 running stock Android
While Google didn't unveil anything new for the Nexus 4, they did partner up with Samsung to announce the Galaxy S4 running stock Android 4.2 with a pure Nexus experience. As with every other Nexus device, updates will come...
Google Play Store hits 48 billion app installs, huge revenue increases
Google's Hugo Barra took the stage at Google I/O to announce some pretty amazing stats for the Google Play Store. Those can be broken down into the following:
48 billion app installs
2.5 billion installs in the last month
More money paid...
Developers already integrating Google Play Games into their apps (updated: more!)
Google I/O isn't even underway yet, and Google Play Games still hasn't been given it's official titled or been unveiled at all, but developers are stating that they've integrated the service into the games already. One game is Euphloria...
Download the new Google Play Store now, subtle changes all around
Google has done a little bit of a refresh of the Google Play Store, adding not much in terms of functionality, but there are a few UI tweaks that are welcomed. The content section buttons on the main screen...