New Play Store begins populating with featured content; update to 4.0.26 available
We posted a couple of weeks ago about an all-new Play Store that had begun rolling out to Android devices in the United States. While you could download and install it manually on your devices in Australia, the Store's...
Cygnett releases a slew of refined cases for the imminent release of the Samsung...
This afternoon, Ausdroid has received a giant parcel from Cygnett, makers of mobile phone cases. This package contained none other than the seven cases you can see shown above.
Once we get our hands on a Galaxy S4 review unit,...
Google releases charity-minded One Today app
Google has today launched a new app that opens up a charitable side to the Play Store, but unfortunately, it will (for now) only support US based charities. In Google's words, this app will allow users to "do a...
Real-time multiplayer gaming coming soon to Google Play?
Some exciting stuff going on in the Android world today, folks. The team over at Android Police have discovered some interesting files amongst the new MyGlass app that the Google Glass team launched yesterday. For everyone to fully, or...
More information about Google Babel and features
Every other day we're finding out more things about Google Babel, the rumoured unified chat service which Google looks to be readying for public access. Rumours have included Google 'dogfooding' Babel to its employees, a rumour which seems to...
Motorola’s future phones to use ‘unadulterated’ Android
Motorola stuck very closely to stock Android when they designed the software for their 2012 devices, the RAZR HD and the RAZR M, but when the company was acquired by Google, it seemed only a matter of time before...
WordPress for Android updated with new Holo look
WordPress is huge. It's one of (if not the) most popular news and blogging software packages available, and it powers many of the most widely read websites there are. It also powers Ausdroid funnily enough.
WordPress offers mobile apps to...
Android Open Kang Project AOKP reaches 1 million users
The developers of the Android Open Kang Project (or AOKP to those in the know) are celebrating today, as their custom Android ROM has reached an exclusive milestone -- it is only the third community-developed ROM to run on...
Asus Fonepad on sale via eBay Daily Deals for 350 USD
We're not all that afraid of giant phones anymore. The time when the Galaxy Note seemed big has passed, Huawei is bringing the Ascend Mate (a 6" phone) to market soon, and we've previously told you about the Asus...
Microsoft updates Outlook.com app, partners with SEVEN
Microsoft and SEVEN Networks have released a new version of the Outlook.com application for android today with a huge update pushed to Google Play. The name SEVEN might sound familiar to you; they've previously built push email solutions for...
Foxtel Go app coming to Android on June 3 – Exclusive to Samsung devices
Foxtel will finally be releasing their Foxtel Go app for Android. The app will be available from June 3 but only to Samsung phones and tablets. The exclusivity arrangement will be in place until the end of October when...
Amazon Appstore will launch in Australia in the coming months
Today Amazon announced that developers can now submit their apps to the Amazon Appstore -- Amazon's competitor to Google's Play Store -- for distribution to almost 200 countries. Australia is lucky enough to be on that list, although there's...
Android was originally destined for cameras, not phones
Andy Rubin, who has (until recently) been the driver behind the Android platform has told Japan's New Economy Summit that ten years ago, before Android was the smartphone behemoth that it is today, Android was being designed as a...
Google updates Tablet App Guidelines and Screenshots for the Play Store
In an update posted today on the Android Developers Blog, Google has announced that it will be even easier from today to show off tablet-optimised apps to users and easier for developers to understand what steps they can take...
Facebook Home now available in Australia for selected devices
After launching less than a week ago to a US only audience, Facebook has today rolled out their Facebook Home launcher to an international audience. The app which is available in Google Play is still officially restricted to a...