Ausdroid Podcast 97 – Sixteen whole dollars
Welcome to the 97th episode of the Ausdroid podcast, and the final episode for 2013!
This week Jason, Dan, Geoff and Scott talked about the week - and year's - Android news.
Topics:
Nexus 5 updates
White Nexus 7
Google Play Edition Xperia Z...
Samsung Galaxy S 4 receiving Android 4.3 update in Australia
While Nexus devices were busy receiving their update to Android 4.4.2 earlier this week, Samsung is slowly catching up with the pace of Android progress and rolling out Android 4.3 Jelly Bean to its range of Galaxy S4 handsets.
Ausdroid...
Commonwealth Bank enables NFC payments for Samsung Galaxy S 4
Westpac isn't the only bank announcing new contactless payments services today, with Commonwealth Bank announcing today that owners of the Samsung Galaxy S 4 can use the NFC hardware in their devices to make contactless payments using the new...
Westpac unveils Android contactless payments
Westpac has today upped the ante on mobile contactless payments, taking the wraps off a solution which will allow users of compatible Android handsets to use all their Westpac debit and credit cards via a simple tap of their...
ASUS announces the Padfone mini 4.3
ASUS has announced the next in its line of Padfone hybrids, with its Padfone mini which converts from a 4.3" mid-range phone into a 7" mid-range tablet. A rather unique idea, the Padfone line features two components for each...
Gmail 4.7 update for Android brings Vacation Responder, Printing Support and saving archive files
Google has started the rollout of the next version of its Gmail app for Android, releasing version 4.7 with a host of new features. Included in the new version are features like Vacation Responder, which previously you could only...
Android Device Manager hits the Play Store
Following on from the August release of the Android Device Manager service, Google has now released an Android app to interact with the Android Device Manager, allowing you to use your handset or tablet to locate other devices attached...
Google Play gets into the festive spirit with discounted movies, music, apps and games
Google Play is encouraging Android users to get into the Christmas spirit with a range of discounted, specially curated content for the festive season.
There's a heap of Christmassy movies starting from $3.99, including Elf, Mr Bean's Holiday, and the...
Sony Xperia Z Ultra and LG G Pad Google Play Editions launch — in...
Australians will wake this morning to news of a new round of Google Play Edition devices from Sony and LG, and once again won't be able to order any of them.
Google has today supersized the GPE product line with...
Plex for ChromeCast — A match made in Heaven
Google's ChromeCast device has just got a whole lot more useful with a swathe of new apps supporting the $35 wireless media player. Key amongst those new apps supporting the device is — in our opinion — support for...
Google Play Games to make game playing and finding easier
Google Play has introduced new features for game developers to better categorise their games for users to download, in an update to the Play Store which is available now for developers, and will be available for users in February...
Action overflow button to appear regardless of menu button, says Google
In a move to put the nail in the coffin of the hardware menu button, Google has changed the code in KitKat which regulates the display of the overflow button (the three vertical dots shown in the image above).
Whereas...
Game Review: Formula Legend – F1 Management
When we attended the EB Games Expo back in October, we met Nathan Harper from Beer Mogul games who showed us his Formula Legend - F1 Management game for Android. It was actually lauched at that time, but we've...
Android 4.4.2 rolling out days after 4.4.1 update
Just days after Google released Android 4.4.1 for its Nexus range of devices, the search giant has pushed out an update to Android 4.4.2, rolling out to Nexus 4, 5, 7 and 10 devices this morning.
The official changelog remains...
CyanogenMod releases WhisperPush — Secure Messaging Integration
CyanogenMod has announced an experimental new feature for its custom build of the Android operating system called WhisperPush, which seamlessly and transparently enables secure messaging between Android and iOS handsets using encrypted text messages.
This development was announced back in...