Facebook purchases Instagram for $1 billion in cash and shares
The team of 13 people at Instagram must be partying hard this morning (or evening, depending on time zones) with the news that Facebook is purchasing the company for a cool $1 billion in cash and shares in Facebook....
Google co-founder, Sergey Brin, shows off Project Glass: “right now you really just see...
Just a day after announcing Project Glass, Google's co-founder, Sergey Brin, was spotted (and interviewed) at a charity event for the Foundation Fighting Blindness (ironically) sporting the HUD unit. In an interview with The Verge, Brin asked for people...
Google’s “Nexus Tablet” in partnership with ASUS is expected to ship in July, come...
It has been known for a while now that Google are working on a "Nexus Tablet" to bring lead the way and bring competition to the tablet market, and if The Verge's exclusive report is true, that market is...
Android 3.2.1 update rolling out to the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v from today
Are you one of the few people who still own the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v? Well you're receiving a gift in the form of the Android 3.2.1 update. Vodafone has advised customers via its blog that the update is...
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Kogan taking 50% off the price of their range of Android tablets
Want to grab yourself a cheap Android tablet? Well today's your luck day. Kogan are taking 50% off the original price of their range of Android tablets that go from 7-inch to 10-inch. The sale runs until midnight tonight,...
Android 4.0.4 update rolling out Samsung Nexus S owners on Vodafone
Owners of the Samsung Nexus S from Vodafone should be seeing the Android 4.0.4 update being pushed out to their devices today. We've had multiple reports form users that the update was a great success. Props to Vodafone for...
Meet Cid, CyanogenMod’s new Android mascot
The CyanogenMod team have moved on from their original mascot -- a riff on the default Android character "Bugdroid" -- and replaced it with this cool looking dude: Cid. He has a very defining and defiant look about him,...
Google starts testing its upcoming augmented-reality assistant: Project Glass
Deep within the secret labs of Google a team of Googlers has been working on an augmented-reality assistant that comes in the form of a futuristic looking set of glasses, except it's not. But it is being called Project...
Mobile FOXTEL now available for download on the Play Store for Telstra users only
Being a Telstra user myself, I have dabbled in the crud that is Mobile FOXTEL, and today when checking out what Telstra recommends on the Play Store, I found that Foxtel MOBILE is now available for download. Before now...
Swiftkey 3 Beta released, larger spacebar and amazing space prediction
Let me start by saying, I love Swiftkey. I had only ever used the stock one since I started using Android, so when the $0.10 sale occured in December and Swiftkey was included, I thought 'Why not?' and haven't...
HTC One X launch event, showcases NFC usage thanks to Tapit
Last night`s launch event for the HTC One X was held at The Carriage Works where HTC showcases the features of the One X. One of the ways that HTC encouraged people to check out the onsite demonstrations of...
Samsung Galaxy S III display now rumoured to be 4.65-inch 720p Super AMOLED Plus
The Samsung Galaxy S III rumour train is still steaming along. This time the rumour relates to the device's display, it's said to be 4.65-inch 1280x720 Super AMOLED Plus. That would be an improvement over the Galaxy Nexus (pictured...
The Ausdroid Podcast Going Forward
So you are probably all wondering where this weeks Podcast is? Well... It's been postponed until next week and baring all excuses in the world as to why, it's because we have some good news, great news in...
Commonwealth Bank to start offering Kaching for Android soon
With no launch in sight for Google Wallet in Australia it looks as though NFC Payments with phones has been limited to iPhone users utilising the Kaching application and iCarte case add-on from the Commonwealth bank. Today the Commonwealth...