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Who amongst us can’t remember the troublesome pocket digital pets of the 90’s? Tamagotchis were all the rage, perhaps not quite with those my age, but certainly those a bit younger were well into these toys 25 years ago. In 2019, the virtual pet hasn’t evolved all that much in …

Smartphone cameras have gotten so good in the last few years that we’d almost forgotten the age of the external camera. Almost. Canon is bringing us back to those days with a new addition to its IVY line, named IVY REC. It’s launching on Indiegogo … soon. IVY REC is …

As we’re now almost exactly a month until Samsung’s next big reveal in New York, the leaks around the next Galaxy Note handset continue to intensify. This weekend, we’ve got a set of three renders showing off the new Galaxy Note 10 in a clear TPU case. What we can …

The most succinct way of describing Samsung’s new S10 5G flagship phone is the S10 Plus Plus. Samsung have taken all the recipe ingredients that made the S10+ an excellent phone and modified several hardware aspects including the cameras and adding 5G capability to enhance it further. Since that’s the …

With so many paid streaming services around – Netflix, Stan, Kayo, Foxtel, etc – it can be easy to overlook the number of free streaming services on offer in Australia. Each of the main TV broadcasters/networks in Australia has a streaming / on-demand service, and for Channel 10, that service …

Huawei’s moted Android alternative is getting more and more airtime, and with the Chinese company calling a Developer Conference for early August, we’re likely to get our first look at what Huawei’s alternative smartphone operating system looks like. While we might have to wait a month to find out more …

Huawei’s listing on the US Department of Commerce Entity List was enough to prevent the Chinese company from buying anything from America, and recent court filings indicate that the basis for the listing might have been little more than a “we think they might” engage in spying. The ban led …

This one was previewed a while back, but it seems Samsung has finally released its new Galaxy Tab A instalment for 2019 – the Galaxy Tab A (8.0) 2019. The tablet is squarely aimed at the mid-range, with a compact size, fairly plain design and (some would say) mediocre specs. …

With what appears to be improving news out of the US, Huawei seems to be cautiously optimistic about its future. Not everything is back to normal (yet?), but we’ve heard much from Huawei itself (and from market speculators) about how the brand will move to distance itself from reliance on …

We wrote about this week’s ALDI specials earlier in the week (funnily enough), but these are good deals worth reminding you about. This week, you can grab one of two new TV models from ALDI – a Bauhn 50-inch 4K TV with included Google Chromecast, or a 40-inch model that …

With most of this year’s smartphone releases now done, it’s time to look forward to the end of the year when we see an onslaught of a different kind. Not fuelled by the frantic nature of MWC, from July onwards, we see a steady release of high calibre handsets from …

Sony’s been one of our longtime favourites at Ausdroid for their noise cancelling XM headphone series, and today they’ve announced the expansion of that series with a new wire-free entrant, WF-1000XM3. Physically, the headphones look like a standard in-ear bud with a larger piece sitting outside the ear housing a …

With Huawei’s time in the wilderness possibly over, it’s time to turn our attention back to 2019’s first major tech story – the continuing saga of Samsung’s Galaxy Fold, the company’s first folding phone. Featuring one of the first consumer-oriented flexible displays, the Galaxy Fold presents as an object from …