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This year Samsung released their Galaxy Buds alongside the Galaxy S10 but it looks like for their successor they will be released separately as a stand alone product — and the new product will be a big improvement. When we tested the Galaxy Buds at MWC we liked the fit …

Gaming phones have become a thing in the last couple of years, as people begin to use their mobile devices more and more and consoles/PCs less and less. Asus Republic of Gamers (Asus’ gaming arm) were one of the first companies to release a gaming phone which did not make …

In an altogether unsurprising announcement today Larry Page and Sergey Brin penned a letter in which they have officially stepped aside as the CEO and President of Alphabet. The current CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai was named as their successor making the once head of Chrome OS in charge of …

One of the many great features of Google Photos is the ability to create and share albums with family and friends. However if you just wanted to share a single photo you still have to create an album then share that with your intended recipients. Today Google has announced a …

The launch of the new Echo Studio speaker by Amazon gives Australians a strong new contender to compare and contrast with other in home mains powered smart speaker options such as Sonos, Google, Bose etc. Until recently Australians who wanted to listen to an Alexa powered speaker that sounded good …

If you planned on voting in the Play Store’s best of survey it’s too late because today Google have unveiled the results of the survey announcing the big winners. The results have been broken down into various categories and often give us a way to find some top notch apps. …

Yesterday Google released the latest security update for its Pixel devices and it seems that is has not been without issue. There have been many reports of the update causing the Pixel Launcher to continuously crash when using Android 10’s new gesture navigation. The December update brought the Android 10 …

Owners of the Fetch Mighty and Fetch Mini have been hearing rumours for a while of some channels being lost from their Fetch subscription soon and some apps added. Sensing this frustration the Fetch social media team just released the following information on their Facebook page: Ten All Access app …

ALDI special buys are generally hit and miss but sometimes a bargain is just that, a good bargain. ALDI have dropped their upcoming specials for this Saturday and it seems they have some tech electronic smartphone goodies that may help fill some Christmas wish lists and stockings. The deals include: …

The final security update of 2019 has started rolling out to Pixel phones today. The update included the usual security patches along with various bug fixes. The phones who have started receiving the update are the original Pixel and Pixel XL, the Pixel 2 and 2 XL, the Pixel 3 …

Often when we report on Facebook it’s following their latest scandal, so it’s refreshing to be able to talk about something that appears to be 100% positive. Facebook has today announced the release of the first data portability tool that will enable users to transfer/ back up their Facebook photos …

LIFX is looking to brighten up Cyber Monday deals, following their Black Friday deals which are still available. The deals, which are pretty good and vary in savings include: LIFX Cyber Monday bundle at $160 which include 2 mini colour bulbs and 1 Z light strip kit for $160 – …

We have been waiting for a magic bullet to fix all of our Wear OS complaints ever since it was released. Fossil, increasingly associated with the future of the platform it seems, has done an admirable job with their Gen-5 smartwatches — who would have thought that all it required …