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In a controversial move Google has removed the 'View Image' button from image searches. The good news is that you can bring it back with a new Chrome Extension. The move to remove the 'View Image' button is thanks to...

Google will improve their IoT connected devices and services offerings in their Cloud Platform service with the announcement of their intent to purchase Xively, a division of LogMeIn. The acquisition, reportedly worth $50 million, will see 45 staff incorporated into...

Google has today announced a new exclusive launching on their VR platform, Spotlight Stories, that gives them a behind the scenes look at the upcoming Wes Anderson directed, stop-motion animated movie Isle of Dogs. The film will launch in cinemas...

After a press render of the Nokia 7+ surfaced earlier this week, an in the wild shot of the phone has appeared showing what we can expect to see when the phone is unveiled officially at Mobile World Congress. The...

LG has this year advised that they would be scaling back their mobile phone launches, and it seems that scale back means holding off until June when the next flagship level handset will appear. According to a report on...

After announcing their intent to build an ad-blocker into Chrome last year, Google is enabling their ad-blocker in Chrome on both the desktop and Android from today. The ad-blocker in Chrome is going live on February 15th, according to...

If you've ever been on a phone call and needed to jump to a couple of apps to find relevant information, then it jumping back to the call can sometimes be a hassle. It's getting easier though with Google...

Virgin Mobile is offering some decent new savings for anyone looking for a 12-month SIM-only plan, with 20% off all their SIM-only plans when you sign up to a new 12 month contract. If you're signing up to a...

It's a good time of year to show off upcoming smartphones, and Alcatel hasn't missed the opportunity, taking to Twitter yesterday to show off its new yet-to-be-unveiled smartphone range ahead of MWC 2018 next week. https://twitter.com/alcatelmobileAU/status/963910778683346945?s=09 We first saw a preview...

Samsung Galaxy S8 owners were undoubtedly excited at the announcement of broader availability of the Android 8.0 Oreo update. However, unexpectedly perhaps, Samsung put the brakes on the rollout. It turns out there's a good reason for it, though we...

Even though the phone hasn't been officially shown off yet, the Galaxy S9 is all but confirmed - we've seen advertising collateral from Samsung espousing the 9 name, and now we've even got Galaxy S9 cases on sale. Yes,...

Scott's open letter to OPPO got a bit of attention. It seems it hit a note with a number of our readers, but it also got OPPO's attention, and perhaps not entirely for the right reasons. Though we had...

Further details have leaked about Lenovo's upcoming Moto G6 series, with full specifications and imagery of the phones appearing online tonight. What's unusual is that Moto hasn't even confirmed that it's doing anything at Mobile World Congress this year,...

Stargate fans will be excited for the upcoming launch of the Stargate: Origins series, but if you need to catch up with where it all began you can watch the original movie on YouTube for free right now. There's some...

Android One is Google's attempt to bring pure Android to the masses through various companies -- similar to the Android Silver program of previous years. It was originally focused on entry-level devices but has since made it onto...