App gives you the chance to win promo codes
In the middle of last month, Google announced the addition of Promo Codes to the developer dashboard in Google Play. This is to allow the developers to run promotions, provide codes to sites like ours for reveiw or...
No, Twitter isn’t switching to a curated timeline, says CEO
The internet has been abuzz the last couple of days with rumours that Twitter might be adopting a Facebook-style curated timeline instead of the default, reverse chronological timeline that its users have come to know and love. So concerned...
What’s coming up at MWC 2016, and what are we excited about?
EDITORIAL Mobile World Congress is, today, two weeks away. Two weeks from today, Ausdroid will be getting ready for MWC 2016's press day, and while we're not expecting to be quite as busy as we were last year, there's...
Chromecast Audio is coming to Australia, and here’s why its cool
Google's Chromecast Audio isn't exactly a new product anymore; it's been on shelves in the US for a few months, following its announcement last September at Google's Nexus event in San Francisco. We were fortunate enough to pick up...
Vote for your favourite Google doodle
Doodle for Google is an initiative by Google to encourage creativity and originality within schools, and the latest theme in the US round was "What makes me, me". If you check out the finalists, there are some outstanding entries depicting...
Purported image of the HTC M10 shows a physical home key on the front
HTC's upcoming 2016 flagship -- known by the codename 'Perfume' -- is rumoured to be launching in March, but before the official announcement, Evan Blass has managed to snag a live shot of the phone.
The phone pictured has a...
Google’s February 2016 update for Pixel C includes new keyboard firmware
Google's Pixel C is an enigma of a product; it likely started life as a Chrome device, and switched to Android at the last minute, and there's evidence of this throughout the product (the way the recovery/fastboot options work...
LG G5 case designs give away the design of LG’s upcoming flagship
While LG haven't shown us what's coming at MWC 2016 (though they've done everything but), we're getting some pretty good impressions of what the LG G5 might look like, thanks to the design of cases for the new phone that...
Samsung’s Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge have passed through the FCC in the US
Samsung have already confirmed that there's new Galaxy phones coming in the next few weeks at MWC 2016, with the announcement of the next instalment of the Unpacked event. We can now confirm that the new devices have received...
Editions at Play is an experiment in digital narratives and unprintable books, co-developed in...
Google has today taken the wraps of an experimental digital product called Editions at Play, jointly developed by digital publisher Visual Editions and Google's Sydney-based Creative Labs team.
The product promises a new kind of digital book that combines...
Alcatel’s upcoming Idol 4 and 4S specs leaked ahead of suspected Mobile World Congress...
Alcatel OneTouch is in the middle of a resurgence in the Australian market after relaunching their brand last year, and delivering a very well put together smartphone in the Idol 3. It looks like Alcatel One Touch are set...
Huawei reaches a milestone with over 16 million shipments of the P8 series phones
Look, we don't often talk about sales figures here, because quite often they're just not that interesting; we talk about Android distribution figures, with Google's monthly updates, and share of various Android versions, but in terms of how many...
Huawei celebrates Chinese New Year with discounts and bonuses at Huawei Zone stores
Huawei announced today that it's transforming its Huawei Zone stores for Chinese New Year, and offering deals and bonuses on some purchases to boot.
From February 1 to 21, you can score $38.88 off the marked price of the Huawei...
Android distribution numbers released – Marshmallow finally is the 1%
It's time for the monthly look at Android version distribution across the world - specifically the Google Android version distribution, because these numbers don't take into account devices not hitting Google Play. The good news is that Google's current...
Alphabet by the Numbers – Q4 2015 Earnings Report
Alphabet - the parent company of Google and all their other ventures - has today announced their 4th quarter earning and we're going to follow it to the letter. It was a bumper year in terms of revenue, with...