Ausdroid judged Best Independent Media in Optus’ IT Journalism Awards for 2014
Last Friday night, Ausdroid (well, Daniel and I) attended the Lizzies in Sydney, held at the Crystal Ballroom at Luna Park. We've been to the Lizzies for the last few years now, which recognise excellence in the field of...
Vodafone continues its financial recovery with a return to growth
Vodafone had some pretty notable issues with its network five years ago, and they've done an awful lot of work to claw back their standing, customers and revenue since then. Many of us would probably agree that they've done...
Huawei looking to give Raiders fans a chance to win a trip to China...
Huawei has had a long and proud history as a sponsor of the Tour de Cure, an organisation which aims to raise awareness and funds to cure cancer. Huawei has also been a major sponsor of the Canberra Raiders...
Google brings relevant tweets to your mobile search results – in the US only...
Google has today announced a new tweak to search results on Mobile, which will see relevant tweets appear in your results, at least if you're in the US.
Google will use two implementations of Twitter to enhance search results, with...
Asus launches their Zenfone 2 in the US still launching in Australia later this...
Asus announced their Zenfone 2 line at CES back in January, but the actual rollout of devices has been relatively slow. Asus has entered one of their biggest markets yet with the phone, announcing the phone will be available...
LG brings some flagship style to lower price points with the G4 Stylus and...
LG today has announced two new members of the G4 family, the G4 Stylus and G4c, with both phones bringing the iconic G4 flagship style to the lower end of the market.
The LG G4 Stylus and G4c are larger...
Rumour: Android Wear to gain calling features and speaker support
According to Android Police's Artem Russakovskii, we may see some new party tricks added to the Android Wear arsenal very soon. How the two rumoured features -- on-watch calling and speaker support -- will look, feel and behave is...
Lenovo TAB 2 A7-10 7″ Tablet now available at Officeworks & JB HiFi for...
It seems Lenovo has quietly launched its latest budget 7" tablet, with the Lenovo TAB 2 A7-10 7" Tablet now available from both Officeworks and JB HiFi for $99.
The Lenovo TAB 2 A7-10 7" Tablet is a pretty basic...
LG commences the staged global release of the G4 this week (but not in...
LG continues to tease us with the pending arrival of the G4 in Australia; this time, it's LG Global that's put out a press release talking about the G4 beginning its worldwide release 'this week' in 'key markets around...
Review: Asus Zenfone 2 ZE550ML
Asus is a name that nearly everyone knows, although very few know for sure how to pronounce it. For years they have made laptops that have been popular with the general population. They have made the hugely...
ZTE Optus Fit 4G Smart – Review
ZTE has been in the Australian marketplace for a while now, albeit as a white label supplier for the three major telcos to offer their branded phones. But ZTE has been moving towards becoming known in Australia, and has...
Android Wear watches receive basic Google Play Music browsing
Android 5.1.1 for Android Wear is slowly making its way to our wrists, but at the time of writing, it's only on your wrist if you're the owner of an LG Watch Urbane of ASUS ZenWatch. If you've got it,...
Oppo R7 up for pre-order for US$483 ahead of May 20th launch
One of Oppo's new R series phones, set to be launched at an event in Beijing on the 20th of May has been put up for pre-order on a Chinese retailers website.
The phone hasn't officially been announced as yet,...
Ausdroid Podcast Episode 136 – Nexus interrupted
Welcome to episode 136 of the Ausdroid podcast!
A relatively quiet week on the Android front (in contrast to the launches of recent weeks, anyway) was punctuated by Dan ditching his Nexus 6. Scott also gave us his impressions of...
Australian Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge receive another OTA, still at Android 5.0.2
It seems like it has only been a week since Samsung released an over-the-air (OTA) update for the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge ... and that's because it has been. Well, yesterday we received heads up that there'd...