Google teases new products for AdWords users ahead of tomorrow’s livestream
https://youtu.be/t7JJ2-Fz-3w
If your business has an online presence, then you're probably familiar with Google's AdWords product that allows you to target advertising to search users. Google is hosting its annual AdWords livestream tomorrow morning at 2.30 AM (AEST), and in a...
Android Platform Distribution numbers are in – Android 5.x staring at almost 10% market...
It's a new month, and that means it's time to check out how Android is doing in terms of distribution. These figures are more an indicator of which platforms developers need to target with their apps than anything else,...
Sony releases special bootloaders to allow recovery access for custom ROM users
Sony makes some pretty decent phones, but there's one segment of the user base that doesn't like them too much; custom ROM users. That's because Sony makes it rather painful to install custom ROMs, through bootloaders that don't actually...
Google announces experiment to build Android apps using Dart web language
https://youtu.be/PnIWl33YMwA
Google is working on a project to allow Android developers to write apps using Google's in-house Dart web language, meaning that would-be developers can create native Android apps without having to write a single line of Java. This project,...
Ausdroid Podcast 135 – Rolling Like a G4
Welcome to episode 135 of the Ausdroid podcast!
Another week, another flagship launch. This week it was LG's turn, with the formidable G4 launching in Singapore. Chris got up close and personal with the phone at the launch event and...
Google welcomes Timeful to the family to improve Inbox and Calendar
Google, like other large companies in the tech space, is well known for making strategic acquisitions, and this appears to be no exception: Google has announced today that it has acquired Timeful, Inc. to help make getting things done...
Google introduces Collections for Google+ letting you group your content together
Google+ can be a great social media site, it's nowhere near the size of other sites in terms of engagement as other platforms, but it's a pretty good place to be. For the past year or more, Google had...
3 more albums for $3.99 on Play Music
The 24 hour music sales continue on Play Music, dropping another 3 albums to $3.99 for today only. You can pick up some sweet tunes from The Hilltop Hoods on their latest album Walking Under Stars. Knife...
Telstra announces the first 50 community chosen Wi-Fi nation hotspots to be built
Telstra's nation-wide Wi-Fi network is going ahead full steam, last month Telstra added 1500 more of them and also requested user feedback on where to add more. Today, Telstra has announced where the first 50 of those community requested...
Google Plus begins using its Twitter account
That's not a typo, Google Plus really has started using its Twitter account - which was opened back in 2011.
With an announcement made on their own Google Plus page, the question was posed if you tweet because they do...
Android Studio now at version 1.2
Android Studio, the IDE that was announced at Google I/O last year, has come a long way since, and Google has now now moved version 1.2 to their stable channel. There's a lot of changes that have made...
LG releases ‘LG Call for Android Wear’ to Google Play – only works with...
Earlier this week, LG released their all-metal Android Wear watch to Google Play in a number of markets around the world, including Australia. The watch though functionally similar to their previous models under the hood, has a premium all-metal...
You can now buy Oppo phones and accessories in-store and online from Centre Com
Oppo Australia is making their phones more accessible, announcing that you can now purchase Oppo phones and accessories in-store and online from Computer retailer Centre Com.
Centre Com is an established computer retailer based in Victoria, who began selling computer...
Samsung ‘assemble’ the Avengers
Spoiler alert: this is really cool
Samsung have put together a couple of really cool YouTube shorts that pictures ordinary citizens becoming Marvel Avengers with the help of Samsung Galaxy S6 and Gear VR. But to find out any...
Android 5.1.1 Factory Images appear for both Wi-Fi models of the Nexus 7, as...
Google has released Android 5.1.1 (Build LMY47V) factory images for three more Nexus devices today, adding images for the Wi-Fi models of the Nexus 7 (2012) and Nexus 7 (2013), as well as the Nexus 10.
The update brings some...