How an Australian company is helping promote Google Play in the US and beyond
Sydney based company Tapit — which just so happens to be one of the market leaders in the Near Field Communications (NFC) marketing world — have just announced their newest campaign working with Google in the US. The campaign will use NFC...
Samsung Australia gives you the chance to win a Galaxy S5
Samsung Australia is giving away five Samsung Galaxy S5 handsets, and you can win one for yourself easily via a very simple competition on Samsung's Facebook Page.
All you need to do is
Log into Facebook
Enter your personal details
Tell Samsung 5...
Kogan announces Galaxy S5, One M8 prices
Australian onlne retailer Kogan has released its pricing for the Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One M8. They'll set you back $799 and $829 respectively (plus shipping), and ship in 1-2 weeks according to the item pages.
As with many...
OnePlus announces European pricing, still quiet on Australian availability
OnePlus is continuing the strategic 'leaks' that have kept interest in their upcoming debut phone launch, by releasing a tease overnight on the European pricing of the One, stating it will be launched in the European market for under...
The Galaxy S5 Zoom is real and showing off for blurry-cam
The Galaxy S5 Zoom is definitely real, with the first picture of the camera-phone showing up overnight. The phone looks like a slightly modified iteration of the S4 Zoom, taking some design stylings from the faux-leather backed Note 3...
Google Play gets more social, incorporates My Play Activites and recommendations from friends form...
My Play Activities has arrived on the Play Store, it's a one stop shop for you to see all of the items that you've given a +1, review or shared to G+. There's also a new section in the...
Facebook updates its Messenger service for Android – lets users pin chats right to...
Facebook has unleashed an update to its Messenger service for Android users which allow users to 'pin' their chats right to their home screen.
The update, bringing the app to version 4.0, brings it into line with the recent iOS...
Vine now allows users to chat and message friends
Vine — the service for sharing short videos — has announced overnight that it has added a new feature to the service, enabling users to message and chat with friends and followers.
The Twitter-owned service has begun the rollout for the...
ChatON updated with new languages and functions
Samsung's own answer to Whatsapp, ChatON has been updated and posted to the Google Play Store and the Samsung App Store. Adding a handful of new features, some minor bug fixes and improvements to existing functions; the app is...
Google updates Play Newsstand, Movies & TV along with Google Keep apps for Android...
Google has begun to push out a updates for Google Play NewsStand, Movies & TV following the update to Google Keep. The updates bring a few new features and minor changes within the each of the apps -- let's...
Long live the Shelfie
While Gmail Shelfie was one of the more light-hearted April Fool's jokes this year, it seems that people rather liked the idea of sharing their themes with others, and Google has listened.
Users who log into the Gmail Web interface...
Source Code for HTC One M8 available on HTC Dev
Now available on HTC Dev, you can grab the kernel source code for the HTC One M8. This is for both the Sense 6 version of the device for a variety of international carriers as well as the Google Play...
Blackberry updates its BBM app – Brings new features to users
Blackberry has announced that an upgrade to its BBM messaging service app which brings a whole new raft of features users have been wanting the Canadian company to bring.
BlackBerry has launched stickers for its messaging app, similar to what...
Drop testing the new flagships, solid build on both sides
It happens every time there's a new phone out or very close to being released, some bugger gets hold of the phone and drops it repeatedly until it breaks. This time the team at TechSmartt got their hands...
Galaxy S5 Mini specs purportedly leaked
After a UserAgent Profile(UAProf) for the Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini was supposedly spotted last month. There wasn't much included except for CPU Speed and the resolution of screen, now SAMMobile are reporting they have some more specs for the...