Google serves up a new Chromecast ad featuring Foxtels Presto
As one of the Launch partners for Chromecast, Foxtel's Presto service took a full month to launch, but it did include Chromecast support when it did. Now Google and Foxtel have released a new commercial featuring the Chromecast and...
Big list of Android Wear watchfaces – What are you rocking?
Google has publicly come out and advised developers that until the official Android Wear watchface API is made available, they shouldn't be releasing watchfaces. But that hasn't, and knowing Android developers, will not stop them from doing it.
There's...
Samsung Gear VR application leaks early and shows off something of Samsung’s upcoming headset
The Samsung Gear VR - their virtual reality headset - is apparently set to launch at IFA in September, which means of course that with just over a month to go till the headset is launched, there's going to...
Happy 1st Birthday, Chromecast! – Google celebrates the first birthday of their HDMI dongle…in...
It may have only gone on-sale in Australia at the end of May, but it's now been a year since the infamous Breakfast with Sundar event where the Chromecast was announced in the US.
This morning Google has celebrated the...
Dendy Direct launches August 6; first partner studios revealed
Dendy Direct has announced the first slate of film studios and distributors who'll be bringing their content to its new on-demand movie streaming service, slated to launch August 6.
The list includes ABC Commercial, Beyond Home Entertainment, Entertainment One Australia,...
LG announces a game designed for use with the G3 QuickCircle case
The LG G3 comes with a newly designed glanceable case, called a QuickCircle case. The design centres around a circular window which LG is providing a number of widgets and functionality for, as well as opening an SDK for...
Unlock the Moto X with a Digital Tattoo
It seems a little out there, but Motorola is actually telling you to get a tattoo! Its Ok though, you're not expected to actually go under the needle for this one, with Motorola letting people know about a new...
Retailer Round-up: This week’s specials
Well it certainly has been a little bit of time since we last did one of these retailer round up's, so we thought it was time to bring it back and share with you the specials we have sourced...
That thing you thought was an HTC Watch? It isn’t.
It seems the internet was in a bit of a flap over a recent video released by HTC, which showed a designer working on a 3D model of a watch. You can see this in freeze-frame, shown above.
However, it's...
Ausdroid Podcast 118 – Free, with in-app purchases
Welcome to episode 118 of the Ausdroid podcast!
We spent a while this week arguing about "freemium" games, but also managed to talk about the big upcoming phone release that's got Dan all excited - of course, that's the LG...
LG announce the LG G Watch retail availability
LG has today announced the official Australian retail availability of their Android Wear device the G Watch. While it went on-sale directly after Google I/O last month, some consumers have been wanting to get their literal hands on the...
Telstra announce LG G3 and G Watch availability from 5 August
Telstra has announced today that the LG G3, and LG G Watch, will be available from Telstra on 5 August. This is fairly big news in respect of the G3, but even bigger news in respect of the G...
One-click eButton brings personal safety to the mobile age
Australian developer AppAce Pty Ltd has developed a revolutionary personal safety product and having read a bit about it, we want to tell you a little more.
Coffs Harbour engineer Ian Kinny has developed a Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy device...
ADATA DashDrive Air AE800 – a big hard disk, power bank and Wi-Fi hotspot...
ADATA is making a name for themselves in the Australian market offering a number of products, some traditional and some a little bit different that fill some specific users' needs. Under that "little bit different" category, you'll find their...
Pressy is here – add a physical button to your phone’s headphone jack
It's been a long road to production and delivery for Pressy, the Kickstarter-funded project that sought to give users a new physical button for their devices with the ingenious idea of using the phone's headphone jack.
I backed Pressy at...