Apps, Games & Google Services

The Humble Mobile Bundle has come back for another round, this time bringing Indie Hits thanks to Noodlecake Studios, an indie developer based in Canada. There’s some really great games included in this sale, including the well known hit Altos Adventure. The Humble Mobile Bundle sale is split into three …

Google is always playing with new ways to create things, and photography seems to be their interest at the moment – something we’re all quite grateful for. Today, they’ve launched three new, what they’re calling ‘appsperiments’. These appsperiments are ‘usable and useful mobile photography experiences built on experimental technology’, which …

Just in time for Christmas, our favourite messaging app, Telegram, has updated with a few minor, yet helpful updates. It’s not quite a big enough update to warrant a blog post, but Telegram has sent out notifications to users in chats, and the What’s New section of the Play Store …

As Games on Facebooks Messenger service turns 1-year old, they’ve taken the wraps off some new features that will get users excited including live streaming of games, multi-player gaming in video chat and of course more games, including the game that’s everywhere: Angry Birds. To start with Facebook wants you …

Ho, Ho, Ho now I have a machine gun. That immortal line in (mho) the best christmas movie of all time, Die Hard, can be playing on your screen when you pick up a bargain in Google Play’s Holiday Faves movie bargain extravaganza. There’s over 40 movies to choose from …

Google is removing access to one of the most lauded services they offer in January with the removal of the Photos tab within Google Drive. Google first brought the Photos tab to Google Drive back in March 2015, making it easier to insert your photos or videos into Google Sheets, …

Instagram has today unveiled some new additions for their Stories feature: Stories Archive, and Stories Highlights, letting you re-live or re-share Stories after they expire. Stories Archive is a new section in your Instagram profile that lets you access your favourite stories after they’ve expired. From this section you can …

Google has today announced that Android Go is heading to partners as part of the Android 8.1 launch, meaning faster performing low-end phones could soon be a reality. Announced at Google I/O in May this year, Android Go is designed to run on phones with low-end specs, specifically those phones …

Google is very interested in helping you access the internet, but with limited data inclusions for mobile, sometimes that means restricting apps from getting it, so they launched Datally. Datally is a new app from Google that will track your data usage, as well as restrict apps from accessing data …

Waze has begun the release of one of its biggest updates to its eponymous Android and iOS app, including support for routes for motorbikes, and a new voice interaction model. The new motorbike option will make Waze more useful and enjoyable for those who enjoy riding on two wheels, and …

Another Legendary Pokémon has joined Pokémon Go with Ho-Oh now available to trainers participating in Raid Battles around the world until December 12th. The new Legendary Pokémon is appearing thanks to the massive success that was the Pokémon Global Catch Challenge which saw Farfetch’d unlocked globally for 48 hours. According …

Australian Google Assistant users can now shop online with eBay from today, with the Online Marketplace announcing their Assistant app is now available down under. The Google Assistant app, which lets Australians search for goods, or find out what their goods are worth can be accessed through any Android phone …

We don’t celebrate Thanksgiving here in Australia, but we’ll take their sales on Black Friday/Cyber Monday and Google is delivering on Google Play with deals on Apps/Games, Movies/TV, Music and Books. Google Play Music Google is offering new users of Google Play Music the chance to test it out with …

Your Messenger chats are about to go hi-res with Facebook announcing today that they’ve upped the resolution of images transferred through the messaging client. Facebook says that people can now send and receive photos in 4K resolution (4,096×4,096). Facebook has gone for the 4K resolution number as it’s the highest …

Google Maps is getting a makeover from today, with Google announcing new changes to one of the most well used apps on mobile. The update Google says, reflects your world right now, better highlights information that you need to find with a new colour scheme and icons to help find …