Twitter looking to partner with Foursquare to make location more relevant in tweets
Twitter has been focusing quite a bit on its mainstream appeal over the last couple of years, which hasn't helped when they have ignored aspects of its platform that sorely need some updating.
However the company is looking to change...
Todoist Adds Android Wear Support
When Google announced their best apps of 2014 it was of no surprise to Ausdroid staff that Todoist was included. Todoist is a high powered, fully featured, cross-platform task manager. We use it extensively here at Ausdroid for sharing...
Travelling? Enjoy the sounds of your destination with Google Play Music
Google is running a promotion for Google Play Music All Access in some Qantas domestic terminals at the moment, inviting travellers to sample the sounds of musicians and bands that come from their destination city.
The ads promote local artists...
Google removes High-Quality voices from Text to Speech app because they’re no longer needed
Back in March, Google rolled out several high-quality voice add-ons in their version 3.0 update, but Google has now removed these additions advising they're no longer needed.
According to the What's New comments on the Google Play store entry for...
My Tracks now supports Google Fit integration
Google Fit has been slowly gaining traction, but so far support from third party vendors has been sort of slow. Thankfully, Google has their own GPS based tracking app, My Tracks. My Tracks was one of the first fitness...
Google adds new functions to Docs, Slides and Sheets apps as well as ...
Ready for some new functionality in word processing, spreadsheets and presentations? How about a better way to find documents in Drive? Google has you covered, adding updates to their Docs, Slides and Sheets apps as well as a new...
Pebble’s smartwatches now implement Android Wear notifications
Pebble, makers of what is arguably the first mass-marketed smartwatch for Android and iOS platforms, have released the next version of their Android app in beta, and it adds a pretty cool new feature to the platform. As of...
Instagram adds 5 new filters and a better way to manage all of them
Apparently we all love filters, well 300 Million users can't be wrong can they? Well, today Instagram has announced that they've introduced five more to the list of filters available, as well as a new way to manage them.
Adding...
Ausdroid announces a new version of its app, and invites users to join in
Ausdroid has been bringing you Australian Android news now for over four years, and while we've experimented with having an actual Android app to consume Ausdroid content in the past, it hasn't worked out so well. Those of you...
Indiegogo releases their own Android app – Fund all the projects!
Crowdfunding is a massive business these days. We have Pozible in Australia, but on a more global front the big names are of course Kickstarter and Indiegogo and the latter has this week launched their own Android app to...
Blizzard releases Hearthstone for Android in Australia, New Zealand and Canada
We get a few soft launches here in Australia, and along with New Zealand and Canada, gaming powerhouse Blizzard has advised they have launched their latest gaming venture: Hearthstone on Android tablets here today.
While the Electronic Card Trading Game...
Fire up your Jaegers, Google giving away a free HD copy of Pacific Rim...
Fire up your Jaegers and prepare to fight the Kaiju, Google is handing out another freebie, this time it's Guilermo Del Toro's Monsters vs Massive Robot movie Pacific Rim. If you head over to Google Play now, you can...
Nexus 6 Naked Tough Case and Stand Folio Case now in-stock – shipping in...
While the actual Nexus 6 remains out of stock, despite a brief flurry on Thursday morning, Google has just opened up orders for the Nexus 6 cases, ensuring that those who managed to place an order will be able...
Nexus 9 Origami Covers now in-stock on Google Play – shipping in 1-2 Days
Google has finally listed the Nexus 9 Cover for sale in Google Play, over a month after they began sales on the tablet. While the Folio Keyboard case remains unlisted and hence unavailable, if you want to protect your...
Chromecast now comes with guest mode
Parties at your house could get a little more interesting, and more focused on Chromecast soon, with Google announcing Guest Mode for Chromecast this week. Guest Mode allows visitors to your house to cast content to your TV, without...