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YouTube is celebrating the top trending video’s of 2015
Google has launched their annual rewind for 2015 overnight, rewinding and celebrating the year that was 2015 with the top trending video's that were a huge hit this year.
Google has said that it was...
The original Nexus 6 has been removed from the Google Store
Each year we see new Nexus devices released, and for a short period afterward the previous models are still available via the official Google Store. In some cases that period goes on for some...
Google’s Family Playbook aims to help developers succeed with family-oriented games and apps
Google continues to offer advice for developers as e-books in Google Play Books. Their first developer book, The Secrets to App Success on Google Play, focused on how to succeed on the Play Store...
Pixel C appears on Australian Google Store – now on sale
Google hardware aficionados this morning will be pleased to find Australia has been included in the list of launch countries for Google's newest premium tablet the Pixel C. The tablet has been in and...
Google unleashes new Factory Images for Nexus devices including new Emoji and December security...
Google has released new factory images for their current range of Nexus devices on their developers site. As promised last week by Hiroshi Lockheimer, the current head of Chrome, Android and Chromecast at Google,...
Google Pixel C tablet has apparently been benchmarked ahead of a rumoured launch this...
With a rumoured launch planned for this week, the excitement for the Google Pixel C tablet is mounting. The tablet is already in the hands of Googlers, as seen when head of Google's Chrome,...
Harry Potter Collection at a price only muggles would ignore
The now classic movies based on the series of books by JK Rowling which introduced a whole new generation to reading through the adventures of boy wizard Harry Potter, have arrived on Google Play...
Rumour: Google’s upcoming premium Pixel C tablet to launch next week
When Google said they would launch their upcoming premium Pixel C tablet 'In time for the holidays' they set themselves up to take a fall if they didn't follow through. With the time lessening...
Google announces Pinterest like image ‘starring’ on mobile, USA only for now
In what some are calling a move into Pinterest's space Google has announced today that they are launching the ability to "Star" images from within a Google image search.
A few riders off the...
Nat and Lo check out Project Loon in their latest 20% project video
Since starting their very Meta 20% Google project and making it about Google, Nat and Lo have published 8 videos until todays, the 9th episode of "Nat and Lo's 20% project" in which they've...
Twitter for Android now utilising Chrome Custom Tabs when opening links clicked on by...
Google announced Chrome Custom Tabs back at I/O earlier this year and since then we have seen the feature rolled out in Chrome Mobile version 45 in September, now it seems that Twitter users...
Google’s inaugural Android Dev Summit comes to an end
With a platform as diverse as Android, it's no wonder that just one official developer conference a year just isn't enough to meet the needs of both developers and product engineers alike. And in...
Waze adds ‘Star Wars’ promotion material with C-3PO voice navigation
With Google adding Star Wars promotional content on several its services and it seems this has extended to animations and overlays on their crowd-sourced navigation app Waze. Waze has joined in with the Star...
Watch all of the Chrome Dev Summit 2015 talks
As well as being fans of all things Android many of us here at Ausdroid also have a special place in our hearts for Chrome OS, Chrome and the web in general. As such...
Disney & Google announce interactive Google Cardboard experience to co-incide with the opening of...
It seems there has definitely been an awakening - and it’s coming from Google, Lucas Film and Disney. In the past 24 hours we've seen announcements regarding Star Wars theming for a range of...