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COVID-19 is causing havoc in the Eastern states of Australia, particularly in Victoria. The case numbers are huge and the deaths are frankly depressing. But everyone there is suffering through this rough time together, with a critical...

As we continue to run through the 11 weeks of Android developer sessions we have finally gotten to one of the sessions we were most excited for, Wear OS. Yep, I know, some of you think it's a dead...

Very occasionally my kids read Ausdroid -- usually when they make an appearance -- but I sure hope they will not read it today. The reason for this is that Google just announced that "to help kids with...

The Microsoft Surface Duo is the talk of the town. Even with its 12 month old specs, spud cam, lack of NFC and tiny battery it is set to be a revolutionary productivity device. If anyone was...

The ability to set a Google Assistant routine to respond to one command and execute multiple actions is excellent. However, did you know that you can adjust the current state of most of your connected smart device from a...

Back in May, we took an early look at the D-Link COVR-1102 EasyMesh Wi-Fi system. It's one of the first certified EasyMesh certified options, meaning that even if you don't necessarily want more than two nodes for now......

ASSA ABLOY, the parent company of brands like Lockwood and Yale, has officially joined the Connected Home Over IP working party. For those unfamiliar with the basics of the CHIP working group, they are an industry consortium developing a...

Over the past year or so, Google has been making a clear effort to be more inclusive with their development pathways. We've seen the sound amplifier, live transcribe and their involvement with the be my eyes project. ...

We're living in a very strange world right now, where we're battling a foe we can't see... But there are other threats that are present through accident, as well as mother nature. Google is continuing to develop the...

Following the initial announcement of the Surface Duo folding Android phone late last night, Microsoft has now put the device up for pre-order. Before you get too excited, as anticipated it's only available in the USA for now,...

When Motorola showed us the Razr smart flip-phone last year were were all instantly in love. Unfortunately by the time it arrived it had been usurped in not just design and specs but also pricing by the Samsung...

Last week we expected, and got, a lot from the annual Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event. We saw Note 20 and Note 20 Ultra devices, the Tab S7 range, the new gear watches and a fleeting mention of the...

For months we have been tracking the rumours and trickle of information about the impending release of the dual-screen Android device from Microsoft, the Surface Duo. Today they have announced the USA pricing and release date. Pull out your wallets...

Google regularly rolls out new device types to the Google Assistant device developers page. More rarely they accidentally publish details of their confidential Early Access Program (EAP) that allows developer access to device control trails ahead of the public...

We saw the first signs that Twitter were planning to limit who can reply to tweets in May. In a morning check today we found that -- providing you're using their web interface, or an official client --...