There’s a really rude Android vs Apple easter egg in Google Maps right now
Google loves easter eggs, but we get the feeling that the latest one that's been discovered may have snuck in without official approval. The latest easter egg has shown up in Google Maps, if you go to a location...
Apple might not be too keen on Android Wear for iOS, and is rejecting...
It was a little while back now that we looked at Google preparing Android Wear for integration with iOS as well as Android. As you might expect, with Apple launching their own 'competing' smartwatch, perhaps they wouldn't take too...
Android Wear for iOS? Yes, it’s coming
Google is readying to add iOS support to Android Wear, according to an anonymous source that spoke with The Verge. The timing is highly coincidental (given that today is the iWatch launch day), and probably quite a happy coincidence...
The Nexus 6 was supposed to come with a fingerprint reader confirms ex-Motorola CEO
The discovery in December last year, of code in AOSP which would have supported a fingerprint sensor on the Nexus 6, saw many bemoan the missing component. In an interview with The Telegeraph, former Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside has...
Well, that escalated quickly – Samsung trolls Apple (again) with new Galaxy Note 4...
Samsung has of late been quite proactive at poking the lawyers bear with advertising that's clearly aimed at Apple, the iPhone and users of ageing Apple devices. Their latest batch of adverts take a direct swipe at the new...
So, yesterday Apple did something. Our only iPhone 6 / iWatch post.
Look, we write about Android stuff here, and sometimes that strays into things Google's doing within its on ecosystem, as well as things that are Chrome, and otherwise of interest. We tend not to write about Apple much. Ausdroid...
Samsung and Apple have agreed to stop all litigation outside the US – Australia...
It's been a long legal road for Samsung and Apple, with fights escalating all the way to the High Court in Australia, but as of today that is ending with the two companies announcing they have dropped all ongoing...
Apple acknowledges iMessage issues for Android converts; issues partial fix
Apple's iMessage service is great for communication between users of Apple's platforms; users of iOS (iPhone, iPad) and Mac OS devices can communicate amongst themselves for free using Apple's cloud messaging service, and it's fairly seamless -- users don't...
Motorola & Apple agree to drop their lawsuits against each other, instead agree to...
A report coming out of the US this afternoon from Reuters, is reporting that Motorola and Apple have agreed to drop their respective lawsuits against one another, effectively ending one of the highest profile lawsuits in technology so far,...
Samsung Mobile Business exec advises 64-Bit Chips are coming to new smartphones
With the launch of the iPhone 5s on Wednesday morning, Apple sparked a new battlefront for smartphone manufacturers - 32-bit vs 64-bit CPUs - and Samsung is keen to follow their lead.
Speaking to the Korean Times, Samsung’s mobile...
Small Android tablets gain whilst Apple’s buzz fades
Whilst Apple may have captured the early buzz with the tablet market when they introduced the original iPad, it seems their share of the tablet market has begun to fade according to research released by Canalys.
With a tablets now...
Galaxy S4 advertising continues to compare directly to the iPhone
Samsung continues it's extremely un-subtle approach to taking on the iPhone in their latest television advertising campaign. The commercial shows a discussion between an iPhone user and an owner of the Galaxy S4, they discuss various features of the...
LG rumoured to be making their own Smart Watch too
If Samsung, Apple, Google and a kickstarter called Pebble can do it, why not a large consumer electronics company like LG? According to a source speaking to the Korea Times, LG has been working on their own piece of...
Android overtakes iOS in Australian usage
Android has been growing globally at an extremely rapid rate with statistics from November indicating that Android currently enjoys a 75% market share. In Australia this year over 67% of Smart Phone sales were Android handsets and now research...
Samsung sells 30 Million Galaxy S III’s, overtakes iPhone 4 as worlds best-selling Smartphone...
The Samsung Galaxy S III has been pretty popular all over the world with Samsung Poland recently announcing that the company had sold over 30 Million of the phones worldwide. Now a company called Strategy Analytics has announced that...