Monthly Archives: June 2013
Feedly goes cloud-based, bids farewell to Google Reader
Soon after Google's announcement that they planned to close down Google Reader on July 1, users swarmed to various other web-based RSS services in...
Review: Targus Samsung Galaxy S4 cases
If you've owned a laptop in the last 20 years or so, you'll be familiar with the Targus name - the company has made...
Flash for Chrome exploit allows hackers access to your Webcam and Microphone
Security researchers are reporting on a flaw that has been found in the inbuilt Flash player for Chrome.
The exploit allows a piece of code...
HTC Butterfly S Officially Announced
With a strategy that seems to be unique to HTC, today in Taiwan HTC announced the HTC Butterfly S. This device is the successor...
Ausdroid Podcast 73 – June 18, 2013
This is the 73st episode of the Ausdroid podcast. After taking a week off, this week we spent a while looking at the new...
Gamestick delayed until August
When you think of crowd-funded, Android-powered games consoles, Gamestick may not be the first one to spring to mind, but their Kickstarter campaign still...
Oppo might release a Find 5 Google Edition
Another week, another manufacturer releasing a stock Android version of their flagship phone. Samsung and HTC have done it. Sony are about to do...
Humble Bundle with Android 6 out now
We've written about the Humble Bundle before - you pay as little, or as much as you want to get a suite of sweet...
Accessory Review: DroidAX Kratos and Barrier
It seems realistic that you can judge a phone's market penetration by the number of accessories available for it. As you move around any...
Huawei announce the Ascend P6 smartphone – coming to Australia in July
Huawei has just announced their newest Ascend smartphone - the Ascend P6 - at their press event in London. The Ascend P6 continues the...
HTC Desire 200 made official – taking the low end to new lows
Captured in the wild only today, HTC has just made the Desire 200 official, releasing it on their website.
It's a very low end device...
Full size Google Now images on display on Flickr
As seen above, normally the images in Google Now are obscured by the search box or are replaced entirely now by the daily Google...
Rumour: Oppo Find 7 due in September
Chinese manufacturer Oppo Digital found minor success earlier this year in various markets with the Oppo Find 5, a 5-inch phone with a 1080p...
FlashiZ launching QR and NFC payment service in Australia later this year
If you've been following the news regarding contactless mobile payments through NFC, you might have seen that Telstra, Optus and Vodafone have been working...
Falcon Pro hits Twitter token limit again, resets tokens
Falcon Pro, the popular Twitter app by Joaquim Vergès has once again hit Twitter's 100,000 limit on user tokens, as also occurred earlier this...