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Google Photos just keeps getting better, with Google applying more machine learning to the photos you put in more neat applications are being discovered. Now, the assistant within Google Photos will start suggesting which pics you can archive. Google Photos will begin using machine learning to suggest photos that aren’t …

In response to our review of the Garmin Dash Cam 45 (shown above, left) it was drawn to our attention that we had missed a rather significant problem; in particular, the units suffer from premature thermal shutdown. In simple terms, if they get hot, they turn off and/or show warnings …

If you have a 6″ phone hole in your life you’ll be able to fill it quite economically next month with the Alcatel A3 XL heading to Vodafone. The phone will be made available at under $200 – so think around the $199 price point – making it incredible value …

Vodafone Australia is escalating its campaign to have regulated domestic roaming established in Australia, by filing judicial review proceedings with the Federal Court of Australia today. Vodafone is asking the Court to review the process by which the ACCC reached (and thus released) a draft decision denying a wholesale domestic …

Ausdroid readers will not be surprised to hear that many Android phones and tablets currently sold retail and through mobile carrier channels in Australia have not been patched with recent security updates. Disappointingly but not surprisingly Google’s Android Developers Blog has reported that only 42 Android device models have a majority …

Last month, a rumour ran amok regarding Google building an ad-blocker into their Chrome browser. Today the ad giant revealed that it’s doing exactly that. Before you fetch your torches and pitchforks or firmly secure your tin foil hat, let’s examine what’s actually happening here. As you would expect Google …

As a world leader in advertising, Google has been investigating options for users who may not want to view ads, but also want to support their favourite site. Contributor was a program which allowed you to pay money to not see ads on your favourite sites, but it was US-only …

ASUS had a massive presence at Computex this year and they have debuted a number of new items at the show. One that really got me really excited for the future of Android tablets was the new Zenpad 10. Labelled by ASUS as “luxury on your terms”, there are some genuinely …

Sony Mobile Australia has today announced that the Xperia XA1 Ultra has arrived in Australia. The phone is heading to Vodafone in a carrier exclusive where it will be available on a range of plans. The Vodafone plans start with their $45 per month Red plan – $40 plan + …

Overnight, chipmaker Qualcomm has announced a new step forward in charging technology announcing Quick Charge 4.0+ – that’s right, a ‘+’ version of their QC4.0 tech that launched with the SD835. Now, while even the one phone in the Australian market using the Snapdragon 835 SoC – the HTC U11 …

Get ready for more Moto Mods, as Moto has announced a new Mod-compatible phone overnight from its phone roadmap, the Moto Z2 Play. The launch was rumoured for 1 June, and as it ticked over in the US (which is a few hours behind, and now also a few decades) …

Computex is to PC Gamers what events like MWC is to mobile lovers, it’s a one-stop shop for all of the latest and greatest in the Personal Computing world, and this year may just have been one of the best yet, thanks largely to NVIDIA and ASUS with their collaboration …

Google loves acknowledging little things, and the Google Doodle team is back with a neat cricket game to celebrate the launch of the one day international 2017 ICC Champions Trophy tournament. The 2017 ICC Champions Trophy tournament is a tournament running in England and Wales from the 1st to 18th …

While Allo isn’t yet the messaging app of choice for many of us, Google continues to make small incremental feature updates to the app ahead of more meaningful updates. Today, that feature update is ‘Selfie Clips’. Announced by Head of Product at Google for Allo and Duo, Amit Fulay on …

Samsung has today won something of a coup in the VR game adding the ability to stream their VR content from the headset to a Chromecast enabled TV. According to Oculus, the company who powers the software side of Samsung’s Gear VR, users will be able to stream their virtual …