Google Workspace – new G Suite to help business get back to work
Google Workspace is the new name and brand identity for a tailored and combined G Suite for its paying users. And the best part? While not available yet, there...
4.4
Review: Google Nest Audio – sounds pretty good to me
Google Nest Audio is a $149 Google smart speaker with a modicum of audio tuning that makes it both useful and sound good too. Which I have to say for a low-cos...
Big Tech needs even bigger Digital Privacy regulation – ban data-harvesting
Big Tech – Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google (even little tech and throw Microsoft under the bus as well) could not exist in the same form today as d...
Android 11 is here – Google Pixel first and OPPO next
Just like clockwork, a new version of Android comes out each year offering better security, better usability, more AI and loads of new features. Let's see what...
ACCC sets hounds on Apple and Google app stores
The ACCC (bless them) have placed Apple and Google app store policies under the microscope. In part, it is about monopolies affecting consumers and in part, ab...
4.6
Review: Google Pixel 4a – a back to basics 4G phone with lots of features
The Google Pixel 4a is a half-yearly ‘value’ update following on from the now sold out Pixel 4 and 4XL.
(more…)...
Will Facebook and Google News shut down Australian media coverage?
In a not perverse way, I hope Facebook and Google News (and other news aggregators) shut down Australian news coverage. If only to prove that Australian media ...
Huawei and Google officially no go – the latest in the US Entities List saga
Huawei and Google can no longer do business. Why? Huawei’s temporary general licence has expired that allowed its older Google Android phones to receive Google...
Samsung offers three generations of Google Android OS upgrades
Samsung has announced what is arguably the best Google Android OS upgrades policy for three generations on its Galaxy devices.
The eligible devices under it...
Proposed Bargaining Code has Google in a tizzy
If you’ve been to the Google search engine or YouTube lately, you may have seen a dire warning about how new regulations are likely to cause problems for Austr...
Google Pixel 4a – a bit more than a refresh
As Google Pixel devotees know, Google introduces a 'full' version later in the year and a mid-year 'a' version. So now we have the Google Pixel 4, 4XL and 4a –...
4.4
Review: Google Pixel Buds 2020 – as good as a bud can get
Google says life sounds amazing with its new Google Pixel Buds 2020. To me, they are as good as I can expect from a pair of $279 buds - and that is quite a lot...
Google Workspace – new G Suite to help business get back to work
Google Workspace is the new name and brand identity for a tailored and combined G Suite for its paying users. And the best part? While not available yet, there...
4.4
Review: Google Nest Audio – sounds pretty good to me
Google Nest Audio is a $149 Google smart speaker with a modicum of audio tuning that makes it both useful and sound good too. Which I have to say for a low-cos...
Big Tech needs even bigger Digital Privacy regulation – ban data-harvesting
Big Tech – Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google (even little tech and throw Microsoft under the bus as well) could not exist in the same form today as d...
Android 11 is here – Google Pixel first and OPPO next
Just like clockwork, a new version of Android comes out each year offering better security, better usability, more AI and loads of new features. Let's see what...
ACCC sets hounds on Apple and Google app stores
The ACCC (bless them) have placed Apple and Google app store policies under the microscope. In part, it is about monopolies affecting consumers and in part, ab...
4.6
Review: Google Pixel 4a – a back to basics 4G phone with lots of features
The Google Pixel 4a is a half-yearly ‘value’ update following on from the now sold out Pixel 4 and 4XL.
(more…)...
Will Facebook and Google News shut down Australian media coverage?
In a not perverse way, I hope Facebook and Google News (and other news aggregators) shut down Australian news coverage. If only to prove that Australian media ...
Huawei and Google officially no go – the latest in the US Entities List saga
Huawei and Google can no longer do business. Why? Huawei’s temporary general licence has expired that allowed its older Google Android phones to receive Google...
Samsung offers three generations of Google Android OS upgrades
Samsung has announced what is arguably the best Google Android OS upgrades policy for three generations on its Galaxy devices.
The eligible devices under it...
Proposed Bargaining Code has Google in a tizzy
If you’ve been to the Google search engine or YouTube lately, you may have seen a dire warning about how new regulations are likely to cause problems for Austr...
Google Pixel 4a – a bit more than a refresh
As Google Pixel devotees know, Google introduces a 'full' version later in the year and a mid-year 'a' version. So now we have the Google Pixel 4, 4XL and 4a –...
4.4
Review: Google Pixel Buds 2020 – as good as a bud can get
Google says life sounds amazing with its new Google Pixel Buds 2020. To me, they are as good as I can expect from a pair of $279 buds - and that is quite a lot...