Ubisoft Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed offerings for mobile have, to date, focused on different gameplay styles in the Assassin’s Creed universe: Memories, a collectible card game; and Pirates, focused on real-time/turn-based hybrid maritime battles. These are now joined by a third title, soft-launched in Australia and New Zealand and coming to the rest of the globe …

Apple When the iPhone 5c and 5s launched last year, there was quite a large price difference between US and Aussie pricing. This time round, with the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus Australia seems to have fared just as badly. Although the Australian dollar is worth just US$0.92 at time of writing, the difference in price can’t …

Google From today, Australians can purchase the device in Dick Smith, JB Hi Fi and on the Google Play store for an RRP of AU$49. The device, which launched in the US in July of last year and 11 countries in Europe in March, is a dongle that plugs into an HDMI port. It then allows users to stream content …

Sony It took six or seven years to finally arrive in Australia after its launch in the US, and now the Sony Reader Store will be closing its doors for business after just 12 months. Following the February announcement that it would be selling Vaio and shutting its e-reader business in the US, Sony will close its Reader Store in …

A foldable e-paper smartphone concept adjusts how it displays information based on the configuration of folds between its three screens. (Credit: Human Media Lab) An E Ink smartphone is yet to really see mainstream success, and it’s not all that hard to see why. While an E Ink display uses significantly less power than the more popular full-colour, high-resolution LCD, …

A new sticker placed on the back of your Android device uses NFC to add four programmable physical buttons to your phone. (Credit: Dimple) Smartphones these days are all about losing the physical buttons — even though that might not necessarily be what consumers want, as evidenced by the popularity of Pressy, the programmable physical button for Android that sits …

Samsung has filed for six trademarks in Australia, including five words and a new logo. (Credit: Samsung) Samsung has applied for several trademarks in Australia, including a number of words and a new logo for its UHD curved TV. As reported by trademark blog TMWatch, the company has filed applications to trademark the words “Plot”, “App Connect”, “DTOC”, “Citron” and …

The creator of smartphone-controlled robotic toy Sphero has launched an initiative aimed at teaching kids programming, robotics and maths. (Credit: Orbotix) Orbotix — the company behind the robotic Sphero and Ollie toys that can be controlled via iOS and Android apps — has announced the launch of SPRK, an education initiative aimed at using Sphero to teach kids essential knowledge …

Researchers at South Korea’s KAIST university have developed a flexible thermoelectric generator that can convert body heat to power. (Credit: KAIST) What if you never had to charge your wearable tech — because it was able to harvest your body heat to run? That could soon be possible, thanks to a device developed by researchers at KAIST, led by electrical …

Google’s Verify Apps malware protection for Android is rolling out an update that will constantly monitor apps for suspicious behaviour. (Credit: Google) Google has amped up the protection from malicious apps with an update to its Verify Apps feature for Android smartphones. Previously, the feature would only perform a one-time scan on apps being installed from outside Google Play to …