Last Week’s 10 Biggest Posts

You wanted: Amazon Australia launch details, the best April Fools gags of 2017, how to buy the Samsung Galaxy S8. Kick off your Monday by checking out the ten most popular posts from last week.

  1. Amazon Is Coming To Australia In 2018 [Updated]
    Amazon’s Australian rollout plans have just been laid out by a former executive of the company – and we finally have a launch date. From next year, Australians will reportedly be able to use the online shopping service to purchase a huge variety of products, including groceries, clothing, electronics and even takeaway food. Here are all the services Australia will be getting: from fresh food delivery to Amazon Prime Now.
  2. Samsung Galaxy S8 And S8+: Australian Pricing, Specs And Availability
    Forget about the Note 7. Samsung’s comeback Galaxy smartphones are finally here and they look to be worth the wait. On paper at least, the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ are a monumental improvement over their aforementioned predecessor – sleeker, sexier and – wait for it – safer than before. Here are the specifications for both phones, along with Australian pricing and specifications.
  3. How To Buy The Samsung Galaxy S8 And S8+ In Australia

    Samsung’s shiny new Galaxy smartphones officially go in sale on April 28. If you’re planning to sign up to a new mobile contract and want to bag yourself a Galaxy S8 or S8+ in the process, here are the available plans from Telstra, Optus, Vodafone and Virgin Mobile. We’ve also included some tips for those who want to buy the phones outright.
  4. Telstra Just Jacked Up Its Foxtel Pricing
    Foxtel from Telstra is about to get more expensive with the telco announcing new pricing for its sports and Platinum HD packages. The price hike kicks in tomorrow and affects some (but not all) existing customers. Let’s take a look at the damage.
  5. April Fools 2017: All The Online Gags And Pranks [Updated]
    The first day of April is always a difficult 24 hours to navigate if you want to avoid being tripped up by some zany product or service announcement from the likes of Google, Microsoft or, as we’ve seen today, Uncle Tobys and James Squire. To help you stay ahead of the game, we’ve selected the delicious (and not-so-delicious) fake stuff and put it all in the one place.
  6. iiNet’s Melbourne Office Is Rumoured To Be Shutting Down
    We have received inside reports that iiNet’s Melbourne office is shutting down today. Here’s everything we know.
  7. How Long Does The Average Man Last In Bed?
    The drug company behind Viagra recently funded a study to determine how long the average man lasts during sex. More than 500 couples were “tested” over a period of four weeks. Here are the results.
  8. The Best NBN 50 Plans (From ISPs You’ve Never Heard Of)
    People we speak with tend to think about NBN plans in one of two ways. Either they’d like to know about the fastest plans, and focus on 100Mbps, or they want to know the cheapest. Sometimes it’s a combination of both.
  9. Everything Coming To Netflix, Stan And Foxtel This April
    While neither Stan nor the Australian Netflix library has anything near the range of US streaming services, every month we get just a little more. Foxtel is also adding a huge number of popular titles to its on-demand streaming, and Amazon Prime is releasing its line up of original series on Prime. Read on to see all the content that will be added to their libraries during the month of April.
  10. Samsung Galaxy S8 Vs Samsung Galaxy S7 [Infographic]
    The Samsung Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ have already been crowned the best smartphones that the company has ever produced. Mind you, the same thing was said about the S7 and S6. If you’re thinking about upgrading your Galaxy S7, you need to know whether the improvements are worth shelling out for. This infographic compares the S8 and S*+ to their respective predecessors.

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