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  1. How To Use Google’s New Podcast Player
    Google has never really had a great strategy for podcasts, leaving Android users to hunt for third-party apps to manage their subscriptions and play new episodes. (Apple’s standalone Podcasts app isn’t very good either, but at least it exists.) Now, it looks like the search giant finally has some semblance of a solution that should make it easier to listen to podcasts across your Google and Android devices.
  2. Should You Tell Your Parents How Much Money You Make?
    One of the first things I did after my first job offer was call my parents. I ran through the pros and cons, expounded on how it would help my career and marveled at the thought that I’d somehow landed a full time job in journalism, with benefits and everything. It seemed too good to be true.
  3. How To Watch Westworld Season 2 In Australia
    With no Game of Thrones gracing our screens this year, Westworld gets a red-hot crack at the mantle of “TV show most ready to whip the cultural zeitgeist into a frenzy” this Monday, April 23. It achieved huge success last year with it’s twisty-time-hopping treatise on consciousness and AI and this year, a robotic revolution is ready to take place. We’re pumped that it’s back and we’ve rounded up the ways you can watch season 2 – same time as the US or on demand!
  4. Everything Coming To Stan, Netflix, Foxtel And Amazon This May
    From TV drama to documentaries, original films to stand-up comedy, Australia’s streaming services are getting new content added all the time. Read on to see all the content that will be added to Stan, Netflix, Foxtel and Amazon Prime Video’s libraries in May.
  5. New On Netflix Australia: The Best Just-Added Movies And TV Shows
    Each month, Netflix adds tons of new movies and TV shows to its library. Here are our ten best picks from the last seven days. That’s your weekend viewing sorted!
  6. Flip Off ‘Fast Startup’ To Force Windows 10 To Shut Down For Real
    It sounds weird, but when you click that power button on the start menu to shut down Windows 10, you aren’t shutting down Windows 10. Sure, Windows 10 goes through the motions of shutting down. And your computer sure looks like it shut down. And it sort of did, but it didn’t.
  7. Revealed: Australia’s Best Mobile Phone Data Deals
    They often say that quality trumps quantity, but when it comes to mobile data, I’d argue that you may as well get as much as you can for your money.
  8. 22 Things New Zealanders Say That Aussies Just Don’t Get
    New Zealand and Australia are both English-speaking countries. However, New Zealanders have a long list of slang terms and colourful expressions that set their dialect apart from Australian English. Here are 23 Kiwi words that tend to confuse Aussies.
  9. How Spammers Spoof Your Email Address (And How To Protect Yourself)
    Most of us know spam when we see it, but seeing a strange email from a friend — or worse, from ourselves — in our inbox is pretty disconcerting. If you’ve seen an email that looks like it’s from a friend, it doesn’t mean they have been hacked. Spammers spoof those addresses all the time, and it’s not hard to do. Here’s how they do it and how you can protect yourself.
  10. Here’s How To Get The New Gmail Right Now
    Google have hit F5 on their Gmail inbox, redesigning the service for the first time in years. It’s super easy to get involved right now and see what all the fuss is about.

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