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Top 2017 Google searches in Singapore

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You are what you Google, or so they say. Sports, movies, online shopping, and Pokémon — these are things that Singaporeans have looked up most in 2017.

The world’s top search engine has released Singapore’s top searches this year and this is what it looks like:

10. Ezbuy

Top 2017 Google searches in Singapore exbuy

Online shopping is a big thing in Singapore. This e-commerce site received a lot of traffic this year, if you base it on SG’s searches. The site makes the list at number ten.

9. Lazada Singapore

Top 2017 Google searches in Singapore lazada singapore

The next top search is still an online shopping site. Lazada Singapore, a website that sells everything from clothes, to electronics, and everything in between, is at number nine.

8. Justice League

Top 2017 Google searches in Singapore justice league

The Hollywood hit movie was certainly something Singaporeans enjoyed, or at least were curious about. Justice League makes it as a top search in Singapore at number eight.

7. SEA Games

Top 2017 Google searches in Singapore sea games

Singapore is a participating country in the Southeast Asian Games.  The 2017 SEA Games, held in Malaysia this year, was also highly Googled. It takes the seventh spot.

6. Wimbledon

Top 2017 Google searches in Singapore wimbledon

At the sixth spot, Wimbledon! Singaporeans are also pretty big tennis fans, it seems.

5. Beauty and the Beast

Top 2017 Google searches in Singapore beauty and the beast

The timeless Disney classic is at number five. Beauty and the Beast‘s live action adaptation starring Emma Watson and Dan Stevens is the tenth-highest grossing film of all time.

4. Wonder Woman

Top 2017 Google searches in Singapore wonder woman

2017’s favorite heroine takes the fourth spot. Wonder Woman starring Gal Gadot is the fourth installment from the DC Extended Universe.

3. iPhone X

Top 2017 Google searches in Singapore iPhone X

Apple’s tenth-anniversary borderless phone got Singaporeans curious. The iPhone X takes the third top spot in in this year’s most Googled phrases.

READ MORE: Apple iPhone X Hands-on Review

2. iPhone 8

Top 2017 Google searches in Singapore iPhone 8

GadgetMatch personally witnessed the Singaporean hype over the iPhone 8; people lined up outside the Apple store on the day this handset was released!

READ MORE: Apple iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus Review

1. SGPokeMap

Top 2017 Google searches in Singapore SGPOKEMAP

According to this list, Pokémon is still a big thing in Singapore. SGPokeMap tracks Pokémon Go sightings in real-time all around the peninsula. Singaporeans have to catch them all!

SEE ALSO: Top 2017 Google searches in the Philippines

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Netflix: Kris Aquino makes on-screen comeback with fictional role

Long-time TV icon named “C.H.I.K.A.” of Netflix

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Long-time popular Philippine TV icon Kris Aquino has made her on-screen comeback as Netflix’s fictional C.H.I.K.A., or “Chief Head of Insights and Kontent Analysis.”

Netflix initially teased the campaign through a post mentioning that they were “hiring” for the said position.

The post also contained a bullet list of descriptions that served as clues. Not long after, the streaming giant bared the former presidential daughter and presidential sister has made her comeback.

A teaser has likewise been released. The fun skit features Aquino in this new fictional role, giving her signature witty commentary inside the Netflix editing room to ensure that the production of local entertainment content is of topnotch quality.

Two more episodes will be rolled out on August 14 and 20.

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New Yorkers compete in Ted Lasso lookalike contest at Apple Fifth Avenue

Futbol is life!

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Apple Fifth Avenue or Nelson Road? New Yorkers gathered at the iconic flagship store as it transformed into a slice of AFC Richmond for a Ted Lasso lookalike contest celebrating the return of the hit Apple TV+ series.

Dozens of fans arrived in Ted’s signature look, complete with mustaches, visors, blue sweaters, and khakis. Inside the store, the AFC Richmond takeover continued with themed photo opportunities and hidden Easter eggs for longtime fans to discover.

The celebration continued across Midtown and Central Park, where brand ambassadors spread kindness with “Believe” signs, complimentary coffee and tea, a tunnel of cheering Teds for runners, and the Goldfish Zone, where visitors symbolically let go of worries by dropping paper fish into a fishbowl.

Photo by Apple

The takeover marked the return of Ted Lasso, which premiered its fourth season on Apple TV+ on Aug. 5, which arrives more than three years after Season 3 concluded in 2023.

Jason Sudeikis returns as the relentlessly optimistic coach, this time leading AFC Richmond’s newly formed women’s team while reuniting with familiar faces.

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GadgetSnaps: Westminster Abbey

A thousand years of history, unfolded with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra

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Graphics by Vincenz Lee | GadgetMatch

Westminster Abbey isn’t just another stop on the London tourist trail.

It’s the stage for coronations, royal weddings, and burials that span nearly a thousand years, all still playing out under the same vaulted ceilings that have been standing since before most countries had names.

Once you get past the crowds and the audio guides, a quieter version of the abbey starts to show itself: worn stone steps, poets resting a few feet from kings, light that shifts across the nave like it’s in on the performance too.

While losing track of time in Poets’ Corner (yes, me, playing amateur historian for an afternoon), I unfolded the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra and decided the abbey deserved more than a quick tourist snap.


All photos captured using the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 Ultra.

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