Enterprise Explores

People lie online all the time, which is why it’s always better to consume the Internet with a grain (heap?) of salt. But what if there was a way to detect lies based on the way a person types? Researchers have created an “online lie detector” to do just that, but whether or not it actually works is a whole other question. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you and the version of yourself that you present to the world online went for a drink together, would you even know each other? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Optimism is a great tool for decreasing stress. According to research , optimism can give you back as much as five stress-free months a year and even help you experience high levels of financial well-being. We discuss the links between optimism and success, as well as how you can adapt to be more optimistic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We often hear of work-life fulfillment and employee happiness, but according to this author, satisfaction is the key indicator of a company’s health, and not so much happiness. What’s the difference, and should management be taking their focus off happiness and try to cultivate a more satisfied workforce instead? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What do Elon Musk, Bob Iger, and Tim Cook have in common ? They’re all in charge of massive companies… and they’re all on social media. Having the head of your company show their human side online can be good for branding, but one wrong Tweet could spell a PR nightmare and financial disaster all the same. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stuart Sopp, the CEO of an online bank called Current claims Facebook copied his company’s logo for the social network’s bid to reinvent the global financial system with the announcement of Calibra. This isn’t the first time Facebook has ‘copied’ another company’s idea and made their own. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) wants more women to become a part of the cybersecurity workforce, by encouraging them to apply for the new Empowering Women in Cyber Risk Management Programme.  MDEC chief executive officer Surina Shukri described the pioneer programme as an important step towards building a highly-valued workforce with critical skills.   See omnystudio.com...

EA’s implementation of loot boxes has come under plenty of fire, even relative to the general outcry against the mechanic. The pushback against Battlefront 2 loot boxes was so intense that EA reworked the entire system, and the wild popularity of FIFA Ultimate Team means that it has gotten scrutiny even from watchdog groups and governmental organisations. See omnystudio.com/listener for priv...

Average Drone strikes back! Following our not-so-kind review of the company and their plans to launch drone delivery services in Cyberjaya next month, CEO Hamdee Hamdan got in touch with us to set us straight. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Facebook has announced some details of its planned cryptocurrency project Libra, slated for launch next year with launch partners including Uber, Lyft, Spotify, PayPal, Mastercard, and Visa. Some critics and sceptics have already expressed worries about the plan, but this won’t matter. Here’s why Libra could win the crypto game. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The hologram concert revolution is here , whether you like it or not. And some companies are making their missions clear - they’ll be creating premium holographic shows. But will the ethical questions surrounding holograms keep it from success? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We take a sneak peek into Childish Gambino’s new psychedelic AR app, and how it hopes to give people a small taste of the future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Facebook and 27 partners has released a whitepaper for a new type of cryptocurrency called Libra . The new type of digital money is designed for the billions of people already using its apps and social network to shop and send money - on apps like Messenger and Instragram, as well as other merchants like Uber, Spotify and MasterCard. So, will it work? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform...

An enterprising company in Cyberjaya has decided that the time is right to launch their drone delivery services - almost. Average Drone Sdn Bhd will have a three-month-trial period to see if they create enough buzz to make the service permanent. Delivery times are expected to be around 12 minutes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do you own a Samsung QLED TV? If so, the company is advising that you regularly check for malware using its built-in virus scanner. Unsurprisingly, this hasn’t gone down well with most people. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The utility of self-tracking in achieving some specified goal doesn’t fully explain its fascination. There’s a compulsion, a curiosity, that seems to operate in advance of any particular use. We discuss why some people are obsessed with tracking themselves, despite achieving little progress. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do you trust online ratings and recommendations? Perhaps you shouldn’t; a review of dozens of Amazon’s Choice products by BuzzFeed News found listings with troubling product defects and warnings, as well as review manipulation . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While mentors are helpful, they can often be too formal or far-removed. Confiding in a network of friends could solve those problems . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Genius Media Group Inc. depends on Google’s search engine to send music lovers to its website stocked with hard-to-decipher lyrics to hip-hop songs and other pop hits. Now Genius says its traffic is dropping because, for the past several years, Google has been publishing lyrics on its own platform, with some of them lifted directly from the music site. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy...

Digital natives (everyone born after 1996) will grow up with texting, social media, and digital devices as part of their daily lives and as primary methods of communication . Some schools have taken the liberty of bringing in slightly older digital natives, ie teenagers, to teach younger children about the do’s and don'ts of life on the internet. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

Advertising has a time and a place, and the place is never on the lock screen of a smartphone you paid a lot of money for. As if Huawei didn't need more negative publicity right now, the company has seemingly begun allowing advertisements for Booking.com on the lock screens of several of its phones. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's the roundup of day two of CES Asia 2019 in Shanghai as Jeff Sandhu explains the future of AI with the dawn of 5G. And a tour of the exhibition hall looking at automotive tech, autonomous vehicles, AR/VR, personal home robots and of course the weird stuff at CES Asia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As more companies lean towards eco-friendly, biodegradable products, Native Shoes have figured out a way to design sneakers made completely out of plants. The shoes are 100% biodegradable , which means their carbon footprint is significantly reduced in the process. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There’s a suggestion that in just a few years’ time we won’t be listening to music as we know it , we’ll be listening to custom song equivalents that are automatically designed for each individual - and tailored to their brain. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

5G, Artificial Intelligence, AR/VR/XR, Automotive Tech, Robotics, Fashion Tech, Travel Tech; all this under one roof could only mean one thing. It's the return of CES Asia 2019 . Jeff Sandhu who's in Shanghai for the event talks to us about his experience of day one at the event. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.