Enterprise Explores

Videogames are a billion-dollar industry. While it takes hundreds, if not thousands of employees working on the backend to get a game going, these developers and designers aren’t unionized. That might change in the very near future. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

For many office workers, “working from home” has replaced a day spent recovering under the covers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Inventions that change the world usually start as concepts and ideas at exhibitions like the annual Geneva Inventions Fair. We look at some of the smartest, most useful ideas - like a solar-powered umbrella - to come out of the convention this year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you ever thought about writing a user guide for yourself ? About the way that you work, your principles and your work ethics? It turns out that it can be quite cathartic and help your employees learn a little bit about you as a leader. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The results of a new survey show that of a handful of countries, holidaymakers from certain countries are most likely to choose their destination based on how good their photos make them appear on Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As excited as we fans are about the premiere of the final season of Game Of Thrones, we are just as wary about the one thing that comes with the release of every new episode: spoilers . Here are some tech hacks to avoid them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Disney chief Bob Iger has officially announced the launch date, price tag, and a slew of original content that will debut on Disney+ - Disney’s streaming service and potential rival to Netflix. The big question is, when will we be able to get it here in Malaysia?   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the eighth and final season of HBOs Game Of Thrones looming on the horizon, we thought we’d take a look back at some of the business lessons that the franchise has taught us, as well as some of the other lessons that we’ve learned from the world of entertainment in general. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A report from Bloomberg highlighted the human labour that goes into making Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant – which comes built in to every Amazon Echo speaker – a little smarter. The company has a mix of contractors and full-time employees all over the globe reviewing and transcribing clips of conversations between users and Alexa, identify phrases, such as “Taylor Swift,&rd...

In line with the recently announced 6% digital service tax that will come into effect in 2020, does the tax might change you would subscribe to and if so, how ? We look back at PwC Tax Executive Director, Keegan Ong’s predictions about the tax from November 2018 as well as Deloitte’s Asia Pacific Financial Services Indirect Tax Leader, Senthuran Elalingam’s explanation of what th...

The Titanic disaster may have happened 106 years ago, but businesses are still learning a thing or two from the infamous event. One of the biggest mistakes came from a marketing standpoint, particularly brash campaigns that created a sense of complacency during the monumental voyage. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s mobile prehistory at this point, but there was once a time when the ultimate smartphone you could get was a BlackBerry. Then came the iPhone, and the Android. And Blackberry ? They just couldn’t keep up. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apparently working remotely can be really tough. To get some insight into how to do it better, Google conducted a two year study involving data from 5,600 employees across the U.S., Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There was a time not too long ago when playing video games for a living was a pipe dream. Now, some players are supporting their entire families from in and students are considering it as a tangible career goal -- and some schools have decided to help them with that goal , in the US. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The National Entrepreneurship Framework (NEF), which the Ministry of Entrepreneur Development began developing in late 2018, is expected to be launched by Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad in July, says SME Corporation Malaysia (SME Corp).   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The reputation economy is making us a little more careful in everything we say, how we say it, and what we do because we have to evaluate each other -- it has created equal power on both sides.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Social media and review aggregators like TripAdvisor play a major role in the popularity of local tourist destinations. With that in mind, the Malaysian tourism board is seeking travel advice from TripAdvisor on how to enhance the appeal of certain destinations in the country to up our tourism game. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fake news. Disinformation. Echo chambers. Biases. These issues have amplified in mainstream media over the last three years, which leads analysts to believe that in the near future , our news sources won’t come from giant conglomerates, but rather from smaller, more personalized, sources of our choosing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The role of the “influencer” or KOL has changed over the years, but their appeal to the (mostly) younger generation cannot be ignored. H&M has leveraged on this appeal by launching its own influencer-style shopping platform called Itsapark in an attempt to replicate the kinds of pictures people secretly envy on Instagram.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When a company decides to diversify their business, it’s a toss-up as to how successful they will be. Amazon found success in selling more than just books, but Apple has struggled to innovate further in recent years, culminating in the cancellation of the AirPower charging bed and a seeming lack of care for their main product line, computers. So does diversification improve or dilute your co...

‘Influencer Fraud’: Prominent online personalities purchase fake engagement via bots -- pieces of software designed to automatically like, comment and share social media posts.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do you demonstrate the powers of 5G? By demonstrating it with an autonomous Proton car in Putrajaya, one of the most technologically advanced cities in Malaysia.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of the biggest issues that affect productivity, teamwork, and general morale in a company is a lack of communication. These are five communication problems that, if left unchecked, will destroy company morale.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Mickey Mouse may be a cartoon character, but his appeal isn’t limited to just children. Adults all over the world buy Mickey merchandise, from t-shirts to watches, making the Mouse an icon for all ages. We discuss the role marketers play in the iconography of cartoons, the business of nostalgia, and the reason adults have handbags with “hidden Mickeys” on them.   See omnystu...

Facebook has found a novel solution to the never-ending deluge of negative headlines and news articles criticizing the company: Simply paying a British newspaper to run laudatory stories about it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.