Enterprise Explores

A Zhejiang-based technology company has announced that staff purchasing Apple products will lose chances of promotion and company subsidies, in an effort to support Huawei’s Meng Wanzhou after her arrest. But is it right for a company to politicise their employees’ tech? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Truancy and students skipping school is a tale as old as time, with no real solution in sight… unless of course, you plant a chip in their uniforms that could track their whereabouts. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The social media giant has seen a rocky 2018, to the point that the hashtag #DeleteFacebook has surfaced online throughout the year. We take a look back at Facebook’s eventful 2018 and ask if you have or are planning to #DeleteFacebook, too. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Seeing as it’s Christmas Eve, nothing feels more appropriate than to celebrate some of the wonderful innovations from 2018 that helped to make the world a better place. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you want to learn how to play the guitar, sure you can take it slowly and you'll become a master after more than a year of work. But as a business owner or professional with so much on your plate already, you don't have that much time to learn and practice a new skill. You've got to master it quickly in order to keep up with industry trends and the competition. See omnystudio.com/listener for p...

You never know when a disaster in any form will strike and how that might affect your business. So how do you prepare your small enterprise for an emergency situation? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Organisations are facing an employee burnout crisis. A recent Gallup study of nearly 7,500 full-time employees found that 23% of employees reported feeling burned out at work very often or always, while an additional 44% reported feeling burned out sometimes. That means about two-thirds of full-time workers experience burnout on the job. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 When that midnight craving hits, chances are you’re gonna reach for a sweet and satiating night time snack like ice cream.  The problem is, all that fat and sugar right before bed is actually disruptive to catching those zzzs. And that’s why functional food startup Nightfoods has created a line of what it calls “sleep-friendly” ice cream .   See omnystudio.c...

Going to the toilet in China might not be quite what you’re used to. Since the first toilet in Beijing’s Temple of Heaven Park got a face scanning machine in 2017, public lavatories across China are being transformed. Just this week, local state media praised two face scanning toilet endeavors for being “clean and convenient” and “reducing toilet paper waste.” S...

A biotech company in China is offering pet cloning services to those who can afford it. After successfully cloning an aging celebrity dog, the company known as Siogene might be the go-to for pet owners who never wish to part with (versions of) their furry friends. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some works of art are far too fragile and difficult to upkeep to be seen in real life. One solution to this? A virtual museum by way of an app, called “Meet Vermeer”, which displays the Dutch artist’s work in finer detail than we could see with the naked eye. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

China REALLY wants its electric cars, so much that the government is willing to ban new car factories that aren’t focused on assembling electric vehicles. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fast food chains in the US have started using facial recognition to significantly reduce order-and-wait times. On the flipside, outlets are also planning to apply the technology to detect criminals in their stores. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Grab has announced the pilot test of GrabClub , a monthly subscription service that aims to provide users with more savings on services like food delivery and rides. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The term “ mumpreneur ” has been around since the late 90s. But nowadays, the people they refer to are starting to reject the term entirely. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The 9-to-5, Monday-to-Friday grind got you down? Well, take solace: billionaire serial entrepreneur Richard Branson expects the 9-to-5 workday and 5-day work week to die soon , but not for the reasons you may expect. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The social media trends of 2018 were tumultuous and difficult to navigate. So what might come next in 2019 ? Hootsuite’s annual Social Trends Report attempts to predict how social media might shift in 2019. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

According to a yearly report by Stockholm-based phone number-identification service Truecaller, spam calls grew by 300 percent year-over-year in 2018. The report also found that the telecom operators themselves are much to blame. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is your dog or cat ridiculously afraid of fireworks? You’re not alone, and Ford may have a solution for both pet owners and pets alike. In an effort to innovate, Ford has released a prototype noise-cancelling doghouse - and while it looks too expensive to be true, it could fly off shelves if it’s ever commercialized. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bigger doesn’t always mean better, especially in the technology sphere. MIT researchers announced that they have invented a way to shrink objects to nanoscale smaller than what you can see with a microscope - using a laser. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amazon has branded a bunch of products in their zero-profit inventory as “CRaP” and is looking to eliminate these goods from their store. But in the race to secure customer loyalty, is this really a good idea?   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The influencer marketing industry is on track to be worth $5 billion to $10 billion by 2020, and almost anyone can become an influencer these days - even 2 year-old girls. We ask the question - are they worth the investment? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chinese online retailer Taobao is endorsing a physical store here in Malaysia to bring the online store experience offline. Have we now completed the full circle from offline to online and now back to offline? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apparently “ghosting” isn’t just a problem in the dating world. The act of quitting work without any indication or follow-up whatsoever is starting to frustrate more and more employers, as their workers resort to this method of abruptly dropping their jobs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Good news! Malaysians are expected to get a 5.2% salary raise in 2019 according to Mercer Malaysia , with life science and technology industry leading the way. Are you satisfied with your current pay and how do you request for a pay raise? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.