Being that it’s not one of Malaysia’s beauty brands run by celebrities in the entertainment industry, you may find Lip & Co. an unfamiliar name. When Kelvin Tan established it in 2017, he already had the experience of running UB Cosmetics, a beauty brand that supplied to beauty subscription boxes …
Read More »It’s Not Too Late to Send These 4 Gifts in Time for Christmas
Photo by Roman Samborskyi / Shutterstock.com ‘Tis the season to procrastinate. If you have fallen behind on holiday shopping, don’t panic! There is still time to get gifts to loved ones in time for Christmas. While it’s true that your options are more limited now, a handful of good choices …
Read More »It’s Not Just You: Picking a Health Insurance Plan Is Really Hard
Most Americans make poor choices. So do most professional insurance brokers, a new study finds. But robots may help. Paul Rickards Anya Samek, an economist, has found that consumers make better choices among health plans when presented with a few simple calculations. So when she switched jobs last year and …
Read More »YouTube Taught This M’sian Couple To Turn Concrete Into Pretty Décor, Now It’s Their Biz
Author’s blurb: When I think of concrete, the first thing that comes to mind is usually grey and hard structures used to build walls and pave floors. The industrial look can come off unflattering to me, especially when left exposed without being painted first. But Adesh and Shahfiq see a …
Read More »Printcious Proves It’s Still M’sia’s Go-To Personalised Gift Startup, 5 Years Into The Biz
In your search for gifts that can be personalised, you may have come across Printcious by now. They’ve been in the gifting industry since 2007, albeit under a different name at first: Heartbeat.my. Now they’ve moved entirely online and will be celebrating their sixth anniversary in 2021 as Printcious. It’s …
Read More »You’d Think It’s Jewellery, But They’re Actually Bespoke Pet Collars Made By A M’sian
Author’s blurb: How many of us here spend an enormous amount of money on our pets? For me, whenever I go to the pet store, I would look around to see if I can find something to bring home for my angsty toy poodle to either chew on, sleep, or …
Read More »Don’t Jog, It’s Too Dangerous: Part 2
Dr. DeVany’s title quote has haunted me for years; I typically ponder the significance of this deadpan assertion during my morning jog. “Come on, this can’t be dangerous, can it?” I assert that my morning jog helps me enjoy nature, clear my mind for the impending busy day in front …
Read More »How to Deal with the Pressure of Never Having Enough Time (and Why It’s Total BS)
If you’ve read Tim Ferris’ 4-Hour Workweek, you can just jump to the end of this post. For everyone else, I invite you to take a closer look at your relationship with time. Especially those of you who are too busy to spend, oh, I don’t know, 5 or so …
Read More »Google details how it’s using AI and machine learning to improve search
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now During a livestreamed event this afternoon, Google detailed the ways it’s applying AI and machine learning to improve the Google Search experience. Soon, Google says users will be able to see how busy places are in Google Maps without having …
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