Many young people long to reject the corporate path and hope to pursue ventures that they can get more satisfaction out of. Some have channeled their entrepreneurial streak into home-based businesses, while others have started their own startups. Moreover, Singaporeans today are better equipped to pursue their entrepreneurial dreams. From …
Read More »Why You Shouldn’t Sign up for Store Cards — Even Just for the Bonus
You’re at a store and about to check out. The person behind the counter starts telling you about their store credit card and how it will save 30% on your purchase today, or it’ll immediately give you $ 25 off. It’s certainly tempting. After all, if you just sign your …
Read More »HP Just Launched An Affordable Plan For SMEs To Help with Digital Transformation
[This is a paid article with HP Inc. Malaysia.] Over the past few months, many businesses started to adopt and innovate different approaches to their operations. For some, they’ve transitioned into an online business and for others, they’ve adapted their workforce to become more mobile to work from anywhere or …
Read More »What’s Next For The Pre-Launch M’sian Startup That Just Raised RM12mil Seed Funding
In what may be one of the largest seed rounds for a fintech startup in Malaysia, pre-launch startup MyMy has just raised RM12 million. The total comes after an investment of RM10 million from Koperasi Angkatan Tentera Malaysia Berhad (Koperasi Tentera) coupled with existing investments. MyMy is now valued at …
Read More »Google launches Android 11, rolling out not just to Pixel phones first
Automation and Jobs Read our latest special issue. Open Now Google today launched Android 11, the latest version of its mobile OS, and pushed the source code to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP). Unlike previous major versions, Android 11 is not only arriving as an over-the-air update to Pixel …
Read More »On Wearing Makeup Just For Yourself
I’ve lived in New Haven, Connecticut for the past decade, but I grew up in the hood. It’s fine, I can say that—I say it with love, and with some sadness, because my neighborhood and all the ones around it are rapidly gentrifying. I’m used to huge rats and flying …
Read More »How Dr. Fauci Found Himself Talking to Julia Roberts, Lil Wayne and Just About Any Podcaster Who Asked
On March 15, as the novel coronavirus was beginning to surge in the United States, Dr. Anthony S. Fauci accomplished a rare Washington feat: He appeared on all five major Sunday talk shows. But the White House worried that Dr. Fauci might upstage (and sometimes contradict) President Trump, and soon …
Read More »This M’sian Created A WhatsApp For Teams & Earned RM50k Revenue In Just 4 Months
Author’s Blurb: Reaching out to plenty of people to conduct interviews, it’s such a hassle when my colleagues need to know what’s happening in a conversation, especially since messaging apps don’t have a CC function like emails. Unfortunately, the only way to do this is if I hand over my …
Read More »This S’pore Startup Just Raised US$1M To Make Learning Fun: Teaches Science, Coding To Kids
Launched in early 2020, Singapore-based startup Doyobi is raising the next generation of change-makers. The edtech just announced a US$ 1 million (S$ 1.37 million) funding round led by 500 Startups and Xoogler Angels. Under Doyobi’s courses, children are taught science and coding fundamentals. Depending on their age group, kids …
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