Meal kits can be a good starting place for those who don’t know what to cook or how to portion ingredients. This means skipping the grocery shopping, especially during this pandemic. There are meal kits like Chef’ Up and BoxAhead offering widely-found recipes, but since 2020 we’ve been seeing restaurants …
Read More »11 Food Delivery Apps In M’sia That Aren’t GrabFood Or foodpanda, Plus Their Pros & Cons
Food delivery services are just an integral part of the new normal now that seems to be ongoing with MCO2.0. Many of us have been reliant on the big names like GrabFood or foodpanda, but may be itching for a change. So, I’ve compiled a list of 11 alternative food …
Read More »Asian Boss Turns To Crowdfunding After These 3 Factors Led To Their Potential Shutdown
On January 25, Asian Boss’ CEO and co-founder, Stephen Park, revealed in a video that the company is months away from shutting down. The South Korean media company produces free videos that highlight the stories of Asian people to bridge social and cultural gaps. In the video, Stephen revealed that …
Read More »18 M’sian Teams Won RM250,000 Each To Deploy Their Winning Ideas Nationwide
For the past few months, The Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI) has actively been on the lookout for innovative ideas to uplift and improve the delivery of key public services through technology and digitalisation. With more than 100 identified problem statements, MOSTI sent out a call to innovators, …
Read More »5 Ways Teens Can Get More Fruits and Vegetables Into Their Diets
A new study found that high school students aren’t getting enough produce. If you’ve been watching your teenager devour processed foods like potato chips, chicken nuggets or sugary cereals and drinks, you are not alone. Comfort food has been especially alluring during the pandemic, for parents and kids alike. But …
Read More »Lim Chee Guan’s 3rd-Gen Owners On How Their Bak Kwa Business Has Lasted Over 80 Years
Established in 1938, homegrown barbecued meat (bak kwa) brand Lim Chee Guan was founded by Lim Kay Eng. In the 1920s, he left his family in Xiamen and travelled to Singapore alone by boat. Here, he took on odd jobs such as a plantation worker and coffee assistant. Back home, …
Read More »Amazon launches Alexa Custom Assistant to let brands build their own voice assistants
Amazon today launched Alexa Custom Assistant, a product that allows automakers and device manufacturers to create intelligent assistants built on the AI technologies powering Alexa. It marks the first time Amazon is granting third parties access to Alexa’s framework, and the company says it will enable brands to create assistants …
Read More »Beauty & Medical Industries Need POS Systems Too, This M’sian Startup Is Their Solution
Kevin Nair and his team were servicing a large beauty service provider client in Malaysia with network VPN services when its owners began asking several times, “Do you know how to write a software to help us with operations?” While not something Kevin was doing at the time, he thought …
Read More »These Sabahan Sisters Found A Use For Their Dad’s Old CD Stash—Selling Them As Art Decor
Any 90s kid would have a bunch of CDs stashed somewhere in the house, back when using disc players was still a thing. I know many of mine are now scratched and unusable, so I’d probably recycle them soon. But Lenne and Hanny Zulkiflly thought, why not capitalise on their …
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