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It was during a site meeting in 2016 that left Franklin Tang, CEO and founder of Habitap, and some contractors amused. Franklin was asked about the wiring provisions necessary to operate the Habitap system, which is dubbed Asia’s first fully integrated smart living platform. As they were considered the first …

Starting a tattoo business at 19 while studying may seem like a pretty cool idea for a liberal arts kid somewhere in the States. But for a Malaysian, that’s probably our parents’ biggest nightmare. Unsurprisingly, Esther Choong’s parents weren’t prepared nor happy to hear about this path she’d chosen 2 …

“We’ve got to do something about your hands,” the woman said to her 67-year-old husband as she watched his darkened fingertips tapping at the keyboard. The man glanced down from the screen to his hands. She was right; they were worse. He first noticed the change a couple of weeks …

Author’s Blurb: Cashless payment apps, to me, are like debit and credit cards. I’ve always only sorted my cashless payment apps into a folder where I can easily access them, pretty much like a wallet. My actual debit and credit cards on the other hand, I’d keep in my Apple …

Photo by By dennizn / Shutterstock.com Amazon Prime Day 2020 isn’t over just yet. It runs until the very end of Wednesday — 11:59 Pacific time, which is technically Thursday morning on the East Coast. So, we continue to update our hand-picked highlights below as shorter-lived deals come and go. …

The sheer number of digital marketing agencies that we have in Malaysia makes it hard for me to differentiate one from the other. Some try to stand out by catering to a specific niche, while others may develop in-house tech meant to put them ahead of the competition. Primal is …

When Hero Boosting first started in 2016, it was a “complete flop,” said 29-year-old founder Nicholas (*he refused to disclose his full name). “The site looked like hot garbage (and) had zero functionality,” he added. With no business or marketing experience, he barely made any money off it so it …

Growing up, Wong Minying was used to seeing patrons thronging Asian Food Mall, a foodcourt at Lucky Plaza which her family runs. However, when Covid-19 hit, business at the family-run foodcourt took a 70 per cent hit. “As we are located in Orchard Road and with stores closed, no tourists …

Author’s Blurb: Picking up painting as a hobby can be rewarding if you’re good at it. Because I was unskilled at it, I found myself to be more frustrated with how unsatisfactory my paintings turn out most of the time. But that’s not necessarily the case for everyone. Unlike a …