Get the most out of your game’s subscription plans Best practices for designing and managing your subscription strategy Access guide here Some big names left BioWare this week. What does that mean for the studio, and where does that leave Mass Effect and Dragon Age 4? GamesBeat editors Jeff Grubb …
Read More »What’s Your Most Desperate Beauty Story?
I’ll start. This isn’t about the time I was locked in a room without my tube of lip balm and swiped a pat of salted butter on my lips. Nor is it about the time that Taylor Swift used a Sharpie as eyeliner in an airplane bathroom. That’s her story …
Read More »The Trump Administration Shut a Vaccine Safety Office Last Year. What’s the Plan Now?
As the first coronavirus vaccines arrive in the coming year, government researchers will face a monumental challenge: monitoring the health of hundreds of millions of Americans to ensure the vaccines don’t cause harm. Purely by chance, thousands of vaccinated people will have heart attacks, strokes and other illnesses shortly after …
Read More »Dear Mark: What’s With The Bean Protocol?
For today’s edition of Dear Mark, I’m answering a reader question about beans. But it’s not just about beans. It’s about something called the Bean Protocol, a rather new dietary approach that many of my readers have expressed interest in. The Bean Protocol is supposed to improve the liver’s ability …
Read More »What’s Special About Bat Viruses? What We Don’t Know Could Hurt Us
Bats were once of interest mainly to specialists and devoted conservationists. But the global pandemic pushed the animals squarely into the spotlight as the apparent original source of the novel coronavirus. Now, once arcane research into the large number of viruses that live in bats has acquired a new urgency, …
Read More »What’s the Difference Between Minimalism and Frugality?
“Minimalism” seems to be a trendy topic these days, with glowing articles in the New York Times and in The Atlantic and minimalism gurus like Marie Kondo writing bestsellers (she even has a Netflix show — and it’s pretty good!). As someone who has practiced frugal living for a long …
Read More »What’s The Deal With Aftershave?
I always thought being a teenage girl was a particularly unpleasant, albeit temporary, affliction. That being said, I admit I’ve never been a teenage boy. I vividly remember this one day (I remember it because I had just stepped out of an acupuncture session and got immediately smacked out of …
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 »Not All Retail Is Dying – High Rental Costs Are What’s Killing Bizs, Says S’pore Founder
“Our revenue grew at an average rate of 20 per cent for the first few years, but when Covid-19 struck, it went south,” says Alan Lee, founder of homegrown gift brand Klosh. Launched in 2016, Klosh is a multi-label gift store created to provide a “total lifestyle experience.” It offers …
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