The popularity of the influencer seems to be steadily declining, but here to take its place isn’t a new social media archetype, but one from the past. “The slacker”, a personality type that defined the 90s, is apparently making a comeback... and will start to once again define the way we browse, focus, and shop online.

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Speedhome (Speedrent) recently raised RM2.5 mil from 206 investor via equity crowdfunding platform, pitchIN. This is the largest deal thus far on ECF in Malaysia for 2019 and the 29th company to successfully raise funds for pitchIN. The equity crowdfunding market is clearly on the rise.

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Most people bristle at the term ‘networking’ – not because they are bad at it, but because it sounds transactional and disingenuous. Well, here’s a way to fix that.

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Ever walk into a networking event or party and all you hear is superficial chit-chat? The small talk is deafening and doesn't evolve into anything substantial. As it turns out, the types of conversations you're engaging in truly matter for your personal wellbeing. In 2010, scientists from the University of Arizona and Washington University in St. Louis investigated whether happy and unhappy people differ in the types of conversations they have.

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The AI-powered airport of the future is full of promise and peril, plus - AI that shames you into being a better passenger.

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As we approach the age of Smart Cities, stores have slowly started implementing IoT-driven tech into their systems. Stores in the US are using “smart shelves” to determine the age, sex, and interests of shoppers in order to show them better ads and steer them towards more suitable products.

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Kl Is likely to become a smart city by next year as Alibaba Cloud’s “Malaysia City Brain” pilot project is completed - according to an article in The Star. But by definition, a smart city requires more than good traffic management to be considered ‘smart’. What would you want from your smart city?

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The demise of Vine may have come as a huge surprise to its users, but many analysts believed the platform's micro-content format was just ahead of its time. We can put that theory to the test when Vine makes its return in 2019 as Byte.

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As Sri Lanka enters another day of darkness for social media platforms, has the ban really been effective? Has social media done more good or bad for you? How do we ever find a way to regulate the world’s largest “community” or should it be kept away from regulators?

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In a report released Wednesday, World Health Organisation said, to be healthy, children under 5 years old should be spending less time staring at screens and more time playing. They recommend no more than one hour of screen time per day for children under 5 and no screen time at all for infants under 1. Trouble is though, will you comply?

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