Singapore has launched a new mobile app for schools to send updates to parents. Field-trip consent letters, performance and administrative updates - all this can be done now, with the click of a button. The question is, do parents really need another app?

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Past research has shown that children learn more about finances from their parents than any other source. Studies on “financial socialization” have focused on the example parents set for their children, and what mums and dads directly teach their kids about money. However, a new paper says not to neglect the importance of giving kids hands-on practice managing money.

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As the very nature of work shifts towards a growing digital and remote working landscape, recruiters are going to have to change their strategies. Here are 5 hiring trends to look for in 2019.  

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Resolutions have been around for (apparently) 4000 years. However, media resolutions are a relatively new, gadget-centric approach to the age-old trend of making promises to yourself at the start of the year. Here are some resolutions families can take in regards to their collective gadget use.

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We often claim we want our leaders to be optimistic, encouraging, and kind. But if so, why does there seem to be an emerging trend of leader figures who are negative and vitriolic? As it turns out, rhetoric might be the secret behind our choices in leadership.

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In the US, big brands are looking to deepen customer consumer relationships through exclusive programs for those who commit to shopping with them regularly. But in this digital age, do loyalty programs still work?

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Bitcoin soaks up most of the hype heaped on cryptocurrencies, leaving its younger and smaller sibling Ethereum in the shadows. But Ethereum is anything but small. Its market capitalisation is roughly US $10 billion, and it has an equally whopping energy footprint. Ethereum mining consumes a quarter to half of what Bitcoin mining does, but that still means that for most of 2018 it was using roughly as much electricity as Iceland. Indeed, the typical Ethereum transaction gobbles more power than an average U.S. household uses in a day.

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Amy Winehouse, Michael Jackson & Tupac Shakur may have left us a while ago but their music is still heard by millions around the world. And with the rise of holographic technology, soon they will be touring the world again, sort of.

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As Netflix gears up for the competition onslaught in the years to come, particularly in the form of Disney+, the streaming giant has turned to a CFO who might know a thing or two about the “art of addictiveness”.

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Penang is the first place in Malaysia to start using facial recognition software alongside AI to help fight crime on the island. If the software recognises a face on the wanted list it will immediately contact the police for further action.

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