The term “mumpreneur” has been around since the late 90s. But nowadays, the people they refer to are starting to reject the term entirely.

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The 9-to-5, Monday-to-Friday grind got you down? Well, take solace: billionaire serial entrepreneur Richard Branson expects the 9-to-5 workday and 5-day work week to die soon, but not for the reasons you may expect.

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The social media trends of 2018 were tumultuous and difficult to navigate. So what might come next in 2019? Hootsuite’s annual Social Trends Report attempts to predict how social media might shift in 2019.

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According to a yearly report by Stockholm-based phone number-identification service Truecaller, spam calls grew by 300 percent year-over-year in 2018. The report also found that the telecom operators themselves are much to blame.

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Is your dog or cat ridiculously afraid of fireworks? You’re not alone, and Ford may have a solution for both pet owners and pets alike. In an effort to innovate, Ford has released a prototype noise-cancelling doghouse - and while it looks too expensive to be true, it could fly off shelves if it’s ever commercialized.

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Bigger doesn’t always mean better, especially in the technology sphere. MIT researchers announced that they have invented a way to shrink objects to nanoscale smaller than what you can see with a microscope - using a laser.

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Amazon has branded a bunch of products in their zero-profit inventory as “CRaP” and is looking to eliminate these goods from their store. But in the race to secure customer loyalty, is this really a good idea?

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The influencer marketing industry is on track to be worth $5 billion to $10 billion by 2020, and almost anyone can become an influencer these days - even 2 year-old girls. We ask the question - are they worth the investment?

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Chinese online retailer Taobao is endorsing a physical store here in Malaysia to bring the online store experience offline. Have we now completed the full circle from offline to online and now back to offline?

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Apparently “ghosting” isn’t just a problem in the dating world. The act of quitting work without any indication or follow-up whatsoever is starting to frustrate more and more employers, as their workers resort to this method of abruptly dropping their jobs.

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