New Year’s resolutions, like many other mainstream trends, are rooted in age-old customs that were then commercialized for big business and bigger bucks.

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It’s easy enough to write a list of resolutions every 365 days, but most of us give up halfway through January. We ask you about your strategies to complete your New Year’s resolutions.

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So throughout the year, we’ve been actively searching for stories that you might interesting for you and your business. But what do we at the Biz Bytes team consume when we’re not on air, during our free time to destress? We give you our picks that you need to watch during the New Year’s holiday.

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In China, a new section of livestreaming is becoming increasingly popular: farming. In the last three years, around 100,000 livestreamers have promoted farm products on Taobao and one livestreamer managed to sell 1 million kilos of oranges in just 13 days.

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Walmart… yes, that Walmart, has filed a patent for autonomous robot bees. As weird as it sounds, the future of agriculture could rely on autonomous tech, which is probably why Walmart is working ahead of the curve to secure a largely untapped market.

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The price of hospital bills in the US has almost become a meme, but this could all change as of January 1st when new regulations take effect that require hospitals to post their prices of service online. With Malaysia being one of the top destinations for medical tourism we thought we’d ask whether a similar regulation would be useful here.

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You know the saying, never trust anything on the Internet? But just how much of the Internet is fake? Studies shows that year after year, less than 60% of web traffic is human and a healthy majority of it is bots.

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Many brands have redesigned their logos over the years to suit their consumers’ changing tastes. But there seems to be a common trend amongst brands’ redesigns now called “blanding”, in which a more intricate design is replaced with a simple sans-serif font. Is the minimalist approach a successful attempt at staying contemporary, or is it indicative of a downward spiral for creativity?

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What is the wheel, weaving and projectile weapons all came from a children’s mind in prehistoric days? While the adults were out ensuring the group’s survival, could have our human history with innovation started with toys? That’s the idea behind one archaeologist in Denmark who believes toys are really us.

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IKEA has launched its Christmas campaign asking us to reflect on everyday behaviour, which is considered normal but that perhaps we all need to reconsider, particularly as the Christmas holidays are now upon us. Using the slogan #DisconnectToConnect, IKEA is betting on a different Christmas encouraging us to disconnect our mobile devices and social media in order to connect with those that we are going to spend time with at this special time of year.

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