Enterprise Explores

The adoption of e-wallets and cashless payments has been relatively fast in Malaysia, with most stores now offering the new-ish mode of payment to customers. But what about the stall level merchants who see plenty of transactions daily? Ramly Group recently announced that they will offer e-wallet payments at all their official marts and kiosks, which makes us wonder how this will affect adoption on a whole new level. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We procrastinate. We get distracted. A San Francisco startup wants to help us all by coaching its clients through their to-do lists.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Singapore is running trails of its “contactless clearance” lanes in Changi’s T4 terminal, thereby making the customs process smoother for travelers. While the trial isn’t for all citizens just yet, it is a very promising step towards a more comfortable trip.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The year is coming to an end and Google has released its Top GIF Search Trends of 2019. What’s interesting is how our method of communication has changed over the year and interestingly, the top 10 GIF’s were mostly dominated by one common feeling. We discuss how we’ve felt in 2019 through GIFs.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Instagram is done playing dumb about users’ ages. After nine years, Instagram is finally embracing more responsibility to protect underage kids from the problems with social media. It will now ask new users to input their birth date and bar users younger than 13 from joining. However, it won’t be asking existing users their age, so Instagram will turn a blind eye to any underage kids already amongst its 1 billion members.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Match Group, the largest dating app conglomerate in the US, doesn’t perform background checks on any of its apps’ free users. A ProPublica report today highlights a few incidents in which registered sex offenders went on dates with women who had no idea they were talking to a convicted criminal. Why can’t these apps verify their users?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Quantum computing has always had a futuristic ring to it. It perpetually sounds like something that’s centuries away. But tech giant Amazon is now offering quantum computing as a service on a new platform called Braket, which begs the question… is accessible quantum computing finally here?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One company has decided to allow their staff to do anything that they liked every other Friday, as long as it was related to doing something creative or learning a new skill. The end result ended up increasing efficiency, injected new energy into their work and delivering some of their best ideas - what would you choose to do?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Innovation labs, technology scouting outposts, and accelerator programs to invest in startups have become ubiquitous in large companies, as have regularly-scheduled hackathons or idea challenges that invite employees to develop and pitch new ideas.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Despite backlash from certain pockets of their population, China’s facial recognition rollout now requires citizens to have their faces scanned when purchasing a new sim card. While the procedure is said to help authorities prevent fraud, the Republic’s ever-growing surveillance is worrying people both in and out of the country.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.