Enterprise Explores

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The IPO sector has seen an increase over the last year and it will only continue to grow according to global and local markets. Despite the various means of alternative funding, getting a company to an IPO stage is the holy grail for most entrepreneurs but it’s not without challenges. We talk about what’s happening in the sector and we speak to Terence Loo of Aquilas Advisory about factors that go into a company’s decision to consider an IPO.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

According to a 2017 survey carried out by the American Psychology Association, there has been a 30% increase in students seeking counselling on University campuses. Technology might be the culprit. However, sometimes we use them to de-stress. But how much is too much? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Over the last couple of months, we saw WhatsApp add a bunch of features, some for added functionality and some for security purposes. According to new reports, WhatsApp could soon make taking screenshots of the chats a thing of the past.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

According to Hamdi Ulukaya, CEO of Chobani, the age of “the CEO” needs to come to an end and in turn, everyone who works for a company needs to be held accountable for its progress or lack thereof.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Between corporate jargon, business buzzwords, and all the acronyms we toss around, it can seem like we speak an entirely different language at work than in the rest of our lives. We use a lot of these terms in the interest of efficiency, but a lot can get lost in translation. Given the choice, which Buzzwords would you bin?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.