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Apr 16, 2019 • 10min
Videogame Workers Have No Time To Unionize
Videogames are a billion-dollar industry. While it takes hundreds, if not thousands of employees working on the backend to get a game going, these developers and designers aren’t unionized. That might change in the very near future.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 16, 2019 • 24min
Are Sick Days Dead?
For many office workers, “working from home” has replaced a day spent recovering under the covers.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 15, 2019 • 9min
The Best Ideas From Geneva Inventions Fair
Inventions that change the world usually start as concepts and ideas at exhibitions like the annual Geneva Inventions Fair. We look at some of the smartest, most useful ideas - like a solar-powered umbrella - to come out of the convention this year. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 15, 2019 • 12min
How To Write A User Guide To Yourself
Have you ever thought about writing a user guide for yourself? About the way that you work, your principles and your work ethics? It turns out that it can be quite cathartic and help your employees learn a little bit about you as a leader.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 15, 2019 • 16min
Does Social Media Affect Your Travel Choices?
The results of a new survey show that of a handful of countries, holidaymakers from certain countries are most likely to choose their destination based on how good their photos make them appear on Instagram.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 12, 2019 • 9min
How To Win The Game of Spoils
As excited as we fans are about the premiere of the final season of Game Of Thrones, we are just as wary about the one thing that comes with the release of every new episode: spoilers. Here are some tech hacks to avoid them.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 12, 2019 • 9min
Disney+ : Launch Date, Price Tag, and List of Shows
Disney chief Bob Iger has officially announced the launch date, price tag, and a slew of original content that will debut on Disney+ - Disney’s streaming service and potential rival to Netflix. The big question is, when will we be able to get it here in Malaysia? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 12, 2019 • 18min
From Throne Room To Boardroom
With the eighth and final season of HBOs Game Of Thrones looming on the horizon, we thought we’d take a look back at some of the business lessons that the franchise has taught us, as well as some of the other lessons that we’ve learned from the world of entertainment in general.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 11, 2019 • 9min
Amazon Workers Get To Hear Some Of What You Say
A report from Bloomberg highlighted the human labour that goes into making Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant – which comes built in to every Amazon Echo speaker – a little smarter. The company has a mix of contractors and full-time employees all over the globe reviewing and transcribing clips of conversations between users and Alexa, identify phrases, such as “Taylor Swift,” that might otherwise be meaningless to the software. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Apr 11, 2019 • 13min
How Does The Digital Service Tax Affect Your Subscription Choices?
In line with the recently announced 6% digital service tax that will come into effect in 2020, does the tax might change you would subscribe to and if so, how? We look back at PwC Tax Executive Director, Keegan Ong’s predictions about the tax from November 2018 as well as Deloitte’s Asia Pacific Financial Services Indirect Tax Leader, Senthuran Elalingam’s explanation of what the tax targets.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.


