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I’m used to yelling at my Google Home and Amazon Echo, not so much my web browser. However, Mozilla is now testing voice-control capabilities for its Firefox browser, and you can join me in screaming at your screen—which is actually a little more fun and useful than it might sound at first glance. Read more…

If you’ve finally upgraded that old iPhone 6 to a brand new iPhone X or 11, you might be wondering how to take a screenshot. Previously, all it took was a simultaneous press of the side button and home button. But with the loss of the home button in the iPhone X redesign in 2017,…(Continue Reading)

In just two weeks, the Iowa caucuses will take place, a pivotal moment for Democrats that might very well influence the rest of the 2020 election. But what exactly is a caucus? And how is it any different from a primary? Well, if you’ve ever wondered why Iowa’s caucuses have such enormous implications for the……(Continue Reading)

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Can we just chill this week and watch The Queen (Friday) and skip Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak (Wed.)? I’d much prefer to watch Helen Mirren and her corgis bustle around England than endure a docuseries about “the heroes on the front lines of the battle against influenza” but I feel like it’s my…(Continue Reading)

Last year, Grab announced the discontinuation of its ‘Commute’ and ‘All-Access’ subscription plans on 16 December 2020. Following that, Grab notified users today on a new subscription plan that is “personalised” according to different users. Previously, Grab mentioned that it wants to better curate its subscription plans and offer “more tailored” choices based on user…(Continue Reading)

Grab has just announced a major update to its GrabRewards programme, which will come into effect on 2 March 2020. “Our customers today interact with the Grab app more frequently for their transport, food, payments and other needs, and are demanding for better engagement on the platform,” a Grab statement said. “With shifts in customer…(Continue Reading)

MyStartr is a Malaysian site for both reward based crowdfunding and equity crowdfunding (ECF), the latter of which has become a favoured form of crowdfunding. However, according to its founder, Goh Boon Peng, MyStartr’s beginnings in 2012 actually “weren’t that sexy”. Boon Peng simply saw that the Kickstarter model was working well in the US,…(Continue Reading)

Take a look at the roster of companies that are after a digital banking license in Singapore, and you’ll find the usual suspect — Grab, Singtel, Razer, Sea, Ant Financial. Presumably, these firms have the architecture and human resources to keep their proposed online banks running. Yet, for years, fintech has been touted as a field…(Continue Reading)

In 2020 itself, the number of people aged 60 and above would reach the 3.5 million mark, according to Universiti Malaya’s Social Wellbeing Research Centre. Malaysia is poised to become an ageing nation, which brings new challenges in terms of relevant services needed to aid in elderly care. A few of those problems are quality,…(Continue Reading)