Self Improvement
You may think it’s super easy to land a job at your nearest McDonald’s. After all, you just wanted to flip burgers behind the kitchen so how hard could it be, right? Wrong, people who are interested to work at McDonald’s are not school dropouts. There could be experienced applicants from other fast food organisations […]
... written on Apr 15 2015Previously, Xiaomi Corp., the Chinese smartphone vendor that eventually overtook Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. in the world’s largest market, was found secretly stealing users’ data. Thereafter, its Vice President Hugo Barra apologized for the unauthorized data collection, and the company had upgraded its operating system to ensure users knew it was collecting data […]
... written on Apr 14 2015Although we’ve entered the fourth month of the year, people are still jumping ships as if there’s no tomorrow. Unlike generation-X, the ambitious generation-Y (and soon generation-Z) would not think twice about quitting and hop to other companies, as long as the pay is good. They realize how dumb it would be to stay loyal […]
... written on Apr 09 2015When Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook acquired mobile-messaging application WhatsApp last year for a mind-boggling US$22 billion, many analysts thought Mark was a sucker. After all, WhatsApp was just a startup that generated a pathetic revenue of merely US$10.2 million. Even though WhatsApp had 400 million active users back then, it generated less than 3 cents in […]
... written on Apr 01 2015There’s a new transportation service which could make you the envy of your facebook friends, simply because you live in San Francisco while they are not. Launched last week, the new private bus service offered by “Leap Transit” makes you feel more like “Starbucks than a bus.” Costing US$6 (£4; RM22) for a single ride […]
... written on Mar 26 2015Levi’s® committed to making quality jeans that should last longer “than most peoples’ waist lines,” – a bold claim made by Levi Strauss & Co. CEO, Chip Bergh, some time in May last year. If we’re still in the age of “Cowboy Boots with Levi’s Jeans”, then there’s little question about the infamous jeans durability and […]
... written on Mar 20 2015Starbucks is a US$70 billion company. Its currect stock price is at historical high. Starbucks has reported record revenues of US$16.4 billion (11% growth) in financial year 2014. The company also invested a staggering US$233 million in healthcare benefits and US$210 million in Bean Stock for the same financial year. However, Howard Schultz, chairman and […]
... written on Mar 19 2015What do Facebook, Google, Microsoft, LinkedIn, Yahoo and Twitter have in common? They’re all technology companies, of course. In fact, they’re the most successful companies in the Silicon Valley. But what do Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Sergey Brin, Larry Page, Jerry Yang have in common? Well, they’re either white or Asian? Like it or not, […]
... written on Mar 18 2015Elephants never forget – goes an old saying. So, unless you’re looking for trouble with the beast, you should not do something silly that the jumbo would remember you for the rest of its life. Well, a man in China seemed to remember stories about elephants’ incredible memory, but he didn’t know that dogs, supposedly […]
... written on Mar 12 2015Ever since Microsoft’s first Office release to Apple Mac users back in October 2010, everyone have been whining, bitching and wondering if there’ll be a new version. After all, Microsoft has brought the Office to iPad last year, not to mention OneNote for both Mac and iOS. A few weeks ago, iOS users were pampered […]
... written on Mar 06 2015