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Frozen was an absolute smash hit for Disney. It grossed a whopping US$1.27 billion (£850 million; RM4.7 billion) in global ticket sales, beating another Disney/Pixar animated film – Toy Story 3 – which grossed US$1.063 billion in 2010. Instantly, Frozen becomes the highest grossing animated film ever. But there’s more. While Toy Story required a […]
... written on Mar 13 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 2015Couldn’t afford the newly launched US$10,000 18-karat solid gold version Apple Watch? How about the cheapest version Apple Watch Sport which starts at US$349? Well, don’t get too hard on yourself and start banging your head against the wall, if you still can’t afford even the cheapest Apple Watch. You can actually get a cheaper […]
... written on Mar 11 2015This year marks approximately 100-year Coca-Cola got into its shape. No, we’re not talking about how long Coke was in the market. It was invented more than 100-year ago in 1886 by John Pemberton, and subsequently bought by businessman Asa Griggs Candler. Of course, Mr Asa made crazy truckloads of fortune selling Coca-Cola. Surprisingly, Coca-Cola […]
... written on Mar 09 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 2015While kids can definitely be pretty adorable at times, there are other instances when children can be downright dreadful. Could this be one of the reasons why families are seeing a decline in number of kids, as compared to their previous generation? Sure, it’s technology world now, not the ancient agrarian society that required battalions of kids […]
... written on Mar 05 2015Warren Buffett’s 50th letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders has just been released. Despite being a non-dividend stock, thousands of Berkshire shareholders look forward to the company’s annual letter, as if it’s the last love letter before a worldwide apocalypse. Buffett is a non-believer in paying dividend to shareholders, argues that reinvestment is a better use of […]
... written on Mar 04 2015You’ve been using “wave and pay” credit and debit cards. Depending on where you reside, you may have also experienced the wireless charging at your nearest Starbucks. The nightmare of messy cables for charging is slowly but surely going away. Soon, wireless charging could be a standard (and boring) feature at everyone’s home. IKEA is […]
... written on Mar 03 2015If you’re not an investor oracle like Warren Buffett or an innovative guru like Steve Jobs, then you should venture into politics – if money, lots of them, is what you’re after. As much as politics is a bitch, it comes with nice perks. If not a billionaire, you can at least become a multimillionaire […]
... written on Mar 02 2015Karpal Singh dies aged 74, while Nik Aziz dies at 84. Lee Kuan Yew is now 91-years-old but he’s very ill, and if one cares to look at a photo dated April 2014 between him and Sultan of Brunei, one cannot help but to express concern about a very thin Singapore’s first prime minister. It […]
... written on Feb 26 2015
