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· Sebastian Dillon
Science Confirms That Rich People Are More Likely to Lie, Cheat, Steal, and More
Are rich people douchebags? According to the research, the answer is: YES.
· Editorial Staff
This New Underwear Protects Your Sperm From Cell Phone and Wi-Fi Radiation
As wireless technology has rapidly advanced over the years, we’ve become so focused on the amazing gadgets available to us that we don’t see the detrimental effects they could have on our body. Studies have shown that males who were exposed to laptop Wi-Fi for just four hours…
· Alan Van
Science Reveals How Far Your Germs Travel Every Time You Sneeze
As if you needed any more reasons to not fly on an airplane these days, a video showing exactly how potentially SARS/measles/cooties-infected sneeze particles travel everywhere inside a plane is making the internet rounds. Using what Popular Science calls “computational fluid…
· Alan Van
A Former Spice Girl is Named Top Entrepreneur in Britain
Britain’s top entrepreneur has been crowned, and it’s none other than … get ready for it … Posh Spice?
· Alan Van
10 Motivational Tactics You’re Using That Are Actually Causing More Harm Than Good
Effectively motivating others is hard and can be a job unto itself — unfortunately, it’s a necessary skill almost everyone will find themselves having to do and do well at some point in their lives, whether you are a manager, a parent, a team leader, or a multitude of other…
· Benny Luo
Former Apple Employee Sam Sung Has Some Sage Advice For Setting Yourself Apart in Business
Sam Sung made headlines back in 2012 when his Apple business card went viral on the internet. People simply found it hilarious that an Apple employee could bear the name of the company’s biggest competitor.
· Editorial Staff
How a Poor Farm Boy Built One of the Most Recognized Exotic Car Brands in the World
This is the story of a man named Ferruccio. Ferruccio was born on April 28th, 1916 to poor grape farmers in Northern Italy. As he grew up, he became more interested in farming equipment and tractors than actual farming, and in the 1930s he enrolled at the Fratelli Taddia…
· Waylae Gregoire
College Student Reveals How He Mines Bitcoins in His Dorm Room — The Cheap Way
Nothing in the tech world confuses us as much as Bitcoin it seems. What we do know about it is that it’s volatile and it can be worth a ton of money, but we hardly understand where it comes from, who invented it apparently, or what it is past being a crypto-currency- even that…
· Editorial Staff
Tiki Barber: How a Former NFL Player Decided To Launch a Startup
What do football players do after retiring from the NFL? If you’re the New York Giant’s former running back Tiki Barber, you go out and start a company. After retiring from the NFL in 2007, followed by a stint as a television host, Barber launched Thuzio, an online site that…
· Benny Luo
Karmaloop CEO Greg Selkoe: Why Having Creative People Makes Successful Businesses
I’ve always been enamored by the work Mr. Greg Selkoe of Karmaloop has been able to produce over the years. I think its because I can relate to him on the level that we both have ADHD and suffered with it tremendously during our pre-college years. However, even with these…
· Benny Luo
Harvard Drop Out and Former VC Team Up to Create Sprayable Energy [INTERVIEW]
Last month, we told you about about an indiegogo campaign for Sprayable Energy, a cool alternative to coffee and energy drinks. The campaign was a huge success, raising over $169,000 when their goal had only been $15,000. Not too shabby! For those that don’t know, Sprayable…
· Benny Luo
My 15 Minutes With Manny Pacquiao
While NextShark has done a lot of interviews in the past, it was our recent interview with world champion boxer Manny Pacquiao that really tested our ability to be efficient. As expected from a celebrity of Pacquiao’s caliber, his schedule was constantly filling up and changing.…
· Waylae Gregoire
Sex Sociologist: Is Porn to Blame For Sexual Harassment in the Workplace?
Like it or not, porn is a pretty big part of society. We might not talk about it openly (or ever), but odds are that if you don’t watch porn, you could be one of the weird ones. But it’s likely we’ll never know for sure — after all, it’s one of society’s best kept secrets.
· Editorial Staff
Disney Creates Badass Robot That Makes Epic Drawings in the Sand … Because They Can
When you’re a huge, multi-billion dollar conglomerate like the Walt Disney Company, you can afford to create an army of robots to do your bidding — even if your bidding involves painting Simba into the sand. Going beyond the ranks of the Disney theme parks’ animatronic Pirates…
· Benny Luo
The Ultra-Exclusive Networking Event That Costs up to $156,000 Per Ticket to Attend
Every year, a group of high level people including billionaires, celebrities and politicians gather for the World Economic Forum at Davos, Switzerland, an annual exclusive leadership conference for the one percent who want to “map the key transformations reshaping the world.”…
· Editorial Staff
This Insanely Huge Robot Can Be Yours for a Cool $1 Million On Amazon
If you had a million dollars, what’s the first thing you would buy? If you said, “a 5-ton, 13-foot-tall, 5 mph-capable, wearable robot,” then you’re not only ultra rad, you’re also in luck. On sale on Amazon Japan is the Kuratas, the invention of Kogoro Kurata, a Japanese…
· Editorial Staff
McDonald’s Kicks Out Homeless Indian Boy After He Tries to Buy a Drink
A homeless boy was allegedly forced out of a Pune, India McDonald’s while trying to buy a Fanta float, according to a Facebook post that went viral on the Reddit India page.
· Editorial Staff
Why I Turned Down $30 Million From Mark Cuban
On a recent episode of “Shark Tank,” three sisters shocked the world by declining a $30 million offer from Mark Cuban to buy their under three-year-old online dating company Coffee Meets Bagel. They did it without even flinching. The company’s founders, Arum, Dawoon and Soo Kang…
· Max Chang
Science Reveals Just How Dirty Your Phone Is
While we’ve been told our cell phones are dirtier than the toilet, we haven’t had a clear visual of the types of bacteria that live in our favorite devices — until now. Students studying bacteriology at the University of Surrey planted their phones with a “bacterial growth…
· Jacob Wagner
How a Trip to India Helped Steve Jobs Revolutionize Apple
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has said in the past that he was jealous of Steve Jobs’ “good taste.” Jobs has always been known for his eye for design and, whether you want to give him credit for it or not, helping to create some of the most revolutionary and user-friendly…
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Alibaba Pictures
Alibaba Pictures connects to Alibaba and the broader platforms story around it.
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Cloud
Cloud connects to Alibaba and the broader platforms story around it.
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Coupang (Rocket Delivery)
Coupang (Rocket Delivery) connects to Coupang and the broader platforms story around it.
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Coupang Eats
Coupang Eats connects to Coupang and the broader platforms story around it.
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Coupang Play
Coupang Play connects to Coupang and the broader platforms story around it.
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Farfetch connects to Coupang and the broader platforms story around it.
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Anime
Anime connects to companies that handle streaming, production, licensing, toys, and games.
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WEBTOON
WEBTOON connects to Naver and WEBTOON Entertainment through platform distribution and adaptations.
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K-dramas
K-dramas connect to platforms and story companies that turn digital reading into shows people binge later.
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Crunchyroll
Crunchyroll connects to Sony, the company behind the anime streaming app, plus the music, merch, and licensing around it.
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Playlists
Playlists connect to music apps, licensing deals, and the companies that decide what stays available.
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Weverse
Weverse connects to HYBE, the platform where memberships, merch, content, and fandom access keep moving after the song.
Company · China · NYSE:BABA
Alibaba
Alibaba is China's commerce-and-entertainment backbone — Taobao and Tmall shopping habits fund Youku streaming and Alibaba Pictures, tying online spending to what China watches.
Company · Korea · NYSE:CPNG
Coupang
Coupang is Korea's Amazon — overnight Rocket Delivery plus Coupang Play, a streaming service bundling K-content and live sports into the shopping habit.
Company · Indonesia · IDX:GOTO
GoTo Group
GoTo is the app Indonesia runs on — Gojek rides, Tokopedia shopping, and GoPay wallets woven into daily life for the world's fourth-most-populous country.
Company · Singapore · NASDAQ:GRAB
Grab
Grab is the everyday super-app of Southeast Asia — rides, food, and payments in one wallet across eight countries, the way hundreds of millions actually move and eat.
Company · Korea · KRX:035720
Kakao
Kakao touches messaging, webtoons, music, and entertainment distribution in everyday Korean digital life.
Company · China · HKEX:1024
Kuaishou
Kuaishou is China's number-two short-video platform, where livestream selling turned everyday creators into a shopping channel and rewired how goods get sold.
Company · Korea · KRX:035420
Naver
One of the layers behind Webtoon, LINE, Snow.
Company · Japan · TYO:4755
Rakuten Group
Rakuten touches shopping, memberships, points, streaming, and platform habits that affect how people actually spend.
Alibaba · Platforms · NYSE:BABA
The Grammys created an award for Asian pop. BTS said no.
Alibaba is China's commerce-and-entertainment backbone — Taobao and Tmall shopping habits fund Youku streaming and Alibaba Pictures, tying online spending to what China watches.