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Meet the Trendy Maltese People on Instagram Are Falling in Love With
A diminutive pooch has gained a huge fan base on Instagram through his adorable outfits. The dog is Toby, a 10-year-old Maltese owned by Vancouver resident Joyce Chen. Chen set up Toby’s Instagram account three years ago and it currently has over 101,000 followers.
· Editorial Staff
This Restaurant in Japan Might Have Started a Butter on Sushi Trend
@yoshitch There’s yet another food item made better by butter (that you wouldn’t have guessed): sushi. @_SSK321 The Jinen chain of restaurants in Japan has a surprising hit on their hands with their unagi butter sushi, according to RocketNews24.
· Laura Dang
Hunky Asian Guys Have Started a ‘Hot Street Worker’ Trend
Hunky, shirtless male employees appears to be the hot new marketing strategy for food vendors in Taiwan. One of the first examples of the recent trend was 26-year-old Yi Tin Chen, dubbed “Tawian’s hottest bean curd seller.”
· Editorial Staff
Vintage iPods Are Fetching Up to $20,000 on eBay
If you’ve been holding on to a mint condition, classic Apple iPod, you might be glad to know that it could be worth a lot of money if recent trends are to be believed. According to a report released by Terapeak, a company which keeps tab on prices of collectibles on Ebay, prices…
· Editorial Staff
Kickstarter Campaign for 3D Printer Raises $500,000, Business Partner Uses Half to Build a House
Another Kickstarter campaign nightmare has crowdfunders hesitant about who they are really giving their money to. In 2013, the Peachy Printer, marketed as the first $100 3D printer and scanner, successfully raised over $500,000 on Kickstarter and almost $60,000 on Indiegogo.…
· Ryan General
YouTuber Who Made $12 Million Last Year Shows Off His Epic New Car
PewDiePie, YouTube’s most subscribed and highest-earning creator, is winning huge internet points after posting a video to show off his new set of wheels.
· Editorial Staff
Taiwan’s Light Bulb Bubble Tea Goes Viral After Using a Great Business Strategy
Taiwan has unleashed a new bubble tea trend that employs the help of some actual “bobas”, known to be originally translated from the word “buxom ladies”. The bubble tea is served in light bulb shaped glasses, but it’s probably more about who is serving the tea that has netizens,…
· Laura Dang
Jeff Bezos Made $6 Billion in 20 Minutes Last Week — Here’s What He Can Ball Out On
Last Friday Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos made $6 billion in 20 minutes, or $5 million per second. Amazon shares skyrocketed from $600 a share to a record high of $681.50 in after hours trading. Their first quarter earnings report was impressive as shares of Amazon surged about 10%…
· Editorial Staff
Chinese Sports Brand is Literally an Exact Copy of Under Armour
A Chinese company has debuted a new sports clothing brand that closely resembles Under Armour. The brand, Uncle Martian, was unveiled this week. Images circulating on social media of the launch show a strikingly similar logo to that of the American sports brand.
· Editorial Staff
Former Victoria’s Secret Supermodel Has Harsh Words For What Instagram Models Really Are
Veteran supermodel-turned-actress Rebecca Romijn is not fond of the continued rise of social media models. The 43-year-old actress, who played the role of Mystique in the older X-men movies, said today’s popular models are “not true supermodels” in a recent interview with…
· Benny Luo
This Man Made $50,000 Over the Weekend Selling Stacks of Cash on Instagram
An LA-based artist made $50,000 over the weekend selling stacks of cash on Instagram. Matty Mo, who goes by the moniker “The Most Famous Artist,” is known for repurposing old paintings and murals. The 30-year-old sells most of his artwork for around $1,000 apiece, all mostly on…
· Editorial Staff
Hot Moms are Spending up to $20,000 on Plastic Surgery to Get Ready for Coachella
Some moms will go to great lengths to keep up with their hip teenage daughters at the Coachella music festival even if it requires spending thousands on Botox and tummy tucks. These cougar moms aren’t giving up their good old glory days just yet. Sarah Mirmelli, 33, has been in…
· Editorial Staff
Disturbing Chinese ‘Beauty’ Challenge Tests Whether a Girl’s Face is Skinny Enough
Another day, another trending Chinese “beauty” challenge. Coming on the heels of the “iPhone 6 legs” challenge and the A4 test last month is another beauty test that involves a small inanimate object.
· Walky App
Did the Tech Boom Create a Crime Boom? Let’s Look at the Data.
We hear a lot about the companies valued at over $1B, and that ⅓ of the world’s Unicorns live in the San Francisco Bay Area. Lately, more people are voicing concerns about the other humans who live there too: “Every day, on my way to, and from work, I see people sprawled across…
· Ryan General
Why Asian Americans Are Going to Be the Richest People in America
Asian Americans are the best-educated and fastest-growing racial group in the U.S. and if current trends continue, they may also soon become America’s wealthiest racial group. Families of Asian Americans have seen the most significant increase in wealth in the past two decades,…
· Ryan General
Design Student Creates Site That Sells Thigh Gap Jewelry to Prove an Important Point
Who would’ve known that the space between the inner thighs of women would become a beauty ideal among teenage girls? The thigh gap, an often unachievable beauty trend that dangerously encourages women to undergo extreme dieting, is becoming more popular than ever.
· Editorial Staff
A Harvard Nutritionist Says it’s Ok to Drink Five Cups of Coffee Per Day
It’s not uncommon to hear about the drawbacks of drinking coffee one day only to hear praise heaped on its health benefits the next. Many health-conscious individuals with a daily coffee habit are thus understandably confused. Reflecting that fact, Vasanti Malik, research…
· Editorial Staff
Elderly Woman Hit By Child’s Toy Car Refuses to Move, Demands Compensation
Footage of an elderly woman demanding compensation after being apparently knocked over by a child’s plastic toy car is trending on Chinese social media. The woman can be seen sitting on the sidewalk in front of the red toy car in the video captured in Changde in South Central…
· Editorial Staff
Mark Zuckerberg Really Wants to Get Facebook into China — Here’s How Hard He’s Trying
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg wants the Chinese ban on his company’s social media service to be lifted. That’s apparent judging by his busy weekend drumming up PR in China, during which he jogged through Beijing, participated in a two-man panel discussion with Alibaba founder…
· Editorial Staff
A Facility That Breeds Dogs For Lab Testing Has Been Approved in England
Plans for a new facility that will breed dogs to be used in laboratory experiments have been approved in England. The application on behalf of B&K Universal, owned by American animal breeding firm Marshall BioResources, for the facility had been rejected twice before because of…