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9 Social Trends in 2018; good to know what's happening

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Since the emergence of the social media, it has been evolving year by year. New social media platforms keep emerging and every single platform has got their own unique selling point and probably become the new trend. In order to fulfill the users' needs and wants, the online platform giants, Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram, YouTube,, etc, have been updating their features. These features become the new trend such as live streaming (though it was long ago), filter, frame and so on. So, let's see what new trends we have got in 2018. The rise of Augmented Reality (AR) Six years ago, Google launched its Google glass and announced to bring AR to the next level, however, the outcome was not ideally good. But now, there are several companies re-enter into this AR ring and successfully come out with AR apps. Other than social media creating AR app, Apple has announced that they have installed AR chip into their latest product, iPhone 8 and iPhone X, in order to provide their custom...

Is Artificial Intelligence going to take over your job?

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Can you imagine, one day, your job has been taken over by a machine, and what lives around you are robots; there will be no taxi drivers; local post office will be operated by robots; what left you in the bank is just a greeting from a machine. This is caused by the emergence of the artificial intelligence. So what exactly artificial intelligence is? Artificial intelligence ( AI ) is a program or a machine that helps in solving problems and completing tasks. It demonstrates at least some of the human intelligence such as planning, learning, reasoning, problem-solving, knowledge representation, perception, motion, and manipulation. “Artificial intelligence will reach human levels by around 2029. Follow that out further to, say, 2045, we will have multiplied the intelligence, the human biological machine intelligence of our civilization a billion-fold.” Ray Kurzweil. However, in current stances, AI will not take over the world because a machine is still a machine, they are still i...

10 tips to boost your creativity

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Before we get started, think about it, what is creative? How do you define creativity? The common definition of creativity is that turning imagination or original ideas into something that has never existed before. Well, in here, it is defined as a way of communication that is applied to convey or indicate a message differently; meanwhile, create audience resonance and reach the audience successfully in spite of the noise. So, how exactly do we improve our creativity? Here are some tips to be more creative. 1. Lateral thinking This is the common way of getting a creative idea. Instead of one-way thinking, you will need to split the thinking into diverse way. Think from different perspective or direction and come up with different ideas eventually. 2. Imagination Other than thinking, you have to have a small theatre inside your mind. Imagine everything; the possibilities may be your greatest ideas. Do not afraid to be fairy tales. 3. Play and pretend After imagination, play and pre...