Mon.Jan 28, 2013

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[Hong Kong][Event] CARTES Asia And E-Commerce Asia Shed Light On Mobile Payment Revolution In APAC

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Mobile commerce is expected to continue its stellar growth in 2013, and Asia is expected to spearhead much of that growth. In fact, in Asia, the value of Asian non-cash transactions is expected to surge from US$191 trillion recorded in 2010 to some US$301 trillion by 2020, buoyed by payment methods such as mobile payment and the use of prepaid cards becoming increasingly popular in APAC.

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[Review] How Pleasure Works

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Why does pain sometimes feel like pleasure? Why do we enjoy music and art even though there aren’t any adaptive advantages ? When does “one man’s meat” become “another man’s poison”? The answers to these human behavioral puzzles (and more) can be found in “ How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like “ Written by Yale’s evolutionary psychologist Paul Bloom , the book uncovers the “new science of why we like wha