Thirty years ago, if you used the phrase “status symbol” you probably meant a fast car or a designer bag. Nowadays, a flat lay of an acai bowl on a marble table, with a succulent or two in the background is equally aspirational

The voice is conversational, friendly, inclusive & empathetic. There's pastel colours. The women are diverse and beautiful in an approachable way, with messy hair, great eyebrows and glowing skin. This is BFF Marketing.

Game on YouTube. Today Instagram rolled out IGTV, which will allow users to upload hour long vertical videos. But this is more than a Facebook power play to assert dominance over other social media platforms (as seen in the addition of Instagram Stories that was meant to challenge Snapchat). The greater story at play here has to do with the never-ending battle for our attention.

My first fling with podcasts started and ended with Serial. This is hardly an original story, as Serial became the posterchild of podcasts in the fall of 2014. Now I share my favourite news, pop culture, beauty, music, food & design podcasts of 2017. Move aside Sarah Koenig!

There's more to Vietnamese coffee than the iced coffee with condensed milk. So in the name of "doing as the locals do," we sipped, swirled and buzzed off the coffees we consumed during our five days in Hanoi.  Here's a list our favourite Hanoi Old Quarter coffee shops!

After a turbulent 2016, political and economic experts have predicted a new global era of instability and nationalism. As the world watches the turmoil in the States, their gaze then turns northward in comparison -so where will Canada, as an open progressive country, stand in this changing world?