Tech Talk

We all know that there’s nothing nicer than turning off the alarm, telling the boss you’re too sick to come in to work. But before you make that call, ask yourself, did a trail of tags follow you across that marathon pub crawl last night? Geotagging and location-based apps are creating digital trails around our social behavior. So, today, we’re playing ‘Tag, You’re It...

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is a delicate and integral part in any business’ success, and when done well, drives a return in the long run due to customer retention and satisfaction. Social networks are the new frontier, and the inevitable one, for providing this customer engagement, so it is crucial to a company’s staying power in those networks to implement a CRM strategy a...

The rapid growths of smartphones have made mobile devices so much more than just a device to make and receive phone calls. With instant messaging, email, social networks are just one of the many uses of smartphones. However according to a recent study by Park Associates, SMS is still the most popular use for Smarphones with 95% of users in the US paying for this service. Datuk J.L. Solomon, Execut...

Internet use in Malaysia is on the rise and every month more businesses, communities and people are getting online. Unfortunately, we have also become a more attractive target to cybercriminals. One of the most common cybercrimes is phishing. What is phishing? We speak to Vincent Goh, VP for RSA Security. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We all know that geeks like nothing more than a good conspiracy. It’s even more fun than unlocking secret levels in Grand Theft Auto. But in recent years the conspiracy theories have become industries with their own conventions, books, merchandise and movies. Getting to grips with all the madness and half truths is Matt Armitage from MN8 and Kulturpop  See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...

The Geeks Squawk are at it again this time. With more unusual but extremely insightful news in and around the tech geek world, its a must check out! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Song Tang Yih, Vice President Asia Pacific for Palo Alto Networks talks about Exploring the Dark Side: Risks of Social Networking Applications in the Workplace See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Geolocation services is gaining traction as a cost-effective form of advertising for cash-strapped businesses. The growing appetite and take up such advertising has presented plenty of opportunities for developers and businesses all-round. On the regional front, Chalkboard has created waves in its home country Singapore and now Malaysia, as one of the premier geolocation services for retailers. Az...

Stephen Forshaw, Senior Director of Corporate Communications Microsoft Asia Pacific talks about how businesses have to adapt to social media. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vincent Goh, VP for RSA Security talks about the Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Khlip:The Ultimate Nail Clipper that costs US$70, Commodore C64!, The Spade Hacker who accidentally killed the Internet in Armenia and the power of Twitter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you ever wished you had a clean fresh shirt for that super important meeting or presentation? Wouldn’t it be good if you could download one and print it off, right there in the office? Sounds implausible? Well, 3D printing is already here, so, if Matt Armitage from MN8 and Kulturpop is to be believed, we’ll all be downloading the latest catalogue from Ikea and printing furniture o...

Yesterday we spoke to Tan Swee Yeong, one of the judges for the Echelon Malaysia Satellite and to learn more about this event that is targeted to young entrepreneurs or technopreneurs and today is Colin Charles, an open source software hacker and technologist. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The world of the Internet opens up plenty of opportunities and guessing what will be the next big hit in the online world has caused many people starting up their own Internet company and known as technopreneurs. Tan Swee Yeong, an individual angel investor who also happens to be a committee member of Virtous Investment Circle talks about his experience of being a technopreneur. See omnystudio.com...

Even though Malaysia’s IT industry is growing rapidly, business and IT alignment still remains a major issue.  CIOs often argue that management doesn’t understand the needs of the IT Department and doesn’t give priority to fundamental issues like infrastructure innovation, digital security, disaster recovery, compliance and the environment. To explore these issues is David B...

We do a review on the iPad 2 as Umapagan Ampikaipakan, a super geek managed to get his hands on the device way earlier than anyone of us here could possibly imagine. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Geeks told 5 stories and asked the listeners to guess which is real in this April Fools special. There were 2 lucky winners! Congrats to them! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“It’s such a fine line between stupid and clever.” It’s not often we quote the movie Spinal Tap on BFM but it’s April Fools Day, so we thought we’d have a look at some of the cleverest tech and science related hoaxes and how they make us all look stupid. With his most stupid head on today, we’re joined by Matt Armitage of Mn8 and Kulturpop.com See omnystud...

DSLR movie making is currently a trend in the movie industry and here in Malaysia, we’ve finally embraced it with the “Dilarang Masuk” movie, a supernatural thriller that delves into key issues in the society today. But we’re today to talk about the process of making a DSLR film with Jeffrey Chiang, Writer & Director of Dilarang Masuk and Company Director of Cineworks S...

James Purdey and Sons – or simply “Purdey” – is a famous British gunmaker of London and the name is synonymous with the very finest sporting shotguns and rifles. Techmaestro Jeff Sandhu spoke to Richard Purdey, Director and Former Chairman of Purdey about the evolution of handmade gun crafting. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recently, 10 Asia/Pacific financial services firms were conferred the Financial Insights Innovation Awards (FIIA) at the Asian Financial Services Congress (AFSC) organized by IDC Financial Insights. Shawn Yip, Senior Market Analyst for IDC Financial Insights Asia/Pacific runs through the winner of this award with Freda Liu. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Abu Hasan Ismal, CEO and Abdul Hamid, Chief Knowledge Officer for Prestariang Systems Bhd talks about their rationale behind the IC Citizen certification program for Internet citizen. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Geek No.1, Matt Armitage finally is back with partner in crime Geek No.2 Techmaestro Jeff Sandhu as they round up some latest and extremely interesting news in the tech industry including a USD $75 trillion law suit and wife says no to iPad 2 gets full refund of cash while still able to keep hold on the device! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The tech industry is always looking around the corner for the next big thing, so conferences and festivals like South by Southwest Interactive in Austin Texas have gone from the geek underground to the mainstream. But whatever your view on the events themselves, these small start ups with big ideas are starting to shape the world. Matt Armitage from MN8 and kulturpop.com talks about this. See omny...

Siun Ni Raghallaigh, CEO for Tunepresto talks about her company, a web-based music maker. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.