Tech Talk

Cloud computing has become almost a household name in the tech industry but is it more of hype or hope? To finally put this issue to bed is Mayank Kapoor, Research Analyst, Information & Communication Technologies, Frost & Sullivan. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Although social media and social relationships have been around for a long time, the evolution we are experiencing today is just three-to-five years old. The advent of online social networks and the widespread availability of mobile platforms to interface with them have changed the model for social interactions and social relationships forever. Kal Joffres, Director at Tandemic talks about Social...

Unified communications and collaborations are integration of real-time communication services such as instant messaging, presence information, telephony, video conferencing and the list goes on. Pranabesh Nath, Industry Manager, Enterprise Collaboration & UC, Frost & Sullivan talks about this. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Social media, especially in the form of Facebook, is now a permanent part of our daily lives. While many other social media services have faded away in the shadows of Facebook, there are a few exceptions, most notably Twitter which is doing well. Is Quora another exception? New media consultant, Oon Yeoh talks about Quora. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matt Armitage from kulturpop.com and "The One-Less-Geek Geeks Squawk" show as Matt Armitage goes solo for Geeks Squawk. Apple - hate it or love it....see what Matt Armitage from kulturpop.com has to say See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Adrian Maurice from EMC talks about their record-breaking launch of 41 new storage products, how they pulled this off and what this mean to you. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

These days and age, gender stereotyping is become less of a common issue. Woman CEO’s are becoming a norm and woman CEO’s in the tech industry is a growing trend. Jafizwaty Haji Ishahak from Frost & Sullivan to talk about woman empowerment and woman CEOs in and around the tech industry in collaboration with International Women's Day 2011. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...

Last year was the year the world got reacquainted with the Tablet computer in the form of the iPad, which went on to dominate the market. About 90% of Tablets sold in 2010 were iPads. Will Google's Honeycomb help other Tablet makers steal some of iPad's marketshare? New media consultant Oon Yeoh talks about this. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, the geeks talks about the "Rumbler" device, a rubber duck, hardcore advertising, a PS3 with no life, an online dating scam police report and a hybrid car named Karma. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last year we talked about virtual reality holidays with Matt Armitage from kulturpop.com. thankfully, he’s got it the right way round this time and he’s here to talk about all the virtual and technical tips that can help you get the most out of your real life holiday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Earlier this week, over a 100 people descended on Kuala Lumpur to participate in a unique weekend of building products and services around the Facebook platform. Hakim Albasrawy, Senior Consultant at Tandemic and Aizat Faiz, Software Engineer at Facebook talks us through The Facebook Developer Garage. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stolen identity, credit card frauds and private information hacking all just one of the many few problems in the online world. These are now even considered as a crime and with the crime rates going up rapidly, online investigations are becoming more and more demanding. Krishna Rajagopal, CEO for Akati Consulting talks about CSI Demystified and some recent cyber crimes. See omnystudio.com/lis...

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp has launched "The Daily" an iPad only newspaper in the form of an app. Reaction to this exciting new development has been mixed. New media consultant Oon Yeoh talks to techmaestro Jeff Sandhu about this. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Funny things are happening in the arts scene. As fine artists increasingly embrace technology, the lines between design and art and installation are being blurred. New forms of digital art are flexing their muscles and mixing together popular culture, technology and entertainment. Matt Armitage from kulturpop.com talks to us about his experience on a digital arts event in Tokyo that he recently at...

With software updates aplenty these days, there’s always a risk of being outdated within a year. Developers these days are trying hard to cope with every consumer needs but how do they keep everyone updated? Ramesh Rajandran, Server & Tools Product Marketing Manager at Microsoft Malaysia talks about End-Of-Life (EOL) and End-Of-Service (EOS). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy infor...

The world is in the midst of another technology cycle, the fifth of the last fifty years. The 50s and 60s was the mainframe era, the 70s was the mini-computer era and the 80s and 90s was the era of the desktop and Internet. The current cycle is the era of the mobile Internet and according to Morgan Stanley’s Mary Meeker (aka The Queen of the Net) in the next five years “more users will...

In this weeks Geeks Squawk, Matt Armitage from kulturpop.com and Techmaestro Jeff Sandhu talks about Echelon 2011, Foodily.com, Plants vs Zombies Boardgame, a Wind Powered Electric Eco Car, a Russian Spy Babe who now wants to design Astronaut outfits, Nokia to delay on their Windows Phone 7 and Geeks Tunez features Hesta Prynn. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The last time we talked about media it was because Rupert Murdoch was discussing paywalls and apps and a new direction for magazines and newspapers. But has this so-called revolution in consumer behaviour actually happened? Matt Armitage from kulturpop.com talks to us about this. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the power of the Internet, web dominance is seemingly becoming a vital part for businesses if they want to succeed. How important is a web presence to a company? Rudi Cheow, CEO of XRC Media talks about the importance of web dominance. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Online marketing using social media was a huge hit in businesses around the world in 2010 and this year, its expected to even reach and be an important factor to businesses who aren’t so keen on social media previously. Adrian Lim, CEO for Big Picture Creative talks about the social media outlook and see what has been a hit in 2010. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today is Valentine's Day and to help celebrate this amorous day with us is new media consultant Oon Yeoh as he talks to techmaestro Jeff Sandhu about how technology has changed relationships and love. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One of the things we’re always being told about social networks is that they promote innovation and that these so-called ‘crowds in the clouds’ are changing the way we work and the way we collaborate. The latest addition to these trends is something called crowd accelerated innovation. Matt Armitage from kulturpop.com is here to talk about this. See omnystudio.com/listener for pr...

Recently Microsoft launched a movement called the “Save Social Energy’ movement which encourages users to save their social energy. Research has shown that people spend significant periods of time updating their various social networks and checking their emails, but what is Social Energy? Barrie Ooi, Windows Live Lead, Consumer and Online Microsoft Asia Pacific explains to us what this...

Industry analysts have reported that approximately 1.2 – 1.8 trillion US Dollars is spent annually on infrastructure IT. Of that spend, 80% of those IT dollars are being allocated towards just running and maintaining a company’s enterprise or what we refer to as “keeping the lights on”. We talked Efficient Enterprise today with Robin Johnson, CIO for Dell. See omnystudio.co...

Wikipedia, the user-generated online encyclopaedia we all know and love -- and increasingly rely on -- turned 10 last month. To help celebrate its 10th year, which is quite a milestone for any dotcom, new media consultant Oon Yeoh is here to present 10 interesting things about Wikipedia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.