Tech Talk

This week we have an incredible piece of technology. It’s cheap. It’s accessible. It’s scientifically proven. It’s the power of positive thinking. You might think Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage has been kidnapped by New Age hippies. But no, he says he’s of sound mind and he’s here, selling happiness. It’s optimism, Mattsplained. See omnystudio.com/listene...

On this episode, the geeks talk about Google's AI subsidiary DeepMind has unveiled the laterst version of its Go-playing software, AlphaGo Zero,dyslexia claimed to be caused by light receptors cell arranged in matching patterns,Snapchat is selling the hot dog costume for $80, a futuristic family car that not only uses the sun as power but supplies energy back to the grid. Plus, The King Of The Cro...

Technology is transforming the way that buildings and infrastructure are designed, constructed, and operated. And it’s helping to improve decision making and performance across the building and infrastructure lifecycle. The adoption of Building Information Modelling or BIM technology can help optimize work and company processes. However, BIM is far from self-explanatory. It’s a rather...

Sivapragrasam is an engineer turned consultant and now the co-founder of LOA Centre in Malaysia. Corporate training and consultancy can be a very outdated method so how does one go about this in the digital era? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The team from Digital News Asia.com talks about Arena of Valor's pre-orders now open in Malaysia, Huawei unveils the Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro, Dell's new IoT strategy, Malaysia will now serve as a gateway to SEA & UK after UK's Mega Tech Mission. Also on the show, the pawnbrokers industry now goes digital with Pinjam, PIKOM's announces their recommendation for the upcoming Budget, the 5 startup...

On this episode, the geeks talk about Mark Zuckerberg's cartoon avatar visited the hurricane-damaged island, light-filtering paint that cools your home when being exposed to sun, hackers from North Korea stole a large cache of military documents from South Korea, blackout bombs developed by South Korea to take down Pyongyang, how biohacker Josiah Zayner wants to create a world where anyone is free...

Over the last couple of weeks Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage has taken us to what he considers to be heaven and hell. He’s shown us two versions of the future based on the same ideas and technology. One where technology extends freedom and prosperity to everyone and another where an elite has effectively enslaved the majority. But is there any value to us exploring these flights of fancy? L...

The existence of social media has enabled connectivity beyond the boundaries of location, language, ethnicity, and religion. As it is accessed globally, social media creates opportunities for content creators to reach wider, limitless audience and also explore business potentials. Through social media, information or news can be shared with a single click. Aside from being a platform for resources...

After 100 years of successful company history, JUNG – with its own subsidiaries and numerous agencies worldwide – has become an internationally acknowledged force within the industry. Besides its innovative switches, JUNG is the founding member of KNX, world's most intelligent Smart System. On the Malaysian landscape, Jung, which has been in Malaysia for the past 17 years, is definitel...

Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates and Larry page are only three of the many large business owners that we hear of on a daily basis. What you don’t know is that there is a much longer list of big business owners out there, those of which have access to and are bathing millions of dollars and all of whom we have not even heard about. This inexplicable fraction of people too are owners of large businesses...

The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 is back! After a series of unfortunate events with the Note 7, Samsung has gone all guns blazing with their most expensive phone in the market yet. Is the Galaxy Note 8 worth the Rm3,999 price tag? How much different is this than the already amazing Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus? Jeff Sandhu whips the stylus out for a review. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As we live in the 21st century, data has become crucial to almost every industry today. Some have even turned data into an entire business, think Google and Facebook. So data is obviously king but collection data has changed tremendously over the past few years and will keep changing in the future. Some are still struggling with tedious manual labour on data collection and some have resorted to AI...

The folks from Digital News Asia.com takes a look at some of the movers and shakers in the local tech industry.   0.58 - For The Sake Of Speed, Innovation, This Founder Cut His Entire Management Team 16.12 - Alibaba Cloud Trains Its Sights On Southeast Asia 23.05 - The Evolution Every Entrepreneur Must Undergo 28.16 - Go-Jek Extends Go-Pay To Other Online, Offline Businesses 32.34 - Five Mala...

On this episode, the geeks talk about Elon Musk's plan to colonized Mars, Mark Zuckerberg regret dismissing concerns about the Facebook’s role in influencing the US presidential race, James Dyson's electric car to be launched in 2020, Pirate Bay and Showtime turned to forcing unknowing visitors to mine cryptocurrency, Dubai's first drone taxi, and iPhone X's facial recognition system.  ...

It’s all change here on Fun Friday. We’ve got something brand new for you today. I know you’re expecting Matt Armitage to come on air to brighten up your day, just as he has every Friday for the past six years. Finally, It’s time for Matt and Tech Talk to say goodbye. Don’t worry, he isn’t going anywhere – god knows we’ve tried everything we can to g...

With premium smartphones today costing RM4k and above, it has become slightly out of reach for many. Low-tier smartphones however previously felt cheap and a total waste of money, until now. The Nokia 3 is the cheapest of the new HMD Global range of smartphones, costing only RM599. Is this the perfect low-tier smartphone that's worth the purchase? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

What if you were to add in a better camera and a faster processor on the Nokia 3? How about wrapping all those hardware is an all metal body? You get the Nokia 5. This might just be the best looking low-tier smartphone in the market today, but is it just all show and no talk? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As we’re just weeks away from Ruby Conference My 2017, Jeff Sandhu speaks to Aaron Patterson, a keynote speaker and Github employee, and a core team member of Ruby on Rails about what are some the interest that sparked his journey in Ruby and where does it belong in a future filled with so many different programming languages. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the world of Marvel and DC, you can always count on superheroes to save the day, especially in situations like trains going off their tracks, bank heists, an aeroplane about to crash, and alien invasions. They will all respond in one call. But in this age of tech and an ordinary life, where can you find a hero that helps with moving, electrical and wiring, air-conditioner installation or house...

A few months ago, Travis: The Translator project was posted on Kickstarter with a target of USD 80,000k. Little did they know, it became a huge hit with the project breaking past USD 700,000k! How was this done? We speak to Growth Hacker, Pascal van Steen on some of the tips that you could use for a successful Kickstart campaign. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ruby is one of the most popular programming language in the world, with the rise of Ruby Rails. We speak to Jimmy Ngu and Hassanin Ahmed, organisers of Ruby Conference Malaysia 2017 about what to expect at this year’s conference and why a conference for a programming language is crucial in Malaysia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage talks about food, it’s often a signal for multiple lunches to heave themselves out of the digestive tract. But he’s promised that today he only has good stuff say. Well, mostly good stuff. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode, the geeks talk about America's favorite juice machine - Juicero, computer that rates your pain through facial expressions, camera that can see through the human body, MIT robot to navigate through crowd, and Zika virus to attack brain cancer cells. This episode also features King Of The Crowd - ORII smart ring is the fastest way to text without a screen!   0:21 - RIP Juicero,...

On previous episodes, we spoke to corporate companies and how they’re venturing into the digital transformation journey. But what about traditional businesses? Are they ready to embrace and seize the opportunity it brings? We speak to Dato’ Ng Wan Peng of MDEC together with Rabin Nijhar or Entrepreneur's Organization on how traditional businesses can start their digital roadmap. See om...

Businesses today across the world and various industries have this desire for speed. They want to increase productivity with less resources, more cost savings and improved accuracy, to offer the best experience. However, the many millions of hours of staff in customer services, business support and operations are being consumed with mundane, manual, labour intensive activities. This is where Robot...