Tech Talk

Here at BFM we like to pride ourselves on our ability to talk to high level thinkers and experts spanning a wide spectrum of business interests and specialties. Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage is not one of them. This week he seems hell-bent on trying to undo some of the good work we’ve done over the years. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Geeks uncover the reason behind the recent DDoS attacks, celebrate the arrival of AI-powered body scanners and Matt's King of the Crowd! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Victor Yap from PC Mag SEA fills us in with updates from Google Pixel, the new Cooler Master announcement and Razer's new venture. Also this month, more on how safe you are on the Internet along with news of the recent DDoS attacks on DynDNS. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

IoT is becoming an essential part of the modern environment. However, IoT devices are far more exposed to cyber threats compared to conventional computer systems. As IoT devices are located in a hostile environment, a completely new thinking is required in order to protect the devices and more importantly the network infrastructure from cyber threats. We speak to Erel Rosenberg, Chief Executive Of...

Southeast Asia, as a region, is experiencing exponential growth according to economists. The 10 ASEAN countries combined make up the seventh-largest economy in the world. Southeast Asia is also the world’s fastest growing Internet region with a user base of 260 million that is set to grow to 480 million by 2020. Rate of digital adoption here in unmatched. People in Philippines send more text...

Research has shown that companies that receive funding from the right investors have an added 25% probability of survival. As the need for connecting with the best investors becomes more and more crucial, BEAM, a new platform for entrepreneurs is now helping bridge this gap, with investors, developers, designers and journalists. Kenneth Ho & Wallace Ho, the co-founders of BEAM (Bridging Entrep...

One of the mainstays of the global economy is that we buy things and own them. The sharing economy once held some small promise of escaping this acquisitional rat race for a more equitable model. Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage has been putting his planet-sized brain – I wonder who wrote this introduction? – to use by wondering who will benefit from the share economy of the future. See...

The Geeks discover a new species of dinosaur that weighs in almost 18,000 kilograms and how AI could make or break our civilisation. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Karamjit Singh from Digital News Asia talks about Thean Eu's telco report comparing their numbers in various categories, ChemCaper and the education gaming industry, Indonesia's Mahatari Mall securing USD$100 million funding and why Belazee had to pivot. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

According to Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak, the government targets the digital economy to contribute approximately 20% to the Gross Domestic Product by 2020. He also said the digital economy would be the focus of the 2017 Budget that will be announced on Friday by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. This greater level of government digitisation could po...

Hybrid cloud; It did not have the best of start in the industry. Around 2008, cloud computing purists pushed back hard on hybrid cloud. It was a time when they already thought private clouds were silly and just another hip way of calling a data center. The whole idea of hybrid, that uses private and traditional computing platforms was deemed ridiculous. Fast forward to today, it’s clear that...

Avana is a newly funded (RM2 million) Malaysian startup that’s in the ecommerce space to provide a special focus for micro merchants. With existing 2000 merchants right now, they are looking to achieve 20,000 merchants by August 2017 and 1 million in 5 years time with expansion plans around SEA, followed by Asia and then globally. Ambitious? Maybe. But for Luqman Adris, the CEO and Yien Yee...

The Geeks talk about living in the matrix, WiFi-operated kettles and Matt's King of the Crowd! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If you've managed to get through the week without your phone bursting into flames, you're one of the lucky ones. Kulturpop's Matt Armitage has promised that he won't spontaneously combust on air but with him anything can happen, so one of our producers is standing by with a fire extinguisher. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An ethical hacker is a computer and networking expert who systematically attempts to penetrate a computer system or network on behalf of its owners for the purpose of finding security vulnerabilities that a malicious hacker could potentially exploit. Sounds pretty cool doesn’t it? Well here with me today is CF Fong, founder and executive director of LE Global Services or LGMS, a penetration...

Never before has it been easier for artists to achieve instant fame. As YouTube has become the leading platform for discovering thousands of the best and brightest talents, they continue to develop even more, by providing unlimited room for existing and new artists to grow. Closer to home, a Malaysian-grown entertainment platform known as WebTVAsia, a YouTube certified Multi-Channel Network, to pr...

At the forefront of the mobile fashion industry, Goxip is an app that allows users to snap, search and shop for fashion items instantly through celebrity and user-generated style feeds. With over 30,000 global designer brands under its belt, cofounder & CEO, Juliette Gimenez & YC Lau, Chief Product Officer is here to talk about their journey with Goxip and what this means for the ecommerce...

At the forefront of the mobile fashion industry, Goxip is an app that allows users to snap, search and shop for fashion items instantly through celebrity and user-generated style feeds. With over 30,000 global designer brands under its belt, cofounder & CEO, Juliette Gimenez & YC Lau, Chief Product Officer is here to talk about their journey with Goxip and what this means for the ecommerce...

Last week we found out that we are all closet racists and sexists. And that we can all easily be fooled into thinking that we are violent criminals. What good news does Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage have for us this week in part 2 of his deep dive into the subconscious. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Geeks talk about Nissan's latest innovation in the autonomous industry by launching self-driving chairs, the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize for Chemistry and Matt's King of the Crowd! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Karamjit Singh from DigitalNewsAsia.com wraps up the week in tech with stories on Khailee Ng's latest funding that's led by Mavcap, the Big Data blues and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When OTT (Over The Top) services like WhatsApp and Viber came into the the mobile space, the telco industry took a hit and had to reinvent their business model. And fast forward to today, the telco industry is still trying to reduce their bottom line number. We speak to Nallen Singhe, the CEO for Orissa Wicomm on the current challenges in the telco industry at the moment. See omnystudio.com/listen...

Big data analytics examines large amounts of data to uncover hidden patterns, correlations and other insights. With today’s technology, it’s possible to analyze your data and get answers from it almost immediately. One company that does this as their core business is True Vox Asia and we speak to Group CEO, Azmir Rahman about his vision and mission of the company. See omnystudio.com/li...

How well do we know our own minds? We spend a lot of time in them, so you would think that the answer is ‘pretty well’. Not so, argues Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage: Our minds are getting up to all sorts of things while we’re getting on with business. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Victor Yap from PC Mag SEA wraps up the month of September that saw Samsung managing the Note 7 battery issues and Apple launching the iPhone 7 & 7S. And TP-Link now aims to capture the IoT and Mobile industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.