Tech Talk

For the last few year’s Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage has been warning Tech Talk’s listeners that we face a future of casual, low impact employment thanks to the share economy of Uber and Airbnb. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Did you know we have a Malaysian in the heart of the Final Fantasy XV game? We speak to Wan Hazmer, Lead Game Designer for FFX Square Enix about how he ended up being an instrumental figure in leading the direction of the latest instalment in the Final Fantasy series. Also, updates on The Division & Star Wars Battlefront with both releasing their DLC's. Game review this week is the episodic ma...

Did you know that there are vulnerabilities in your Android OS that can alter the way Google looks at security updates? Have you heard there are aggressive types of adware that spy on your television and radio habits? Perhaps you got the memo that said that traditional computer malware has evolved and are now able to infect our mobile devices as well? We learn more about these threat with David Fr...

As recent studies show, big data analytics can dramatically change the way businesses operate, but so far larger organizations have been the prime beneficiaries. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have yet to reap the same value. We speak to Dato’ Syed Alman, CEO of iGen Technology to talk about why data analytics is important and the best ways to do it. See omnystudio.com/listener fo...

According to a recent study by IBM, 9 out of 10 leaders report hybrid cloud is crucial to their business strategy and success. With more than two-thirds of organisations already implemented hybrid cloud thus gaining competitive advantage, we speak to Laura Sanders, GM Systems Services Global Technology Services for IBM about how can you speed your way through digital transformation using Hybrid Cl...

The Geeks spill the beans on last weeks April Fools prank and why Google had to apologies to its users. Also if you're thinking of changing your current telco provider, you may want to wait till next week. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last week we took a brief turn down the cul-de-sac of happiness for our April Fools Day special. Fortunately, Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage is morose again this week as we talk about his favourite topic, death. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Karamjit Singh from Digital News Asia.com talks about MaGIC's new incoming CEO, the two most valuable startup in South East Asia in Garena & GRAB, and more startup stories as well as Digerati50's piece on the CGP program. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Manufacturing industries across the world have been facing months of contraction. Malaysia has not been spared and in fact, local demand has been dropping consecutively for twelve months. The only silver lining lies with exports, as it rose at the sharpest rate since October. With overall forecasts remaining gloomy, how can Malaysian manufacturers stay competitive? Aloke Palsikar, Senior VP &...

The Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge is deemed by many as a dream phone for every user. But how does it fare with the challenging competitors, especially from Chinese manufacturers? Is it worth your hard earn money? Jeff Sandhu takes apart the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge and finds the truth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Did you know that the 4th largest stock image website in the world and the largest micro stock library in the world in a Malaysian startup? 123RF.com has been quietly dominating the stock library industry for years now and we speak to Stephanie Sitt, the CEO about how they have managed to climb to 4th spot in a challenging industry. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's April Fools day and the geeks had a little bit of fun. 4 stories were presented and only one is real. Can you figure out which of these 4 stories are real? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Whatever your views on the reasons behind it, climate change is increasingly threatening our region. Shorter monsoon seasons, increasingly destructive storms and warming sea temperatures pose a very real threat to South East Asia. Across the Causeway, Singapore is taking innovative and drastic steps to meet the challenge, according to Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage. See omnystudio.com/listener fo...

Victor Yap from Amanz.net rounds up the month of March 2016 with news on Unifi's latest Internet package, VR announcements from Game Developers Conference & more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2016 is seen as the year for IT transformation as startups and MNCs alike compete for survival in an increasingly competitive marketplace. Nearly 40% of the Fortune 500 companies are estimated to be extinct 10 years from now, 2016 is all about making important business choices. We speak to Matt Oostveen, Chief Technology Officer for VCE, the converged platforms division of EMC, on how to survive t...

Can you build a probe to the edge of space, transmit back data on the conditions the probe encounters and then represent (rather than replicate) the conditions on the ground both physically and virtually in the most cost-efficient way possible? That’s what John with the help from students at the Imperial College in London did, thanks to inexpensive technologies such as MQ Light, Node-RED &am...

The Geeks talk about the ongoing Apple vs FBI issue and how a developer nearly broke the Internet recently by just deleting 11 lines of programming code. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A few weeks ago we reported the case of a Malaysian cyber-security official warning consumers that their selfies may be used by shamans for the purposes of black magic. Our very own Dark Entity, Matt Armitage, has been lifting the veil on online magic.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeff Sandhu & Richard Bradbury become agents for this episode as they review Ubisoft's lastest MMORPG title, The Division. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last year, many organizations looked towards being more effective in managing and leveraging their data for decision making. This year, organisations are expected to see an even wider shift as data will be further embedded into decision-making processes across business and industries as big data gets bigger and the world gets even further dependent on it. Jeff Sandhu speaks to Daniel Ng, Senior Di...

Gartner predicts that half of employers globally will require employees to bring their own device for work by 2017, which spells trouble for any organization who doesn’t have the right IT hardware partner to bridge this need. We speak to Amar Babu, Chief Operating Officer for Lenovo Asia Pacific about the future of enterprise IT. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The private and hybrid cloud deployments are expected to accelerate around the world this year, while organisations are looking at cutting costs, security and automation. We speak to Damien Wong, Senior Director & General Manager ASEAN for Red Hat to talk about these trends and the impact to businesses around the region. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Crowdfunding maybe a corporate funding but it can be use to help others in need. Matt Armitage from Kulturpop will be talking about how crowdfunding can be use for the greater good.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matt Armitage will squawking alone with news on preventing any disruption, talking about snap chat and the future of satellite. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Karamjit Singh from DigitalNewsAsia.com shares his experience from his recent travel to the heart of IBM in New York. Also the latest ongoings with Uber & Grab in Jakarta and iFlix's biggest annoucement yet. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.