Tech Talk

Dr Horacio Gonzalez Velez is an associate professor and head of the cloud competency centre at the National College of Ireland in Dublin. Dr Horacio directs NCI’s cloud and data analytics infrastructure, postgraduates programmes, and research with a clear focus on innovation. He has also been given the European Commission ICT award for his efforts on scientific dissemination and is the vice-...

If you have purchased something online from a Malaysian e-commerce recently, chances are you would have paid using iPay88’s gateway. With more than 60% of the market share in the country, they are looking to dominate not just Malaysia, but the entire South East Asian market. We speak to Chan Kok Long, the co-founder and executive director of iPay88 about the growing ecommerce landscape in Ma...

The Geeks pay their respects to the godfather of email, Ray Tomlinson, and question how black magic works in the Internet world. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last week he was trying to turn people into corporations. This week he’s exploring why crowdfunding may make the future better and worse at the same time. We just want Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage to be happy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's a tough month for our resident 'bad' gamers Jeff Sandhu & Richard Bradbury as they explain why it has been a tough month trying to get some good games to play and review. In this episode, they speak of their frustration with Uncharted 4 and The Division as well as their disagreement on Star Wars' new map, Survivors of Endor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Technology has already disrupted many industries and services and now it’s seeping into education as well. Snapask is a mobile tutoring startup from Hong Kong that raised US$1.8 million last year in pre-Series A and now has expanded into Shanghai, Taiwan and Singapore as well. We speak to Timothy Yu, Co Founder of SnapAsk to find out more about how they plan to disrupt the classroom forever....

Bfab, is an online marketplace for beauty and wellness services that allows users to book hair, massage, spa, nail, waxing and makeup services from beauty salons around you. We speak to Pawel Netreba, CEO and Raeesa Sya, Co-Founder and CCO of BFab to find out more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The geeks talk about Kanye West! Need we say more? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s been a while since we had some good old fashioned pontificating from Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage. This week we’re exploring a weird world of the future where people behave like corporations. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Karamjit Singh from Digital News Asia.com talks about Tune Talk's 8G aspirations, Ata Plus' equity crowdfunding platform service in Malaysia, Carsome's future plans after securing USD$2 million funding and more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

StockHut is a one-stop market mobile app that provides instant news update, stocks info, market news and more, all in one place. Because the stock market moves very very quickly, it’s crucial that you are connect 24/7 and what better do so with your mobile phone. We speak to Kent Tan & Jimmy Chee from StockHut to find out more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Brainly is an educational startup based in Poland, which operates a group of social learning networks for students and educators. Last year, they secured a 9 million us dollars series A funding and currently operate in Thailand, Indonesia, India, Philippines, the US and Malaysia. We speak to Iqwan Zarif, Market Specialist for Brainly to find out more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform...

In the past few years, we’ve seen the rise of the Chief Digital Officer – or known as CDO as the one who helps an organization grow by converting traditional “analog” businesses into “digital” ones. A CDO is expected to oversee operations in the rapidly changing digital sectors like mobile, social media and others. While a number of leading companies like Aviva,...

With the major characters of X-Files departing, Matt Armitage from Kulturpop shares with us about the special E.T. base, established in their honor. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matt Armitage squawking alone on Facebook Like buttons, Car hijacking, and living with cancer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Victor Yap from Amanz.net wraps up the month of consumer technology for the month of February with stories on Samsung’s SEA Forum and Rakuten’s closure in Malaysia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gamification is the application of game-design elements and game principles in non-game contexts. Typically used in many organisations with high turnovers or to track daily/weekly/monthly performances of an individual in an organization but making the whole process a lot more fun with rewards based mechanics. Today however, gamification is being tested out in classrooms and we speak to Jegatheeswa...

Is the password dead? We speak to Richard Reiner, the Chief Technology Officer for True Key by Intel Security about why the pain we associate with passwords may not exist anymore. Richard is also a Crunch Network Contributor and has recently wrote an article about the future of web and mobile authentication on TechCrunch. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Attacks against the finance industry are becoming increasingly sophisticated and highly targeted. Emerging channels, such as mobile and online banking, are opening new door for cybercriminals. We speak to David Scholtz, CEO and Stephen Newman, CTO of Damballa, a security company that focuses on advanced cyber threats and advanced persistent threats. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informat...

Humans are creature of habits and it is a problem. However, is it our fault? Matt Armitage gives some light in this issue. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Matt Armitage squawking alone on ventilation clothing, conditioning your body without any air condition. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Karamjit Singh from DigitalNewsAsia.com wraps up the week in tech! However, we are doing something special as we tackle one of Malaysia's favourite topic, food. Dato Dr Rajen from Holista Colltech will share with us on his experience in food technology and his works on changing the way we eat our food, starting with the simplest food group, carbohydrates. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy in...

Intel Security and its threat research division, McAfee Labs, released its McAfee Labs Threat Report: November 2015 issue that highlighted there area 327 new threats every minute, that’s more than 5 every second. We speak to Koh Ssu Han, Solution and Engineering Lead Southeast Asia, Intel Security to find out what’s causing malware to grow at an exponential rate and hopefully understan...

 The Digital Consumer View 2015 Asia report was released in November 2015 and in there, it highlighted the smartphone domination when it comes to consumers in Asia. We speak to Patrick Sim, the General Manager of Experian Marketing Services Southeast Asia about the findings of the study and its implications on businesses in Malaysia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

 The Internet of Things was once considered a technology only Fortune 500 companies could afford. Fast forward to today, small businesses around the world are tapping into IoT and new startups are springing up with new innovative IoT solutions. We speak to KK Leong, Director, Business Solutions for Sage Software about IoT for small and medium sized business and how ERP systems will chang...