Tech Talk

One of the drawbacks of Tech Talk is that we have to talk while many of you are enjoying your lunch. So this week, Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage has decided to make it worse by talking about food. Even worse, he’s going to talk about the future of food. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Karamjit Singh from Digital News Asia talks about Maybank and their innovation drive after launching two apps recently, and why Tony Fernandes is dipping his hands into the startups ecosystem and last but not least, Wobe; a small startup with a very big mission. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

According to recent studies, a full 80 – 90% of all the data in the world has been generated over the last two years. The internet companies are awash with data that can be grouped and utilized. Is this a good thing? Or a bad thing? What can you do to take advantage of this? We speak to KC Hong, General Manager of IBM Software Group to talk about how to make sense of all the data in the real...

We speak to Arne Uppheim of Capture and Andreas Gilstad of Grouper about their challenges and experiences in working on projects that were born from everyday problems within Telenor Digital and how they’re now looking to expand beyond the Nordic region. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dolby Labs was founded by Ray Dolby in the UK in 1965 and ever since the first film with Dolby sound “A Clockwork Orange” in 1971, we have seen vast improvements in audio technology that plays a big part in creating an immersive experience in cinema’s and at home. Malaysia is set to embrace Digital Terrestrial TV or DTTV, Dolby opened up Malaysia’s first every Dolby 5.1 Tra...

Do you really need a smartwatch? That's the question in this episode of Geeks Squawk as the geeks ponder on why people are so crazy on the Apple Watch. Also, would you pay USD$10 a month to watch ad-free YouTube? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s long been a scientific fact that Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage knows everything. This week he’s agreed to share some of his tips with those of us who find it harder to store information like a supercomputer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Karamjit Singh from DigitalNewsAsia.com talks about the smartphone trends in Malaysia and Singapore and why the Chinese manufacturers are making some big waves. Also, talk on Globetronics and their record capex investment to diversify and MyTeksi's new USD$100 million R&D centre in Singapore. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

GoGet is a marketplace for errands and delivery; they have actually came on before on Open For Business in September last year. But today, we’ll find out from Francesca Chia, co-founder of GoGet.my on the concept and technology behind GoGet and her future plans. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The digital terrestrial television in Malaysia is already on the way with MyTV Broadcasting Sdn Bhd have already set up firm ground here to introduce 30 channels initially and more over the next few years. Interestingly, New Zealand is a country that has experience going digital especially on the aspect of business and economic growth. Greg Harford from Going Digital New Zealand comes in to talk a...

According to IDC, the converged infrastructure market grew 68.5% from 2012 to a 1.4B market opportunity in 2013 and is predicted to expand to 17.8B in 2016. The reason for this phenomenal growth is a shift in the way a growing number of customers are consuming IT. Hyper-converged infrastructure increases operational flexibility and reduces cost while reducing downtime and enhances productivity. Gi...

The Geeks share some of the best April Fools day prank that was shared around and some other stuff isn't a prank. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week music streaming hit the headlines again with the launch of the Jay-Z fronted streaming service Tidal. The star-studded bash that included Madonna, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Rihanna and Daft Punk who are all co-owners in the service. Here to discuss whether this is the start of a more artist centred future for the music industry is Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage. See omnystudio.com/listen...

Karamjit Singh from Digital News Asia talks about the new management line-up in MOL and Ganesh Bangah's new role at MOL Global, Babydash and their aim to dominate the Malaysian market, Google's investigation on AdWords allegations in Malaysia and Singapore, how technology can be applied to combat crime and finally, opportunities and challenges that await DiGi's new CEO. See omnystudio.com/listener...

Red Hat expects to see more focus on big data, business of tech, cloud computing and open source development model and more. To get an idea of just how big the growth potential is globally and here in the region and trends to look out for in the open source world, we speak to David Yap, Red Hat’s Country Manager for Malaysia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Accenture Technology Vision 2015 – Digital Business Era: Stretch Your Boundaries looks at how digital businesses are moving beyond their traditional models. It focuses on how these businesses, in aggregate, are creating a hyperconnected world where companies, consumers and even everyday objects have instant capabilities to act and interact with each other digitally across the globe. On t...

With the advent of smartphones navigational systems and services are beginning to integrate into one device without the need for separate navigational devices, global market for singular use PND’s or portable navigation devices has shrunk in recent years. People are using their smartphones for GPS navigation purposes however primarily more transportation. KH Tan, co-founder of Tanacity Softw...

The Geeks talk about a new way of instant social messaging that requires no data connection, not even a SIM card! And also why Facebook is about to be in every app in the future and should you buy the Apple Watch? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new book by entrepreneur and author Andrew Keen alleges that the Internet in its current form may be undermining the social progress many societies have made over the last 100 years. Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage hopes it’s not true. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Karamjit Singh from Digital News Asia talks about why a billion dollar regional banking group (Maybank Group) is look at tapping on startups to boost innovation, MaGIC and their newly launched ASEAN accelerator programme and why there is more pros than cons when ideas are shared. All that and more in this weeks episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

According to Niko’s Chinese Mobile Games Report 2014, China’s mobile gaming market is expected to overtake the US market in terms of revenue in the first quarter, with mobile gamers in the country expected to grow from 288 million in 2014 to 770 million by 2018. So what can Southeast Asia’s mobile gaming markets learn from the rise of China’s mobile games market? Maxim de W...

The Geeks wonder if they will still be in their jobs in the future as machines now start learning poetry and are you using a pirate Windows OS? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A new digital dark age may be upon us according to Vint Cerf, one of the creators of the Internet and Google’s Chief Internet Evangelist. Here to back us up is Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this episode, A. Asohan from Digital News Asia talks about the reasoning behind why Joel Neoh quits Groupon, the Asean ecosystem with the upcoming 1Asean Entrepreneurship Summit 2015 that has two interesting side events; Cradle Buzz & GSY Asean, and also updates from Germany's CeBIT. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today’s show, we speak to Danaraj Ram Kumar, a second year software engineering student from Taylor’s University who is also a Microsoft Youthspark Advocate. Microsoft YouthSpark Advocates consist of tech-savvy youths aged 14 to 24 who are interested in social change and using technology for the greater good across the world. The Microsoft Youthspark Advocate programme aims to empow...