Tech Talk

Did you know that there is a patent filed every minute in China and an average of 16 patent lawsuits are filed in the US? With global intellectual property transactions valued at $20 billion a year, the patent industry is one that is on a path of continuous growth. However with patents filed everywhere around the world, it is difficult for innovators to determine if their idea is fresh or if they...

The Internet of Things has been a buzzword in the industry but what kinds of applications can we fully utilise its potential and what infrastructure needs to be in place in order to fully ensure a seamless connectivity? We speak to Robert Brunback from Telenor Connexion on what they are doing to enable Internet of Things in our daily lives. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thank you dinosaurs. That’s right, that’s the theme of today’s show. If it weren’t for the dinosaurs we’d probably have no Internet. And we’d certainly have no Tupperware. What if our geology and climate had been different and fossil fuels simply didn’t develop? Here to discuss how mankind’s present and future could have been very different is Kultur...

The Geeks go crazy on tech geek movie news like Star Wars trailer and Avatar Sequels, also should we be thanking hipsters for the return of vinyls? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Karamjit Singh from Digital News Asia.com talks about Axiata's RM100-million venture fund with Malaysia Venture Capital Management Bhd (Mavcap) to get into the startup game. In the automotive sector, Carama is out to build trust between car owners and mechanics and the online classifieds market heats up with MyEG entry. Last but not least, getting into the entrepreneurial game is no...

These last few years, cloud has been a buzzword across the world. From how you do your work to how you book your taxi, cloud has taken over. However there is something that makes traditional, especially regulated industries such as banking & finance, oil & gas, healthcare, public sector and even family owned businesses think twice before either adopting cloud in business or leveraging its...

Late last year, Fusionex launched GIANT, a cost-efficient option that aims to enable businesses to manage and leverage the increasing volume, varieties and velocity of data. Ivan Teh, founder and managing director of Fusionex International and also a nominee for EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2013 Malaysia talks about his journey in starting up Fusionex and his experiences in Big Data. See omnys...

Earlier this year, Yahoo announced Yahoo News Digest, a mobile app that is based on their acquisition of Summly that was created by a teenager and sold it for a cool USD$33 million. Marc Lourdes, Managing Editor of Yahoo News Digest for Southeast Asia talks  about News Digest and also the changes in the media landscape. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bullying is something that just about everyone is going to experience at some point in their life. Bullying is a part of growing up, as children often pick on others who they perceive as different. And today, with mobile phones and social networks, bullying has taken a new form. Cyber bullying. We’ve heard about it already and spoken about it as well but here today to put an end to bullies a...

Is 2015 a going to be a great year for funding? Karamjit Singh from DigitalNewsAsia.com talks about what happened during Disrupt #25 and the funding challenge that entrepreneurs face and how to tackle them. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Microsoft recently unveiled a first look of the new MSN for Malaysia and you can check out the new experience at preview.msn.com. The new MSN combines premium content from the world's leading media outlets with personal productivity tools to help you do more. We hear from Ken Chang, Head of Commercial for Microsoft Asia Pacific and Rene Menezes the CEO of Better Digital Solutions about the new MSN...

The Tor community has given tech savvy people around the world a way to keep their IP address private, which in turn enable them to be anonymous where necessary to protect their personal information from governments, criminals and commercial interests like Google. Cloak is an effort to extend the facility to ordinary people with a custom-made easy to use router. We speak to Lard Thomsen, one of th...

Jeff Sandhu squawks about Rosetta and the DJI Insipire One drone. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A. Asohan and Karamjit Singh from DigitalNewsAsia.com talks about their recent RM1 million funding from IdeaRiverRun and what they plan to do with the money. Also on the show, what does Khailee Ng look for in startups and Censorship 2.0 is back! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

McLaren Automotive or more commonly referred to, as McLaren is a British automotive manufacturer of high-performance vehicles, and dream cars of most men in the world. Recently McLaren launched the McLaren P1 worldwide that is a limited production plug-in hybrid supercar. But what does it mean to be McLaren owner? And what goes on in making these supercars? We speak to Syed Ahmad Muzri, Head Retai...

According to PHD, an estimated one billion people spend at least one hour every day playing computer and videogames. But why is that people put more effort into these games than they put into their day jobs and personal relationships? Why, when they’re playing, are they content to work so hard for so long without pay? Chris Stephenson, Head of Strategy for PHD Australia talks about Game Chan...

Lean IT’s core idea is to maximize customer value while minimizing waste. To simply put it, lean means creating more value for customers with fewer resources. Maurice Boon, Executive Vice President and Jeffrey Doss, Regional Director of Quint Wellington Redwood talks about current and future trends on Lean IT, IT governance and Outsourcing. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform...

Squawking alone, Jeff Sandhu talks about what happens when you piss off Singaporean Netizens and how traditional medicine will not work anymore. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Karamjit Singh from Digital News Asia.com talks about Telenor Digital together with Jeff Sandhu and how the system runs in Telenor Group. Then he also talks about Axiata Group as they get into the startup game via US$30mil fund with Mavcap and what happened at a Cradle he attended just before coming on to the show. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

As the home of Telenor’s high-tech development house, Telenor Digital creates globally scalable solutions within next-generation communication services, cloud services, e-commerce, and the “Internet of Everything”. Telenor Digital also enables global distribution of its own and third-party services and support new ventures within digital entrepreneurship. Jeff Sandhu travelled up...

Cyberview welcomes the world to its first CYBERJAYA CREATIVE PLAYGROUND (#CJPlayground) – a festival that aims to attract over 300 international participants amongst 1500 local festival go-ers. #CJPlayground is a three-day international festival that brings together the elites of music, technology and gaming under one roof. We speak to Nazri Tumin, the Head of Technology Hub Division for Cyb...

Now imagine this, sitting at home and being able to shop for the product that you saw on tv immediately or engaging with the related brand. All this is happening sooner than you think thanks to devices like the Xbox One. Gaming for E-Commerce is about to transform the way brands market themselves in the near future. Guy Hearn, Chief Innovation Office Asia Pacific of Omnicom Media Group talks about...

Super special geek Umapagan Ampikaipakan joins Jeff Sandhu and talks about Andy Rubin leaving Google to create an incubator for hardware startups and why Amazon failed with the Fire Phone, according to Amazon's senior execs. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pre order for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus is today so should you buy one? We speak to one owner that has both the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus. Who could it be? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's a special show today as for the first time ever, Jeff Sandhu is able to separate the truth and the drama from Karamjit Singh's interview and articles as they both recently travelled up to Oslo for the Digital Winners conference hosted by Telenor Group thanks to DiGi Telecommunications to speak to Jon Fredrik Baksaas, the President and CEO of Telenor about the future of telco companies. Also o...