Tech Talk

Once in a while Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage does something useful. He gets out of bed, leaves his negativity under the pillow and helps people in creative start ups overcome some of the issues they face in building successful businesses. Today, with his happy face on, Matt’s going to be sharing some of the productivity hacks recommends to his clients. --- AD: Check out Microsoft's latest...

Karamjit Singh from DigitalNewsAsia.com talks about what happened during the recent Disrupt #22: Meet The Disruptors and also highlighted what happened during last week's ScxSC. And can Internet of Things save Malaysian telcos while the cost of living increases and not the size of the wallet? --- AD: Check out Microsoft's latest Surface Pro 3 tablet. Out in stores now. See omnystudio.com/listener...

More people are going down the entrepreneurship route by starting their own business – be it a small establishment or pop-up enterprises. While investing in a proper cash register may seem to be a luxury, many operate with just their smart devices as the most viable alternative. With many consumers choosing to go cashless, business like this, too, need to prep themselves for debit and credit...

DiGi’s recently concluded its fifth edition of its annual Challenge for Change programme and in case you didn’t know, it’s a competition to unearth innovative, community-centric ideas that are then developed into mobile applications. Joachim Rajaram, DiGi’s Head of Communications and Corporate Responsibility together with the winners from MyBanjir Alert, John Saguit & B...

Jeff Sandhu and Matt Armitage discuss whether could Twitter be the next Amazon with their new "Buy" feature and the celebrity leaks. All the juicy details inside. --- AD: Check out Microsoft's latest Surface Pro 3 tablet. Out in stores now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

If any of you follow Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage on Facebook or Instagram, you’ll probably know that apart from the whining, most of his feed consists of pictures of cats. And today he’s very happy to tell us why technology is putting an end to medical tests on cats.  --- AD: Check out Microsoft's latest Surface Pro 3 tablet. Out in stores now. See omnystudio.com/listener for...

Digital News Asia gives us a roundup of all the week’s happenings in the local tech scene. --- AD: Check out Microsoft's latest Surface Pro 3 tablet. Out in stores now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Digital business technologies are disrupting business operations in ways that have not previously been seen before. Every sector, whether it’s retails, financial services, shipping, manufacturing and even agriculture now takes inputs and uses digital technology to drive much of what it does. As a result, IT leaders now have to act as change agents by adapting their thinking, their methods an...

Today’s printing is very different from the process used in Johannes Gutenberg’s era (who introduced the concept of printing in Europe in 1439). Today, you can print something from your mobile even if you are miles away from your printer. Jeffrey Kung, the head of consumer system products division for Canon talks about today’s printing technology and where will printing be in the...

Ok. So you've read all the things you need to know about the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus and the Apple Watch. But what do the Geeks think about? This is an All You Need To Hear episode on all things Apple. --- AD: Check out Microsoft's latest Surface Pro 3 tablet. Out in stores now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Karamjit Singh from DigitalNewsAsia.com talks about LTT Global and their aim to deliver 'education for all' via mobile and the struggle to monetise online content faces new challenges. Also, Asohan's piece on MaGIC with the new CEO Cheryl Yeoh is a must read to all. --- AD: Check out Microsoft's latest Surface Pro 3 tablet. Out in stores now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Achieving instant ROI might sound a bit too far fetch but according to IceWarp, that’s what myTech, a Malaysian Systems Integrator, has achieved instant ROI through IceWrap’s advanced Linux CentOS. Dayan Jeremiah, CEO of IceWarp Asia-Pacific talks about this new Linux deployment.   --- AD: Check out Microsoft's latest Surface Pro 3 tablet. Out in stores now. See omnystudio.com/lis...

Last year, global mobile ad spending increased to 105% to total of USD$17.96 billion, according to new figures from eMarketer. In 2014, mobile is on pace to rise another 75.1% to USD$31.45 billion, accounting for nearly one-quarter of total digital ad spending worldwide. Terrence Tey & Jack Foong, the creators of AdPush talks about how they’re planning to eat some of that pie. --- AD: Ch...

According to IDC, there will be more than 212 billion devices connected to the web by 2020, including over 30 billion connected autonomous things. The Internet of Things is upon us and the hype focuses on how Internet-connected cars, homes, offices, appliances and gadgets will transform how we work, play and live. Alfie Amir, Research Manager, Telecommunications for IDC Malaysia shares some insigh...

Karamjit Singh from Digital News Asia talks about EnSurvey as they now eye overseas expansion after seeing traction and Sinar Project seeking to level up after winning regional award. Also on the show is 1337 Ventures and how they have pivoted from public to private funding. All this and more. --- AD: Check out Microsoft's latest Surface Pro 3 tablet. Out in stores now. See omnystudio.com/listener...

Matt Armitage and Jeff Sandhu get together for a special episode to celebrate BFM's 6th Year Anniversary with 6 technologies or innovations that failed. This podcast includes 2 bonus technologies that deserves a special mention. --- AD: Check out Microsoft's latest Surface Pro 3 tablet. Out in stores now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Newly established PlatCOM Ventues is a collaboration between Agensi Inovasi Malaysia and SME Corp Malaysia and it’s a government unit that was formed to transform local technology into viable business. It has already hit off the ground with nearly 50 projects expected to be launched by 2015. Dr Viraj Pereira, the Executive Director for PlatCOM Ventures talks about their aims.   --- AD:...

All hyperbole aside, mobile technology is radically transforming the world around us and business across multiple sectors, consumers and governments alike. In fact, it would be hard pressed to find an aspect of business and everyday life that has not already been touched in some way by mobile. Dushyan Vaithiyanathan, Head of Consumer Business for Maxis talks about the evolution of mobile trends an...

It’s good news from old Uncle Grumpy today. To celebrate Merdeka Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage is putting aside his own Mattlaysia project – just for one day – to talk about technologies and inventions that have helped to free mankind over the last 50 years.  --- AD: Check out Microsoft's latest Surface Pro 3 tablet. Out in stores now. See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...

The Geeks talks about Hyperlapse, a new app by the guys behind Instagram and a fish walking on land. --- AD: Check out Microsoft's latest Surface Pro 3 tablet. Out in stores now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Karamjit Singh and Goh Thean Eu from DigitalNewsAsia.com talks about a number of public listed companies today including Axiata Group, MyEG and iProperty. --- AD: Check out Microsoft's latest Surface Pro 3 tablet. Out in stores now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A recent report by mobile game marketers AppLift and market research firm Newzoo highlighted that Asia Pacific is the world’s leading mobile game market, garnering 48 percent of the mobile games revenue. The rise of mobile games is predicted to continue growing at a compound annual growth rate of over 33 percent to 2016. Maxim de Wit, Senior Director of Intenational at GMGC or Global Mobile...

According to PayPal Online and Mobile Shopping Insights 2011, the local eCommerce market in Malaysia is set to grow to RM5.76 billion by 2015. Audrey Ottevanger, the Country Manager for PayPal Malaysia, Thailand and Philippines talks about the insights in this latest survey and how to stay safe. --- AD: Check out Microsoft's latest Surface Pro 3 tablet. Out in stores soon. See omnystudio.com/liste...

Gabey Goh from DigitalNewsAsia.com talks about the challenges lies ahead for MDeC's new CEO, Yasmin Mahmood and how SMTrack is expanding its footprint in China with their JV deal. Also on the show, AgilityIO expands to Singapore to meet demands of SEA startups and a roundup of what happened at the latest Disrupt #21 series that was focused around the retaling industry. --- AD: Check out Micro...

Recently, the New York Times dropped an exclusive report dubbed as the biggest hack ever. Over 1.2 billion accounts covering 500 million unique email addresses over 420,000 websites have been captured by Russian hacker group called CyberVor. David Rajoo, the principal consultant at Symantec Malaysia talks about what actually happened and how to protect ourselves in the future. See omnystudio.com/l...