Tech Talk

The Geeks talks about how a few "gangs of New York" were caught thanks to social media platfroms like Facebook and how China is now copying the Google Glass! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is it possible to die digitally? A growing movement is asking how and if we can be forgotten. But is it really that easy to erase your online past. Digital zombie, Matt Armitage from Kulturpop explains. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Karamjit Singh from Digital News Asia talks about Silterra, a water fabrication company in Kulim that is adopting Asset Light and Capex Light strategy and the reason behind why the EC's website was down for more than 24 hours. Also, he concludes this episode by talking about how TeAM hopes to rejuvenate with a dash of DASH as in Dakhshinamoorthy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inform...

According to Informa Telecoms & Media, Malaysia leads the rank of developing Asian countries’ smartphone connection penetration in 2012, with over 40% smartphone penetration rate. Data have been the key growth driver for the four major telcos in the country and will continue to do so in 2013. Nik Willetts, Chief Operating Officer of TM Forum talks about data demands and how telcos a...

Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (Paas), Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) and Application-as-a-Service (AaaS) have all helped in boosting the adoption rate of cloud services today and it’s now not just for the large organizations. Vic Mankotia, Vice President of Solution Strategy, Asia Pacific and Japan for CA Technologies talks about security and access manage...

Recently, a row between a spam-fighting group and hosting firm has sparked retaliation attacks’ affecting the wider Internet especially is you live in Europe or North America. Rob Forsyth, Director for Sophos Asia Pacific talks about what does all this attack means to you. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Geeks talks rounds up all the April Fools day prank that happened recently. The Virgin's Glass Bottomed Plane and Play-Doh's 3D Printer to name a few! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The dictionary definition of the word Share says that it is something that you have or use jointly with others, but, in Internet terms has sharing become a more selfish act than a communal one; sharing a community or a selfish act? As usual, taking more than sharing is Matt Armitage from Kulturpop. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Karamjit Singh from Digital News Asia is back and he talks at length about the Angel Tax Incentive launched by Cradle Fund and following that is a story about EduNation, Malaysia's own version of Khan Academy? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

According to a global survey done by Avanade, Malaysia leads globally in the dynamic shift of mobility. Mac Ghani, Country Manager for Avanade Malaysia talks about this survey findings in detail. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

IPTV or Internet Protocol Television is certainly the next wave of technology that will be just as popular as smartphone and tablets. Currently just a few players in the game but EMAGINE TV is hoping to change the game with something a little bit different. CS Goh, CEO, Select-TV & James Chong, Chief Emagineer explains. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What’s it like to be a Genius? One person who definitely doesn’t know is Matt Armitage from Kulturpop. But today we had someone in the studio who claims to be an actual, genuine Genius, which is certainly new for us on a Friday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Edwin Yapp and Gabey Goh from Digital News Asia talks about: 1) As Galaxy S4 arrives, questions emerge over what next for device makers? 2) New digital magazine The Edge Review seeks to fill void. 3) LTE gestation to take time. 4) Catcha to invest US$150mil in online businesses in Asean. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When we talk about technology and education, the biggest drawback is always accessibility to the Internet and how do we manage students using it. Tan Siao Yuan, Manager for Operations & IT Services for Sunway Education Group talks about the iLab Project and Smart WiFi systems. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We speak to Hasnul Hadi & Azim Hulaimi from Rhythm & Hues about their success from Life of Pi and what's going to happen to them after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

BlackBerry Z10 is finally here and with after reviewing the product with Umapagan recently, Jeff Sandhu caught up with Annamalai Muthu, Country Manager for BlackBerry Malaysia to talk to us about BlackBerry and it’s offerings and also, some of the things that many of you might have been curious about. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Continuing the NASA theme, the Geeks talk about the ultimate solution if an Asteroid hits New York City according to NASA's chief. Then they discussed about how piracy actually helped music sales to increase and how you can now visit Mount Everest Basecamp from you chair! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It’s been a Geek’s dream for decades. Warp speed hyperspace travel bringing the dream of Star Trek to life. According to one NASA scientist we may finally be ready to boldly go where no man has gone before. Going nowhere – today at least – is Matt Armitage from Kulturpop. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Feeling insecure due to the rise of public crime? According to a statistic generator site, numbeo.com, Malaysia is ranked 9th in crime index with over 67 points in comparison to Singapore with only 19 points. Crime and public safety is a concern for everyone, so we brough in James Khoo & Chin Xin-Ci, creators of Watch Over Me app. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Since the year 2010, mobile banking has been performed via apps thanks to iPhones and Androids and even Symbian phones early on, and the increase in adoption rate has kept growing following the pace of smartphone adoption. Ros Yusoff, CIO for MyClear talks about MyMobile, a USSD system for mobile banking. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

While organisations in Malaysia are migrating to the cloud to gain competitive advantages, industry experts predicted several key issues will arise in 2013 focused on the financial pressures and security challenges of cloud computing. Dave Elliott, Symantec’s Senior Product Manager & Global Cloud Marketing talks about Symantec's 2013 State of Cloud Survey about the key findings and safe...

The Geeks talk about SmartPants! An underwear for your smartphone that protects your home screen button in a very "interesting" way. They then talk about Samsung blasting Windows 8 platform and how Google made a talking shoe. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A couple of weeks ago we talked about the pitfalls of over complicated technology here on Tech Talk. But what happens when your tech isn’t complicated enough? Breathing new life into the aged is Matt Armitage from Kulturpop. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Samuel Tan and Bernard Yeoh from MobileFest talks to us about their top picks in the consumer tech world. We talk about smartwatches (The Pebble vs MetaWatch) and BlackBerry Z10 and Google Glass! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The enforcement of the Personal Data Protection Act has put more pressure for organizations to ensure the protection of their customer’s data. They’ve now been given a deadline to comply and come up with a compliance plan. So what is the best solution out there? Tarique Mustafa, the CEO of NexTier Networks explains. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.