Tech Talk

Do you avoid your office like the plague? Does popping out for that mid-morning latte now take you half the day? With many of us following flexible working patterns and working from cafes and similar Wi-fi linked spaces, has the office had its day. Sitting here with his head in the Cloud is Matt Armitage from MN8 and Kulturpop.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How do you create a successful social media campaign and what needs to be taken into consideration before doing it. Methods and ways of creating a successful campaign can be tricky so Fazly Razally, Events & Marketing Manager for Tourism Selangor shares us some tips. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An online society of news-hungry voyeurs has worked in favor of many Internet companies providing either one of two services: news feeds or social networking. Yahoo! recently announced Social Bar which combines both and since its launch in December, the traffic to Yahoo! has increased more than 600%. Alan Soon, head of Yahoo!’s South East Asia Editorial explains. See omnystudio.com/list...

In the days of high level of awareness against scammers and frauds, it’s quite hard to imagine people still falling for the same old " Nigerian family with wealth that is desperate to get out a large sum of cash out of the country " scam. Krishna Rajagopal, CEO of Akati Consulting talks about a new type of scam called Furikomesagi. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, the Geeks talks about the flying dutch man video that is going viral and explains that it's actually fake. Sticking with the fake theme, China has a fake Google Android Store that sells iPhone's (not sure if fake iPhone's or not). Another breaking news is the announcement of SalamWorld that is dubbed as the "Halal" version of Facebook and why it wouldn't have Angry Birds' latest g...

Sudev Bangah, Senior Research Manager at IDC Asia/Pacific continues his discussion on Malaysia's ICT Top 10 Predictions as we go through what are some of the key drivers that would make these trends prominent. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

2012 is marked as the year we will witness the emergence of disruptive IT technologies becoming mainstream and playing a critical role in development of Malaysia. Sudev Bangah, Senior Research Manager at IDC Asia/Pacific goes through with us the Top 10 ICT Predictions for Malaysia in 2012 in this first episode. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With data security being the top priority in almost any industry, backups are always overlooked at. Chyr Ye Hong, Co-Founder of Impact Business Solutions talks about the 7 Deadly Sins of Backups. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last week we spoke about smartphones and tablets seen at Mobile World Congress 2012. This time, we're taking a look at the bigger picture: What are the trends driving the mobile lifestyle forward. Kashminder Singh, Managing Editor for Mobile World Magazine of course is here to gives us the low down. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode, the Geeks talks about why Kevin Rose's new app, Oink, is shutting down after just 4 months and also Top 15 Facebook Likes for celebrities as we wonder why are we liking dead people on Facebook. They also talk about your standard QWERTY keyboard that apparently gives you happiness when you type more on the right side of the keyboard and why our Techmaestro feel warm and fuzzy in th...

Encyclopedia Britannica. Once it was a symbol of knowledge and learning in our homes, the answer to all the important questions. Now, we’re more likely to want to know how many strippers Ashton Kutcher has dated than the origins of the Finnish language. And if Britannica is going what else have we lost or are about to lose? Fresh from exploring Volume 11, page 2004 is Matt Armitage from kult...

Personalization of shopping experience on Facebook, smartphones and tablets lags far behind traditional eCommerce websites. Elias Ghanem, Managing Director for PayPal Southeast Asia and India talks about Online and Mobile Shopping trends. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Security threats are on the rise the awareness campaigns are being done to help fights against the rapid rise of cyber threats. Infosecurity World Exhibition & Conference 2012 will be held next week and Jocelyn Ng, the Project Director for this conference talks more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

MATTA fair is around the corner but If time is a virtue for you, travel buyers still have an option to buy great discounted travel packages, online. Rohizam Md Yusoff, CEO of Creative Advances Technology talks about the Virtual Travel Fair. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Last week, we spoke briefly on happenings in and around the recent Mobile World Congress but today, Kashminder Singh, Managing Editor for Mobile World Magazine is to give us the full proper low down from all the devices that came out from it. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Probably the most controversial episode for the Geeks Squawk. We talk about apps that can help ladies with their menstrual cycle (iPeriod & Period Tracker) and also a Solar Power Bra that can charge your iPod on the go which lead to a research (sparked from a female athlete) that wonders if breasts while exercising can produce kinetic energy to charge iPods. More controversial stuff followed s...

It’s all in your head? How many times have we said that to other people or had it said to us? What if it really is all in the mind? What if taking a simple pill could be the answer to everything from childhood trauma to alcoholism. Working up an addiction in the name of research is Matt Armitage from kulturpop.com and MN8. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Is there a fit for women in the engineering field for a big IT company in today’s world? Loo Cheng Cheng, Corporate Affairs Director and Vimaleswari Ramasamy, Human Resource Shared Services Centre Director from Intel tells us about their experience in the IT field. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Recruitment process is the most important process in a company and could be the most painful one if not managed properly. Time management is always an issue but all this will be problems of the past very soon. Luke Falvey, Managing Director for Sonru Asia Pacific talks about Sonru's Video Interviewing Tool. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Safer Internet Day is organized by Insafe each year in February to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially amongst children and young people across the world. Jane Prior, Head of APAC Communications, Yahoo! & Spokesperson Yahoo! Safely. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk about Windows 8 Consumer Preview (not Developers Preview as mentioned) and smartphone galores as we do a short round up of the smartphones that came out from Mobile World Congress 2012. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Privacy. It seems to be the topic that tech shows, including Tech Talk, come back to week after week. With the latest furore over companies like Google subverting security protocols to mine more data and discoveries that potentially thousands of apps like social network Path upload and store your contacts lists, it’s time to ask the question: what do they do with all this data? Taking a brea...

The Geeks talk about a "Facetime Facelift" surgery that baffles us which lead Matt Armitage to a very special Geek Tip of The Week. The another amazing story is the Playboy & Virgin Galatic Space Club, every man's dreams come true! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

“No one will ever need more than 640k of RAM” famously said by Bill Gates in 1982. Smartphones these days are having 10times more powerful than desktop pc’s in that era. Rohit Dadwal, Managing Director for Mobile Marketing Association Asia Pacific talks about "Getting Businesses Mobile Ready". See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the economic constraints and uncertainty in the market looming over 2012, consumerization of IT will become ever more so important. Yaj Malik, Citrix Area Vice President for ASEAN is the man to share with us key industry trends to watch in 2012. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.