Apple today loosened its iOS App Store Review Guidelines for streaming games from services such as Microsoft xCloud, Google Stadia, and Nvidia GeForce Now. But Apple still restricts how users pay for the games and requires that it get its 30% cut on game sales.

In April 2020, Spotify did some digging; as a platform that hosts both music and podcasts, they were curious to see if the two mediums were competing with each other or coexisting peacefully. How has the pandemic changed what we listen to?

Ahead of the Malaysian Media Conference 2020, Chris Wee from Rev Media Group joins us to discuss the challenges the media industry continues to face during this pandemic, the recent merger between Media Prima Digital and Rev Asia, and what it takes to consolidate and forge partnerships between the various titles under the RMG’s belt.

A shocking amount of food is wasted on a daily basis, and most of it ends up in landfills or in spaces that continue to burden the environment. MAEKO’s goal is to provide enough people with composting machines to significantly reduce the amount of food that’s wasted by turning excess meals into compost. We speak to founder Chelsea Chee about MAEKO’s expanding target market, the difficulties in creating awareness, and how the public can contribute to the cause with their own composting bins.

Jendela is part of the Malaysian government's efforts to improve the country’s digital communications under the 12th Malaysia Plan which will be released early next year. But from what we know so far, who of the listed telco's stand to benefit? Toh Woo Kim, Senior Equity Analyst with AllianceDBS Research gives us his views on the matter while giving us the lowdown on the mobile operating environment.

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Sabah is one of the most resource rich states in Malaysia, and frequently within the top 5 largest contributors towards the growth of the national economy. Yet at the same time, poverty and unemployment persist within the state's borders, indicating a deeper disconnect. Why have Sabahans not benefitted from the federal initiatives to uplift the state? In conjunction with Malaysia Day, we're discussing the socioeconomic issues Sabah is currently facing with Datuk Godfrey Joitol, Commissioner with SUHAKAM, as well as Dr. Firdausi Suffian, economist at UiTM Sabah.

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The government wants to standardise regulations and taxes for hotels and Airbnb operators.

For an industry ravaged by Covid-19, these developments can't come any earlier.

Yap Lip Seng, CEO, Malaysian Association of Hotels, discusses.

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Shazana Mokhtar speaks to Azlan Zainal Abidin, Chief Enterprise Business Officer of Celcom Axiata Berhad, about the importance of digitalisation, the challenges that SMEs face on their path towards it, and how Celcom provides solutions in the form of the Celcom Business Suite. Discussed are the services offered in the Celcom Business Suite which are useful to SMEs, and which help to speed up their digital transformation.

Brexit negotiation have started in earnest as the 15 October deadline fast approaches. Michael Gasiorek, Professor of Economics at Sussex University tell us whether UK-EU trade negotiations have been thrown into turmoil over UK Internal Market Bill and what it means for the British economy if no deal is reached.

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With Sabah elections hogging the limelight, PAS has been noticeably absent from the headlines. Adib Zalkapli, a director of the Asia-Pacific strategic advisory firm BowerGroupAsia, discusses the party’s standing future with its allies, Perikatan Nasional and Muafakat Nasional.

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