Tech Talk

For some, online marketing is merely just another avenue to gain exposure. But for some, it brings quite a surprising result. Take Sonicon Construction for an example, they’ve achieved revenue of RM700,000 within the first year with 80% of the sales driven from Internet marketing. Recently at the Growing with Google event in Singapore, Tan Guan Han, the Founder, Sales and Marketing Manager at Sonicon Construction spoke about how he grew his company from a one-man operation to a team tackling 7 projects, all through internet marketing.

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On Geeks Squawk today, the geeks discussed about why flying cars are not an everyday reality yet. They also talked about Quickstarter, an invitation to create small projects; the possibility of becoming invisible by donning a stealth sheet; and how to spot a deepfake.

0:22:98 - Flying Cars: Why Haven't They Taken Off Yet?

9:37:30 - The Quickstarter Manifesto

12:10:21 - Stealth Sheets Can Make You Appear Invisible

14:47:36 - How Can You Tell If A Video Is A Deepfake? Just Look At The Eyes

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Is technology already beyond our control? Is Skynet waiting for its opportunity to strike? Is humanity facing techno obsolescence? Only the machines know. It’s time to Mattsplain.

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IoT has become mainstream in our daily lives with digital assistants, health trackers, drones, and other smart applications in the market. But as IoT becomes increasingly integrated into our lives, it presents a looming cyber security risks. At present, most IoT devices are not powerful enough to have any type of anti malware service and yet, it gathers vast amounts of data, making it smart. We speak to Sanjay Aurora, Managing Director APAC for Darktrace to talk about the vulnerabilities and risks in these devices.

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On this episode of Digital News Asia Roundup, the team discussed about Astro's customers data leak, the state of artificial intelligence globally, JomPaws, Innovfest Unbound 2018 in Singapore, the potential for ASEAN to ride on China's Belt and Road initiative and the return of MaGIC's Global Accelerator Programme. Karam joined by Dr. Sivapalan and Chris Chan wrapped up the show in remembrance of the late Nazrin Hassan, former Cradle Fund CEO. 

0:39 - To Inform Or Not To Inform,That Is The Question

5:30 - Artificial Intelligence: So smart, It’s Obvious

10:05 - It’s All About Focus And The Human Touch At Jompaw

15:23 - Building A Digital Economy: ‘Technology Is The Least Of Our Concerns’

19:07 - Potential For Asean To Ride On China’s Belt And Road Initiative

22:54 - MaGIC’s Global Accelerator Programme Returns For Second Year

27:39 - Nazrin Hassan: The Shining Light Of The Malaysian Entrepreneur Ecosystem

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SunMoon Food Company was on the verge of bankruptcy in 2007 when Gary Loh, the current CEO took over the business. His plan to save the business? To shift from an asset-heavy to asset-light and be a more consumer-centric distributor. With an extensive network of more than 11,000 point of sales, they harvested on technology innovations to automate its manual business processes and increase efficiency. We hear from Gary Loh himself about this fascinating journey during the recent NetSuite SuiteWorld 2018 in Las Vegas.

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Since its debut in 1989, the Internet has revolutionised commerce, communication, military actions, governance, healthcare, banking and the list just goes on and on and on. In fact, much of the modern world today is simple inconceivable without the Internet. This however, this so-called revolution, has not come without a price. The annual cost of cybercrime has now climbed to more than 1 trillion US dollars. And the cost was only half just a few years back. That rapid increase is only just the beginning. So with that in mind, we’re now seeing Cyber Insurance policies being offered, also referred to as a cyber risk insurance or cyber liability insurance coverage, to help organisation mitigate risk exposure by offsetting costs involved with recovery after a cyber-related security breach. Does this even work and if so, how? To answer these questions, we speak to Paul Davis, Regional Chief Financial Officer for Allianz Global Corporate & Speciality.

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On Geeks Squawk today, the geeks talked about Apple's new "digital wellbeing" tool, Screen Time, that aims to help people reduce the time they spend glued to their screens. The two also introduced a plasma patch that could soon be used to dress wounds; and a DJ in New Zealand who wants those who tune into his station to literally fall asleep.

0:48:54 - Apple's New "Digital Wellbeing" Tools Aim To Help Reduce Screen Time

10:30:71 - Bizarre State Of Matter To Treat Wounds Instead Of Antibiotics

14:32:07 - Sleep Radio: New Zealand Station That Wants Listeners To Switch Off

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What could be more fun than a pink pineapple. We go inside the weird world of GM superfoods. It’s time to Mattsplain.

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Where would you normally go if you were looking for a freelance/part-time gig? What if there was a Tinder version for jobs? You swipe right for the jobs you like, and if the employers loves you, you get a match. The job can even start on the same day. That’s the idea behind DuitDo-It, a new app to help the gig-economy world we live for part-time/freelance workers.

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