Tech Talk

Jeff Sandhu speaks to Jeremy Ooi, Game Designer at Monsoon Lab to talk about a new Malaysian indie game called Sara Is Missing. Also on the show, Jeff Sandhu and Richard Bradbury review the long awaited Battlefield One.

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Earlier in August, Hyperlab launched JustAsq, the world’s first conversational cloud. It promises to be a solution to any business seeking to improve customer and employee experiences by leveraging the growing popularity of conversational interfaces. We speak to Janet Teo, COO and Vic Sithasanan, CEO of Hyperlab to find out more about what do they mean by ‘a conversational cloud’.

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The speed and sophistication of today’s cyber threats means that no organisation is safe from attacks. Security is no longer about it, but when a company will be hit by a cyber-breach and business leaders need to start reconsidering their approach to cyber security. Cyber insurance has become a key element for companies looking at the full spectrum of cyber security preparedness. David Rajoo, Director Systems Engineering for Symantec Malaysia explains what exactly is Cyber Insurance and how it could benefit your organisation.

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Mobile internet is transforming opportunities for people all over the world. This can be measured not just in terms of increased consumer choices and convenience, but by a robust assessment of the economic value that the technology brings to economies - boosting GDP, creating jobs and driving social investment. Recently Google worked with Oxford Economics on a report looking at the impact of mobile internet on the economy of southeast asia. Henry Worthington, Associate Director for Oxford Economics and also author of the report shares details from the report.

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The Geeks talk about how a new study shows the correlation between having many Facebook friend requests and the longevity of your life. And a new treatment to treat peanut allergies as the future of medicine takes shape. Also, Matt's King of the Crowd and GE Weekly Tech Talk updates.

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It's election season in the US and voting machine hacks are becoming a worry. Matt Armitage from Kulturpop takes a look at the impact of technology, especially data on politics and elections, and how voting machines in the US are the number target for cyber hackers.

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Karamjit Singh from Digital News Asia.com talks about how nations can capture opportunity in the Digital Economy based on Accenture Global, the Asian Angel Alliance and what does this bring to the region, Lazada's acquisition of Singapore's RedMart and more.

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The Southeast Asia video game industry may be relatively young however it is being driven by the rise of internet access and ICT devices. In hopes of capturing the gaming market early, Level Up KL 2016 is happening on the 5th of November so we speak to Hasnul Hadi of MDEC about Malaysia’s aspirations to be the hub for games development in Southeast Asia.

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Globally nearly 1 in 3 consumer have been victimised by fraud in the past 5 years - ranging from unauthorised activity on three types of payment cards. Debit, credit and prepaid. Bringing it closer to home, a Malaysia-based credit card fraud ring was broken by the Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre (EC3), which saw the arrest of 105 individuals from Malaysia and Europe. With the growing increase in credit card fraud, it is imperative that organisation now adopt a complex issuance system that has the highest multi layered security standards. Lee Wei Jin, APAC Regional Director for Secure Issuance at HID Global talks about solving security problems for organisations.

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Digital disruption is not a new phenomenon. But the opportunities and risks it presents shift over time. Competitive advantage flows to the businesses that see and act on those shifts first. Just take a look at Uber and AirBnB and how they’ve saw a need in an industry and disrupted existing business models in the industry they’re in. We speak to Roger Ling, Product Marketing Manager for Cloud in Epicor about the changes in the business landscapes, especially for SMEs in Malaysia.

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