Tech Talk

Time and time again we come across news of data breaches, hacks, malware attacks, identity theft and the list goes on. Based on a recent study, 34% of known causes are due to the negligent employee within the organization. So question what can you do about it? We speak to Alvin Toh, CIPM & Chief Marketing Officer of Straits Interactive to talk about some of ways you can always be connected and secure for your organization.

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If could sum up the past 2 years in just one word in the world of business, it would be startups. Year after year, the explosion of new startups hit record numbers however, year after year, many fail and disappear off the radar. We speak to Lu Yoh-Chie, Founder and Executive Chairman of Biosensors International Group. Lu is one of Singapore’s most successful technologist, listed publicly in Singapore Exchange in May 2005, something that not many startups can brag about. Lu was also a speaker during Techventure 2015 in Singapore, an event that allows global technopreneurs and investor meet and share their ideas. We find out what it takes to be a successful startup.

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Can we live on Mars? Matt Armitage educates us on how to make that into a reality and Jeff Sandhu talks about how IBM is going to change the weather.

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Today on Tech Talk we’re praising water, that wonderful invention that gives us a temporary respite from the haze. While water is everywhere, it is, Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage claims, extremely weird.

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Victor Yap from Amanz.net rounds up the month of October 2015 with what happened in Budget 2016, Intel's Skylake launch, Microsoft's Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book and also Level Up KL 2015!

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The MITx Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamp is a nexus connecting entrepreneurs from around the world to the entrepreneurial ecosystem surrounding MIT. Admission to the MITx Global Entrepreneurship Bootcamps are highly selective and scholarships are given based on merit. Some say the global admission rate is less than 8% and this year, there are 3 selected from South East Asia and today, we speak to one of them, Terence Chia to find out what happens in this prestigious and exclusive startups bootcamp.

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The Greater Kuala Lumpur / Klang Valley population has grown from 6 million in 2010 to nearly 7 million in 2013. By 2020, the capital city is expected to have a 10 million population. This world is becoming increasingly urbanized, echoing research that shows the proportion of world population in cities is more than 50% and is expected to increase to 70% by 2050. Anand Tirunagiri, Market Specialist Security & Transport for Allied Telesis talks about what it takes to manage smart cities.

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Managing and exploiting data today has become a core business for some. With the rise of Big Data, more different kinds of data are entering the digital universe and enterprises today are desperate to seek the most effective ways to manage all these data. We speak to Steve Kelly, Regional Sales Manager for Australia New Zealand for SolidFire Inc to talk about how OpenStack is helping organizations in this area.

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Matt Armitage tries to understand the brain of a politician. Also on the show, Tesla gave a huge surprise to owners of the Model S with Autopilot feature.

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21.10.2015. Possibly one of the most important dates in history. The day when Marty McFly travelled forward in time in a trash powered DeLorean to save his own family from ruin. Almost 30 years after Back To The Future Part 2, Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage is here to find out how close the films came to our reality. 

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