Tech Talk

Guru-App is a Malaysian founded social network for high school students focusing on crowdsourcing, gamification and mobile first distribution. We find out more from the founder himself.

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http://guru-app.com/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=beta.guruapp

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If you're looking for a special Valentine's gift for your loved one, Jeff Sandhu reviews whether the Jabra Solemate Bluetooth speakers is the chosen one and if you're feeling lonely with the withdrawal of Flappy Birds, we obviously have found the perfect substitute.

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Not everyone can afford to buy their Valentine a North Korean cobalt mine like Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage. But what are some of the geekiest ideas for Valentine’s Day from previous years?

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Online dating is not something new. We’ve heard of many success stories over the past decade. However websites like OKCupid and Match.com still haven’t figured out the best way to monetize the mobile boom. One company that is looking to capture that is Kehmistry, a Malaysia-Singapore venture that aims to add a little spice in our daily routine work life. Shanker Joyrama, co-founder of Kehmistry talks about this new dating app.

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As Malaysia rapidly moves towards Vision 2020, the time has come to bring to fore and discuss some of the biggest issues facing this developing country – state of the art healthcare, traffic control, and modernized education. With as many as 1.5 million people living in Kuala Lumpur alone and Malaysia being one of the biggest consumer automotive markets in the ASEAN region, traffic congestion has become an inevitable part of every urbanite’s life. Vivek Puthucode, Vice President Public Services for SAP Asia Pacific Japan talks about solving Malaysia’s urban challenges with urban matters.

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We live on a Smarter Planet where systems are highly instrumented, interconnected and intelligent. Data is coming from new places, in greater volumes and at faster rates. Arshad Sharif, General Manager, Systems and Technology Group at IBM Malaysia talks about Smarter Storage.

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Squawking alone, Jeff Sandhu talks about North Korean first ever OS called the RedStar OS that is filled with propaganda stuff and how the future might be very closely related to RoboCop.

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It’s sometimes said that people look down on Geeks. Not here on TechTalk. Celebrating the best of Geek culture for the beginning of 2014 is Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage.

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Gabey Goh and A. Asohan from DigitalNewsAsia.com comes in this week to digest two top stories of the week. The first is Microsoft’s new CEO, Satya Nadella and whether is he the right man in charge to take the technology giants forward? Followed by an update with last week’s story on the MDeC’s MSC Status issue.

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In the past few years, cybercriminals activities have become more sophisticated. Cybercrime gangs increasingly operate in the DNS (Domain Name System) layer to launch denial-of-service attacks, send a barrage of spam, or set malware booby traps. Doug Miller, VP of Product Marketing for Nominum talks about utilization of DNS as an alternative approach to cybersecurity.

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