Tech Talk

Bluetooth technology in mobile phones has been around since 1994 and around year 2002 – 2006, Bluetooth headsets were one of the most popular accessories for your mobile phone. It made thousands of people walking in the streets or sitting in their car talking to themselves. Then smartphones came along and the trend started to fade away, but the technology hasn’t. Ann Goh, Consumer Solutions South Asia for Jabra talks about Bluetooth technology.

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Aristotle once wrote that “Happiness is the meaning and the purpose of life, the whole aim and end of human existence”. And while we spend most of our adulthood in offices, finding happiness in your work place is key to a greater meaning of life. But what has technology got to do with all this? Tom Zack, President of EMC’s South East Asia is someone that clearly feels that technology plays an important role, but how?

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Investing in anti-virus software is no longer enough to counter cyber attacks on vital data systems, especially if national security is at stake. Advanced Persistent Threats or APT’s is on the rise at an alarming rate and Drew Williams, CEO for Condition Zebra talks about this.

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Squawking alone again, Jeff Sandhu (with profanity filtering turned on to maximum level) talks about the Google's Loon project and why Moto X is not taking Apple or Samsung as friends. And before ending the show, a story that Matt Armitage would be proud, the world's safest car is the electric Tesla Model S.

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We hear a lot of talk about all the fantastic valuations of tech start-ups and the billions their founders make at IPO. But not all of that money goes into developing social skills and building three-storeys tall Kaijus. Some of them are trying to use their money to make the world a better place. One man who isn’t is is Kulturpop’s Matt Armitage.

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Earlier in June, a 37-year-old Malaysian man has joined the growing number of people worldwide whose lives have been significantly improved by 3D printing. Wim Michiels, General Manager for Materialise Malaysia, the company that provided the 3D printing expertise for the surgery came in to talk about the 3D printing scene here in Malaysia.

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The 'measured' Karamjit Singh from DigitalNewsAsia.com gives a shout-out to Piktochart and talks about why the Global Entrepreneurship Summit that will be happening soon is going to rock and why is everybody watching ABN. All this and more in today's episode.

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IBM SmartCamp, an initiative to recruit ‘superstar’ startups with niche unique solutions that meet IBM’s vision of delivering a Smarter Planet is happening soon KC Hong, General Manager of IBM Software Group talks about this.

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Over the years, retails banks have innovated to make personal banking more convenient and consumer-friendly. Stated first with automatic teller machines and then now mobile banking apps in its latest evolution. The fact is that everything is going mobile. Sandeep Bagaria, CEO of Tagit talks about the Malaysian mobile banking industry and what can local banks do to more attract consumers.

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Squawking alone, Jeff Sandhu talks about Elon Musk's Hyperloop and how it plans to make a 6 hour journey from San Francisco to Los Angeles to only 30 minutes! Following that is a shocking news on an employee of Geek Squad (no relations to us Geek Squawks) found guilty of sharing nude picture found in his customers hard drive. Looking for something for the weekend, check out boootube.com for all the least-favourite YouTube videos to keep you company over the weekend.

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