Tech Talk

The term BYOD has been thrown around all over in every industry but there is still a concern for business owners in fully implementing it. However, without proper implementation, things can go very wrong with all the sensitive information available at your fingertips. Jeff Sandhu spoke with Dino Soepono, Director of Enterprise Mobility for Citrix APAC about a new enterprise mobility called XenMobile.

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This week, the Geeks talk about:

1) Marrisa Mayer's working from home ban and whether it is a good decision or not?

2) How Richard Parker, the tiger from Life of Pi, was actually remodelled from Matt's cat!

3) A boring Mobile World Congress 2013

4) Samsung to build a USD$300 million campus at Silicon Valley. Is there a telescope to spy on Apple?

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Are you scared of your washing machine? Is your TV offering to do your taxes for you? Yesterday’s white boxes are today’s shining black orbs of doom. Arguing that the world should be a less complicated place is Matt Armitage from Kulturpop.

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Karamjit Singh from DigitalNewsAsia.com talks about the Malaysia team from Rhythm & Hues that were part of the team that won the Oscars for Life of Pi and how now the US headquarters are in bankruptcy.

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The consumer technology market is not just about PC’s and mobile phones anymore. With tablets and smartphones taking the industry by storm, there’s no stopping the growth in consumer tech devices. Daniel Pang, Research Manager and Client Devices for IDC Asia Pacific talks about PC's & Mobile market trends.

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Let’s say you have an idea. A tech idea that you think will transform into a global company. An idea that will take the world by storm. Probably the next Facebook? But where do you even begin? Starting up a tech company in this overcrowded day and age is tough. Tzu Ming Chu and Heislyc Loh, Co-Directors of Founder Institute Malaysia talks about their startup accelerator program.

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In 5 year’s time, our technologies will be able to Touch, See, Hear, Taste and Smell. This is according to IBM’s 5 in 5 that was unveiled in December 2012. The list of innovations that have the potential to change the way people work, live and interact during the next five years will be Touch, Sight, Hearing, Taste & Smell. Lee Yu Kit, Chief Technologist for IBM Malaysia explains.

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The Geeks talks about Google's online competition to pick 8,000 "lucky" winners to BUY their Google Glass test units and how the transparent smartphone dream might be a reality very soon thanks to an American? Taiwanese? (we're not sure) company. Then there's our favourite topic, 3D printers and how Techmaestro has funded USD$99 on the World's First 3D Printing Pen. You know you need to have one of these babies if Techmaestro is backing the project on Kickstarter.

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What’s the most excruciating part of school for you average Geek? Sports is an obvious one, but nothing could make a nerd squeak and blush harder than biology. Yet the human body is one of the most exquisitely designed pieces of technology in existence. Finally catching up with his body is Matt Armitage from Kulturpop.

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Fresh from New York, Gabey Goh talks about the 500 Startups Demo Day that was held there and some of the intersting ones that came out of it. She also talks about the Malaysian sound designer, Axle Kith Cheeng, that recently won the Golden Reel Award and up for an Oscar too. And of course, the hottest topic about how Malaysia's Department of Information got hacked causing a massive stir with the false PM's resignation notice.

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