TWIA Episode 16: Open Source Rocks!

With Pamela Fox (@pamelafox) from Google Australia as our special guest this week, the TWIA crew tried to make sense out of the JooJoo’s new partnership with CSL Malaysia. We also reviewed the future of Naver, the top search engine in South Korea, the Malaysia government’s declaration of 95% adoption in OSS and most exciting of all, the impact of the court ruling on iiNet’s victory over the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT). Not to mention, we weaved Google Wave, FilmCamp SG, the #dIE6 movement and adoption of open source in governments into an exciting week of This Week in Asia. Read more

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65Bits Episode 155: How can we not talk about the iPad?

Our friends at Tech65 starts off this week with their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape: [1] Twitter adds local trends to Web site, [2] Google ends support for IE6 and [3] Apple iPad. Do click and check out their latest podcast here. You can now also listen to the Tech65 podcast here as well by coming to the blog post directly. Read more

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TWIA Episode 14: Don’t Give Up on China

George Codula, the co-founder of Web2Asia, joined the TWIA crew this week to tell us the other perspective behind the Great Firewall on the recent Google showdown with the Chinese government, and examined the implications on Yahoo! and consequences on Google products if they departed. The group also chatted about the new apps store by TaoBao and the social gaming trends in China. The crew and their guest then moved back to talk about Rais Yatim, a minister from Malaysia on banning Facebook and Twitter and finally, the ruling from the South Korean supreme court on virtual and real currency. You can listen to the podcast directly here in SGEntrepreneurs or go to the TWIA site. Read more

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65Bits Episode 153: It’s China day

Our friends at Tech65 starts off this week with their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape: [1] Google: A new approach to China, [2] Google Plans to Upgrade Old Billboards in Street View, [3] German government issues official warning. Do NOT use Internet Explorer until it is fixed, [4] Facebook Releases Their Version Of Retweets As Twitterfication Continues, [5] Lenovo Thinkpad Edge and X100e. Do click and check out their latest podcast here. You can now also listen to the Tech65 podcast here as well by coming to the blog post directly. Read more

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TWIA Episode 13: The Google Showdown with China

Gen Kanai, Director of Asia Business Development from Mozilla Corporation joins the TWIA crew as the guest to discuss the Google Showdown with the China government on unfiltered search & censorship and examine the implications of foreign companies entering into the Chinese market. The TWIA crew and Gen Kanai continue to discuss the recent Yahoo! Friendster partnership in Southeast Asia and an exciting discussion about the security of mobile banking in Korea and how that ties up with browsers, search engines and security protocols in East Asia. Read more

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65Bits Episode 149: Look out the window

Our friends at Tech65 start their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape last week: [1] MediaCorp to discontinue TV Mobile from next year, [2] New rules cap telco contract duration at 24 months, [3] McAfee uncovers riskiest domains, [4] Twitter Has Been Hacked, [5] Nexus One finally caught on video and [6] Gothere.sg. Do click and check out their latest podcast here.

65Bits Episode 148: Somewhere between Joo Koon and Joo Chiat

Our friends at Tech65 start their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape last week: [1] Faster Starhub broadband, [2] iPhone prices in Singapore, [3] Fusion Garage Joojoo tablet rises from the ashes of the CrunchPad, [4] CrunchPad Federal Lawsuit Filed; Some Additional Thoughts and [5] Google backs world’s fastest internet cable. Do click and check out their latest podcast here.

65Bits Episode 147: I want to be on Google Street View

Our friends at Tech65 start their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape last week: [1] Google Street View Singapore, [2] gothere.sg’s Street Image, [3] MediaCorp radio stations back on Internet, [4] The End Of The CrunchPad and [5] Trinity concept phone. Do click and check out their latest podcast here.

Investment and Acquisition Interests of Benchmark, Google and DFJ Revealed

Who does not want a private one-to-one session with companies such as Benchmark Capital, Google and Draper Fisher and Jurvetson (DFJ) to pitch their companies to? The folks at MDA and Expara are arranging for post-iMatch International Launchpad private half hour meetings on 10th Dec with these investors for companies which fit the criteria. Read more

Code Android Dec 2009 Meetup

The first ever developer meetup hosted by AdMob Singapore in APAC, partnering with the CodeAndroid and it will be a casual get together designed for anyone in the mobile ecosystem, and should provide a great opportunity to network with and learn from others. The event is happening on 7 Dec 2009 in SMU. Find out how you can get to the event: Read more

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