Singapore startup Hoiio lets you to listen to Mr Brown ‘phonecast’

We all know that MrBrown is probably the funniest blogger in Singapore. His regular podcast, The MrBrown Show, has been downloaded thousands of times.

Now, you can listen to his popular episode about ‘Simi’ by dialing a number on your phone. If you own an iPhone 4S, get Siri to dial that number for kicks.

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TWIA #40: Nicholas Aaron Khoo from SCOGA & CNET

Following our special interview series for Echelon 2010, Daniel and Chew Lin engages Nicholas Aaron Khoo (@geekonomics) from Singapore Cybersports & Online Gaming Association (SCOGA) and CNET to a conversation about online gaming in Asia. During the interview, Nic shares his experiences on the community work in the realm of online gaming through SCOGA, his thoughts on the panel “Social Gaming – How a Fast Rising Global Phenomenon is Developing in Asia” and what he will engage his fellow panelists on that topic and also the sessions in Echelon 2010 which he looks forward to. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs. Read more

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TWIA #38: Rakuten ready for global domination?

The TWIA crew is back for their weekly discussion on the hottest web and tech news that dominate Asia. We made a glance on the recent Chlkboard Developer Event and Google I/O conference, followed by the plans of TenCent to do global Internet buys and the social networking scene in China with RenRen introducing social gaming. We also discuss the plans of Open Network to help Japan start-ups going global and UStream’s entrance to Asia. While Rakuten is heating the global e-commerce with the alliance with Baidu and acquisition of Buy.com, we also check in with our friend, Benjamin Scherrey (@proteusguy) from Proteus Technologies in Thailand and wish that our friends in tech and media there are well and safe. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs. Read more

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65Bits #169: HTC Strikes Back

Our friends at Tech65 starts off this week with their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape: [1] Apple iPhone Gains Market Share, BlackBerry Slips, [2] HTC files patent complaint against Apple, asks for ban on iPhone, iPad, and iPod, [3] Valve to Deliver Steam & Source on the Mac, [4] Is Europe’s cure for wireless “bill shock” right for the US?. 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 #29: This Week in Japan

For this week, the TWIA crew is joined by Serkan Toto, a special guest from Japan, who is the only Asia correspondent for TechCrunch. We diced and sliced through the news happening in Japan: (a) DeNA’s reported profits and its competition with Gree, (b) Google is now booted out of mobile search by NTT-Docomo, the largest telco in Japan with them adopting Goo, (c) the new mobile apps platform set up by various Japan handset vendors including NTT-Docomo, and finally, we have a Singapore start-up named TenCube making headway in China. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs. Read more

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65Bits #167: HP got a Palm

Our friends at Tech65 starts off this week with their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape: [1] HP buys Palm for $1.2b, [2] Microsoft confirms, kills Courier in one fell swoop, [3] Microsoft says Android infringes on its patents and [4] Sony delivers floppy disk’s last rites. 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 #28: Echelon 2010 & Social Wok

The first of the special episodes, as TWIA is a supporting media partner for Echelon 2010, we bring together two special guests, Mohan Belani the lead organizer and his team from E27 Singapore who brings together the top web-tech startups within Asia to Singapore, and Guang Ming Yong, CEO of Social Wok to talk about the upcoming conference, the story of Social Wok and their experience from Unconference 2009 to TechCrunch 50. They also discuss their own thoughts on the topic of cloud computing. Update: Ming Yong, who is originally intended to be the moderator for the panel, “Changing Enterprise 2.0: Implications of Cloud Computing, Social and Web Services”, will not be able to attend. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs.
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TWIA #27: What’s the deal with Softbank?

The TWIA crew returns without our moderator, John Lim. In his place, our co-producer Mike Foong has taken the helm and drive the discussion on the important news that rocked Asia this week. With our guest, Chew Lin Kay (@BlinkBl_nk) from BlinkBl-nk.com and Hackerspace SG, we surveyed the happenings from Barcamp KL, BlinkBl_nk to the launch of Amazon AWS in Asia, and moved to the important news of the week: (i) Ushi.cn, a Chinese Linkedin clone after BL’s rant in the live show that there is no linkedin clone in China from the live show? (ii) Yahoo! Japan and DeNA to run social game site, Yahoo! Mobage, (iii) Japan to adopt Chinese standards for 4G, (iv) Microsoft plans to invest in Kaixin001 and finally (v) Baidu filling up the vacuum for Google China now. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs. Read more

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TWIA Episode 24: From TenCent to HTC

The TWIA crew is back without Cerventus who was on his way back to KL from Singapore during the recording. We discussed how the iPad performed with respect to the hosts of the show, while moving to the stories of the three new phones C3, C6 and E5 launched by Nokia and China has boosted the downloads in the Ovi Store. Marching on, we examine the reasons why TenCent (who owns QQ) have invested in Russia’s DST and whether HTC will acquire Palm. Finally, we end with more outsourcing horror stories, and with a bonus story from Mike on his review of the Opera Mini app on the iPhone. Do look forward to the special reviews for the upcoming Echelon and also the live show in Barcamp KL next week. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs. Read more

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TWIA Episode 23: Don’t Play with the JooJoo

Just 3 hours before the launch of the iPhone OS 4 from Apple, the TWIA crew are back without Mike Foong and John Lim. Instead, we have two special guests tonight: Michael Smith from Yahoo Southeast Asia and Ben Scherrey from Proteus Technologies (Thailand) who come on and share with us their thoughts on the Apple iPad and the bandit iPad clone from China, the recent news about attempted suicides of workers coming from FoxConn, the company which manufacture all these devices, the Phone OS wars in Asia and the survival of JooJoo within the near future. While on these topics, we also talk about our coming live show in Barcamp KL, the Geeks on the Train, and most importantly, the Echelon 2010 happening on 1st and 2nd June. You can go directly to TWIA website or listen the podcast here in SGEntrepreneurs. Read more

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