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Save the date for Echelon 2011

by Wong Joon Ian

Save the date for Echelon 2011

Echelon is back for 2011. We’re making it bigger and better this year, with an expanded Startup Launchpad, a new venue, and satellite events in Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur.

Echelon 2011 is happening on June 10 and 11 at the University Cultural Centre at the National University of Singapore.

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TechBeat 5: Goodbye 2010, hello 2011

by John Lim

The podcasters return with a cast bigger than ever for this episode, which looks back at the biggest stories of 2010, and what their expectations are for 2011. Join host John Lim, together with panelistsErna MahyuniDavid Lian from Text100, as well as Tech Idiots Uncensored duo Chan Wern

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TechBeat on a break

by John Lim

Yes, even tech pundits need to spend some downtime every year, and so the TechBeat podcast is taking a two-week break for the holiday season. We’ll be back in 2011 with a brand new episode that would discuss the expectations of CES 2011, and a quick homage to the year…

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Only three can survive Groupon-clone wars, say GroupsMore founder

by John Lim

Joel Neoh, founder of GroupsMore. Photo taken from YouthAsia

Group-buying deal sites are all the rage these days, more so after the recent Asian acquisition spree by Groupon that saw Beeconomic, uBuyiBuy, and Atlaspost being snapped up. Malaysia is no exception to the group-buying trend, with sites like Everyday.com.my, MyDeal.com.my, and GroupsMore.com among the more…

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Terato Tech eyes foreign market to grow beyond RM 1 million

by John Lim

Terato Tech eyes foreign market to grow beyond RM 1 million

Reza Fahmi Razali has been living the start-up life since he was 17, making his first successful web venture in 1999 in the form of a teen portal and car community that had 50,000 members (which closed last year). After graduating from Oklahoma University, he worked at Dell and was…

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TechBeat 4: Cloudy skies ahead

by John Lim

John Lim returns with the podcrew lineup consisting of BFM‘s tech pundit Matt Armitage, PopTeeVee‘s Zurairi and security consultant Sandeep to discuss the latest news in technology and digital media in and around Malaysia. On this episode, the crew picks through a series of tragic events…

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TechBeat 3: Movie plot mayhem

by John Lim

TechBeat 3: Movie plot mayhem

Tune into TechBeat, the podcast that bands together Malaysian tech pundits and bloggers to discuss the latest news in technology and digital media within an Asian context. Hosted by John Lim, this week’s episode features Daniel CerVentus, Julian Hopkins and Dinesh Nair, who dissect:

1) The announcements…

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Select-TV getting Asia into IPTV through telcos

by John Lim

Select-TV getting Asia into IPTV through telcos

Malaysia-based IPTV solutions company Select-TV may not have hit many headlines since it began in 2006, but it blipped on e27′s radar when Intel Capital announced on 16 November that Select-TV was among the 18 start-ups that it would be investing US$77 million in.

The amount invested by Intel…

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TIMEdotcom rolls out fibre-optic Internet service in KL

by John Lim

TIMEdotcom rolls out fibre-optic Internet service in KL

TIMEdotcom (Tdc) today launched its new Internet service, built on an end-to-end fibre optic network, to high-rise buildings in limited areas in Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya.

Tdc has long been under the shadow of national telco company, Telekom Malaysia, where fixed-line services are concerned, but the impressive demonstrations showed today…

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TechBeat 1: Squint-eyed suspicion -_-

by John Lim

TechBeat is the Malaysia-based podcast hosted and produced by John Lim that brings together tech journalists and opinion-makers to discuss the the latest news in technology and media in and around the country. For this inaugural episode, we have David Lian, APAC Social Media practice Lead for Text100, and Edwin…

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