Release Date: January 7, 2006
File Size: 2.88Mb (MP3)
Duration: 06″18′
Is your regular IM (Instant Messaging) getting a little bland and boring? Try Moji.
Flashback to the era of tamagotchi. Moji is akin to that virtual pet — Ver 1.0 though — of yesteryears. With Moji, you grow your virtual pet that suits your online persona.
The good thing is that, Moji is the brainchild of two young Malaysians, who were established architects in Australia, but who decided leave their well-paying jobs to grow Moji in a big way from their chosen base in Malaysia.
Recently,
SuiteTalker spoke to
Billy Chong, the managing director of
MOR(F) Interactive Communications (M) Sdn Bhd, the MSC-status company that innovates Moji. In
Part 1, Billy takes us through the genesis of the company. In Part II, he will talk about MOR(F)’s business model and launch strategy.
Moji’s site for beta testers will be up soon. Meanwhile, you may log-in to their corporate site at www.morfdynamics.com to take a glimpse of what’s in store.
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January 13th, 2007
Release Date: December 27, 2006
File Size: 4.32Mb (MP3)
Duration: 09″27′
Even without the December 26 earthquake off Taiwan that knocked out one-third capacity of Malaysia’s external link to the Internet, 2006 has been a bad year for broadband (Read Lee Wei Lian & Karamjit Singh in NetValue2.0).
And bad broadband service may probably stretch into 2007 because of three types of ill forces at work:
1 ) A ‘toothless’ regulator.
2 ) ISPs who cherry-pick.
3 ) And ISPs who practise anti-competitive conduct.
But first, we have to ask the Minister (Dr Lim Keng Yaik), what actually happened to the government directive to unbundle the local loop?
According to the Determination on Access List (DAL) released by the MCMC on June 13, full access, partial access, sub-loop access and bitstream access (wholesale purchase of capacity by an ISP) has been made mandatory, all of which are various degrees of local loop unbundling (LLU).
Datuk Wahid Omar, group CEO of TM, had said at the recent CommunicAsia conference in Singapore that the company does not agree with full access, partial access and sub-loop access but will implement bitstream access as a first step. “We want unbundling of the local loop to be done systematically and with caution. The implications of full access, partial access and sub-loop access should be studied carefully first,” he had emphasised.
Indeed, that is what the MCMC seems to have done. Says an official, “We have unbundled bitstream first and now will watch market behaviour before deciding on other options.”
Will broadband change for the better in 2007?
Listen to SuiteTalker… recorded live from your neighbourhood kopitiam.
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January 3rd, 2007
Release Date: January 1, 2007
File Size: 3.05Mb (MP3)
Duration: 06″39′
So, have TIME editors run out of ideas by naming “You” as Person of the Year 2006? A cliche, yes?
Oon Yeoh thinks that
YouTube is the Web2.0 version of
Geocities, and he sometimes browses around this You-generation video sites strictly for entertainment.
Ask blogger Nicholas Carr, who is highly skeptical about community journalism. Some may churn out quality stuff on their blogs, but Carr thinks most blogs are crap. Is it the same scenario in Malaysia?
Blog directory Technorati.com released a survey in Q12006, stating that of the 55 million blogs it monitors worldwide, the ones that garner huge traction are those that blog on Food, Technology, Politics and PR, in that particular order. But why is food-related blogs not taking off in a big time in Malaysia since eating is a major past-time for the country?
Are there opportunities for Malaysian bloggers?
Listen to SuiteTalker… recorded live from your neighbourhood kopitiam.
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January 1st, 2007
Release Date: December 27, 2006
File Size: 6.41Mb (MP3)
Duration: 14″00′
In this episode, we talk about three issues: ( 1 ) Monetising blogs. Will it work? Where’s the hot button for advertisers to advertise in weblogs and New Media… or non-Traditional Media? ( 2 ) Political blogs. How much could blogs and podcasts impact on the political frontier in the country? Are political parties using New Media to reach out to their constituencies? ( 3 ) 3G market. Is 3G still sexy two years after launch?
It is said that, in the US, advertising on the internet is expected to reach US$70 billion by 2010. Will there a positive spillover in Malaysia? We are optimistic but there is tough work ahead.
Using New Media as a reach-out tool to engage political constituencies? You will hear about who are the Experimentalists, and who are in their comfort zones.
3G. Oon has talked to industry players and they offer two versions of thought: The official mantra vs. off-the-cuff truth.
Listen to SuiteTalker… recorded live from your neighbourhood kopitiam.
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January 1st, 2007
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