Festive Joys, Festive Despair and Digital Dreams

Karamjit Singh | Anushia Kandasivam | Chong Jinn Xiung

21-Dec-17 10:00

Festive Joys, Festive Despair and Digital Dreams

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The team from Digital News Asia talked about how Pasar is the second wet market merchants to come online and how the holiday season has brought on positives in students at KDU and negatives in online fraud cases. Also on the show, we talked about the digital positibilites in Malaysia according to Dr Michio Kaku during the Global Entrepreneurship Community 2017 and why Wan Hazmer, the Malaysian developer and designer behind the Final Fantasy 15 team stepped down from his post at Square Enix. We end the show with trends from IDC Asean's Managing Director, Sudev Bangah, around Malaysia and Indonesia.

0:40 - KDU Annual Jingle Mingle Event Brings Students And Employers Together

2:28 - Stripe's Global Study On Online Fraud Reveals Interesting Findings

4:28 - Michio Kaku Talks Digital Possibilities

10:06 - VC's From The US Investing In KL

15:10 - Asean As A Platform To Do Business

19:54 - Wan Hazmer The Malaysian Developer and Lead Designer On Setting Up His Development Studio

23:32 - Pasar Puts Wet Market Merchants Online

28:12 - Trends For Malaysia And Indonesia

Produced by: Freda Liu

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Tags: KDU, Single Mingle, Stripe's, fraud, Gaming scene, Wan Hazmer, Malaysian Developer, Michio Kaku, Pasar, wet market, Online, VC, US, investing, Dato' Dan E Khoo, Suvdev Bangah, Indonesia, Malaysia, Trend

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