Techbeat 8: It’s all bunk

Join in the tech show that brings together tech pundits, developers, and smart-ass geeks in Malaysia to discuss the latest news in tech and digital media. This week, host John Lim is joined by David Wang from theclickstarter.com, and serial entrepreneur Vernon Chan to talk about:

1) Steve Jobs’s leave of absence: Will he or won’t he return this year?

2) Apple’s blow-out quarter following holiday sales: it’s getting real close to Microsoft’s quarterly profit figures.

3) The Star and The Daily coming on the iPad: Will people pay for newspaper content? 86% prefer to get their news free and ad-supported, according to a survey.

4) Windows 8 will be on future mobile devices.

5) Google launches Google Offers, and don’t say it’s a Groupon clone (but it sure has a lot of similarities to it).

6) Google dropping support for the H.264 video codec for its Chrome browser. It probably won’t matter to the end-user, but it’s worth looking into the strange reasons why Google is doing so.

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