TechBeat 10: Resistance is coming

The Malaysian tech podcast returns after the Chinese New Year break to deliver the non-breaking news that Nokia and Microsoft may be partnering up (The show was recorded just hours before the official announcement last Friday), and discussing other big news surrounding tech and digital media.

Together in this episode with host John Lim are ZDNet blogger and MalaysianInsider columnist Edwin Yapp, Text100 Social Media lead for AsiaPac David Lian, and independent social media consultant Chi Ming.

Among the stories discussed are:
1) Nokia CEO Stephen Elop’s “Burning Platform” memo, followed by the impending partnership with Microsoft. Is this the strategy that could save the troubled Finnish company?

2) E-mail use drops 59% among teens, says a US-based study. Roll in the “e-mail is dead” rhetoric.

3) Why some Twitter posts catch on, and others don’t: A study in the virality of hashtags.

4) Digital and Print Magazines: Who’s got the right strategy? Does Rupert Murdoch’s The Daily have a winning formula?

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