TechBeat 11: Pointless quibbles

The Malaysian tech podcast returns with the country’s tech pundits to discuss the latest news in consumer tech and digital media. This week, host John Lim is joined by Erna Mahyuni, currently editor of goreng.my and former editor of PC.Com, as well as Dinesh Nair, security consultant and former Nokia fanboy.

On this episode, we dissect:

1) The partnership between Nokia and Microsoft — does it make sense in any way? Or is this a sneaky attempt of a takeover by the Redmond-based software giant?

2) The latest announcements from Mobile World Congress, including the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play, and the HTC ChaCha. We also talk about the stunning number of phones running gigahertz-power chips.

3) Apple unveils subscriptions for iOS App Store to icy silence from publishers, while Google’s One Pass offers better terms. But does it matter if people don’t want to pay for content in the first place?

4) Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has once again assured the country that there would be no censorship of the Web. Why the mixed messages coming from the Malaysian government?

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