Malaysia Explorer

By Edwin Yapp

Plug into the latest on the Internet, mobile and multimedia

Archives for January 2009

Cyber court is not the solution

Tuesday, January 20 2009 11:28 PM

Malaysia is mulling the creation of a cyber court to deal with the problem of bloggers who post content that may be deemed seditious.

Prosecuting bloggers is not the solution. If they start arresting and convicting bloggers who post "undesirable" content, pretty soon those who want to do so will simply go anonymous. What can the cyber court..... Read more ť

Tags: Blogger, Malaysia, Internet

Can news be sold iTunes style?

Friday, January 16 2009 07:23 PM

David Carr of the NYT provided an interesting suggestion, that perhaps news can be sold the way music is sold--to an iPod-like device.

Rich Gordon of Poynter begs to differ and highlights one very important point: Unlike music, news stories don't get replayed.

Says Gordon: "Even if you imagine a future in which the Kindle (or some..... Read more ť

Tags: News, Traffic, Apple iTunes, Music, Apple iPod, radio, Business Model Possibility, online advertising, industry, e-business

M'sians love rich media but...

Tuesday, January 13 2009 07:49 PM

Malaysia's broadband penetration rate may only be 18 percent but that doesn't mean Malaysians are unsophisticated users of the Internet.

In fact, Malaysia recently emerged in the top 10 among media consuming nations, out of 52 countries surveyed by Nielsen.

"Malaysians are real entertainment and technology junkies," said Nielsen Malaysia managing director Paul Richmond. "They consume a copious amount..... Read more ť

Tags: Movie, Malaysia, Rich Media, Digital Media, Internet, broadband, home entertainment, managing director, video, TV

Transforming newspapers from print to Web

Sunday, January 11 2009 04:46 PM

I'm in the process of launching a new Web site for The Edge. It's to replace their current Web site.

An upgrade is long overdue but more importantly, the new Web site represents the start of a transformation of the newsroom for the digital age.

How traditional print news media can be adapted to the Web and mobile environment is..... Read more ť

Tags: Web Site, mobile, Web, Nieman Foundation

Wireless in Singapore...NOT!

Sunday, January 11 2009 12:37 AM

I was in Singapore recently for an overnight stay. While waiting for my meeting to start, I hung around at the airport.

I had hoped to do some work using the Wi-Fi service at the airport. Surely, Changi--a world-class airport--would have free Wi-Fi (or so I thought).

I asked the info desk where I could access free Wi-Fi and they asked..... Read more ť

Tags: Wi-Fi, Password, SingTel, McDonald's Corp., SMS, Singapore, customer service, food, Starbucks Corp., e-mail

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Edwin Yapp

An engineer by training, Edwin first cut his teeth as a cellular radio frequency optimization engineer in one of Malaysia's largest telcos. After more than five years, he hung up his radio engineering boots to try his hand at technology reporting at The Star, Malaysia's leading English daily, where he won several awards for Best Online Technology reporting. He left to start his own editorial consultancy and is now a freelance journalist for several publications, including ZDNet Asia. A self-confessed gadget geek, Edwin hopes his blog contributions will stir up deeper discussions within the Malaysian technology scene.