Steven Paul “Steve” Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American computer entrepreneur and innovator.

He was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc.

Jobs also previously served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios.

He became a member of the board of directors ofThe Walt Disney Company in 2006, following the acquisition of Pixar by Disney.

He was credited in Toy Story (1995) as an executive producer.

In the late 1970s, Jobs along with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Mike Markkula and others designed.

Developed and marketed one of the first commercially successful lines of personal computers, the Apple II series.

In the early 1980s, Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of Xerox PARC’s mouse driven graphical user interface,which led to the creation of the Macintosh.

After losing a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985.

Jobs resigned from Apple and founded NeXT a computer development company specializing in the higher education and business markets.

Apple’s subsequent 1996 buyout of NeXT brought Jobs back to the company he co-founded, and he served as its CEO from 1997 until August 2011.

In 1986, he acquired the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm Ltd, which was spun off as Pixar Animation Studios.

He remained CEO and majority shareholder at 50.1 percent until its acquisition by The Walt Disney Company in 2006.

Consequently Jobs became Disney’s largest individual shareholder at 7 percent and a member of Disney’s Board of Directors.

On August 24, 2011, Jobs announced his resignation from his role as Apple’s CEO.

On October 5, 2011, Jobs died in California at age 56, seven years after being diagnosed with the cause of death has not yet been officially confirmed but is generally believed to be pancreatic cancer.

At the time of his resignation, and again after his death.

He was widely described as a visionary pioneer and genius perhaps one of the foremost in the field of business innovation and product design  and a man who had “profoundly” changed the face of the modern world.

Revolutionized at least six different industries and an “exemplar for all chief executives”.

His death was widely mourned and considered a loss to the world by commentators across the globe.

 KUALA LUMPUR. 15 July, 2010: The higher standard and greater diversity of business pitches from SMEs at the MSC Malaysia InnoTech – OpenWebAsia South East Asia 2010 Summit shows Malaysia has more investment potential, say venture capitalists at the summit.

20 local and regional venture capitalists heard business pitches from 25 ICT and non-ICT SMEs with diverse interests, including technology, manufacturing, alternative energy and waste management.

  “The quality of business models presented at the summit has improved,” says Bob Chua.

“Ten minutes – this is all the time needed to size up an entrepreneur and his/her business plan,” says Bob Chua, a venture capitalist based in Kuala Lumpur, and CEO of Pulse, a digital research agency with offices around the world.

Chua notes that different venture capitalists look for different things in a start-up. Some may target the financials of the business model, while others focus on the individual who will lead the implementation of the idea.

The pitching sessions were the highlight of the two-day KL summit, which was a joint effort between the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) and the OpenWebAsia Workgroup.

  “Let’s work on cross-border investments,” says Prof Wong Poh Kam.

According to Prof Wong Poh Kam, Chairman of Business Angels Network SEA (BANSEA), ASEAN countries need to start looking at cross-border investments.

“BANSEA will be happy to work with Malaysia to set up an Angels network here, in order to improve the growth and market potential of local start-ups, and tap into investor resources from around the region,” says Prof Wong.

The summit, themed Web Innovation in Asia, also featured a line-up of notable speakers and panelists that included experts from Google, Yahoo, Amazon.com, JobStreet, ITrain and Open Ocean Investment.

  “Innovation happens all around the world,”says Google’s Cloud Developer Relations Team Manager Patrick Chanezon.

According to Patrick Chanezon, Google’s Cloud Developer Relations Team Manager, no country or company has a monopoly over innovative ideas and creative developers. “Innovation happens all around the world and creative developers are everywhere,” says Chanezon, who shared Google’s plans to foster innovation through collaboration with third-party developers on Google Apps.

  “Creative copying is not wrong,”says Chang W. Kim, co-founder of OpenWebAsia

Chang W. Kim, co-founder of OpenWebAsia, says that Malaysia and Singapore’s high English proficiency gives us an advantage over other countries in the region in the development of web services. “Local entrepreneurs should come up with an idea that solves a unique problem in the local market and try to globalise it,” says Chang, sharing his thoughts on how Asian web innovations can achieve global success. He also believes that creative copying is not wrong. “Copying a successful global idea and adjusting it for use in a local market is a good approach for web entrepreneurs.”

The summit saw the world’s leading web technology experts sharing their ideas on venture capital and funding; cloud computing and location-based services; mobile applications; iPhone and Android development platforms; real-time and augmented reality technology; and social media and social gaming.

  “Venture capital companies are looking for local companies with services in English,” says Dr Serkan Toto.

Despite our mid-size population and relatively low Internet penetration, Malaysia’s rapidly increasing mobile usage has the potential to create a large market for web-based services, says Dr Serkan Toto, editor of TechCrunch in Japan.

Toto, the first and only Asia-based writer for the biggest technology blog in the world, encourages local start-ups to get themselves noticed by major blogs, journalists and venture capitalists.  

“If you have a crazy idea, just go forward and forge a path,” says Brian Wong, youth entrepreneur.

 Another speaker, Brian Wong, says that youth entrepreneurs play a crucial role in developing new web ideas and applications, as the youth are trend-setters who are the quickest to consume new technologies and have the power to influence the success of web innovations.

Nineteen-year-old Wong, who is the founder and CEO of Kiip, a new mobile advertising platform based in the United States, encourages young innovators not to be afraid to venture into a start-up.“You are the greatest force in your life. If you have a crazy idea, just go forward and forge a path. If you need help, ask for it. If you don’t know something, learn it!” says Wong.The top web trends in Asia are mobile web, online gaming, virtual goods, the convergence of hardware and web, and advanced mobile and Internet infrastructure.

Participants at this summit included more than 300 of Malaysia’s and Asia’s hottest ICT and non-ICT SMEs, venture capitalists, web developers and designers, government agencies and representatives from universities.

About MSC Malaysia

MSC Malaysia is the national Information and Communication Technology (ICT) initiative spearheaded by the Malaysian Government to develop and promote the ICT industry. A test-bed for the global ICT industry, MSC Malaysia provides a conducive enabling environment designed to facilitate companies to harness their full potential.

With its ideal business environment coupled with availability of talent resources, MSC Malaysia has attracted participation from major global ICT companies to develop and host their leading-edge technologies in the designated MSC Malaysia Cybercities. MSC Malaysia also provides the ideal growth environment for Malaysian ICT SMEs to transform themselves into world-class companies.

Steering the development of this initiative is Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC), a government implementation agency set up as a company to drive the MSC Malaysia vision of an innovation-led, knowledge-rich and progressive society and nation.

For more information, please go to www.mscmalaysia.my

By Asia Pacific Correspondent : Rani Wemel
LTT Global Brands | 14 Jalan SS3/33, 47300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor DE, Malaysia
T: 03-7877 7023 | F: 03-78777806 |
rani@LTTCOM.com / rani@techistan.com

After recording this interview, Suzanne Bowen had an idea that Max and Jonathan should consider adding another service where they assist Canadian companies to merge with USA companies, especially where each fills service and resource gaps of each other. Download the audio podcast to your mp3 player, netbook, Droid, iPhone or whatever you use and listen too! It’s on iTunes too.

VoIP Merger 2010 Comtel-Networks and AstraQom

Suzanne Bowen: Today we have with us the President of AstraQom Jonathan Sowah and also Max Glucksmann who is the new Chief Technical Officer. Welcome to both of you. Happy to have you with us.
Jonathan Sowah: Thank you very much. Hello!

Max Glucksmann: Hi Suzanne.
Suzanne Bowen: Astraqom is such a cool sounding name. Would tell us about the startup of AstraQom and the basic events that have led to this point?
Jonathan Sowah: The name AstraQom reflects the fact that we are based in Quebec. There’s a little French influence. Astra exudes a feeling of universal. The “Q” in our name stands for our Quebec origin. The “Qom” shows the company is focused on communications.
We started a little over a year ago. My family and I immigrated here from England and saw the huge potential in the telecom sector. AstraQom was first set up with the idea of providing a customized dialup Internet service. Then we added DSL.
At that point,  Max and I started working together but from separate companies, to develop some PBX solutions. One thing led to another to where we stand now.
In Canada we are providing DSL services to four provinces (Ontario, Quebec, B.C., and Alberta) and also to 37 states in the USA. Some of our business for voice is also in Asia, Africa, and Europe.
Suzanne Bowen: I like the idea of the “Q.” I’m looking at your website and see you provide several different types of services and have grown fast in the last year.
Would you share some about the good but also tough times? Maybe an anecdote?
Jonathan Sowah: Chuckles… no matter what we have had to keep our focus straight. People are used to the Big Boys. By the time I was born, Bell was already there. What happens after a while when you are new but good, then the customers begin to realize you know what you are doing. They will worry that you are a “fly by night” sort of business.
Those who own the market want to bully you. In the beginning we got a message from one of the big players that I should take my money elsewhere.
This was our biggest challenge.
Suzanne Bowen: Because you are smaller and more lithe, you are a position to meet the specific needs of your clients and to provide better, more focused customer service than the bigger guys. So maybe no wonder they tell the little guys, “Oh, go away.”
(Interviewer and interviewees share some laughter.)
Suzanne Bowen: Would you share with us some information about your plans for the future?
Jonathan Sowah: Sure, in fact, Max, do you want to take this one?
Max Glucksmann: Regarding the subject of reaching the customers… we handle each customer as individual basis and unique needs. PBX, IVRs, specific applications… we want them to be completely satisified. We have a point of advantage there.
Suzanne Bowen: Would you share more about your plans and services available?
Max Glucksmann: We are developing PBX services like conference rooms, ring groups, traditional phone service. We have a complete management system online where the users can take advantage, much better than a traditional phone company. We’ve recently added a new market.
We can’t share much about it yet, but it will be an integration of some special services we ave not shared before with wireless operators and voice over IP platforms.  We won’t be connecting over traditional SIP dialers, WiFi, or 3G connections. We’ll be directly connected to with the wireless operator dialplan. We’re looking at unified communications.
Jonathan Sowah: Do you also want to quickly mention the Conference Room System we are planning to use the DIDX platform for local access numbers? 
Max Glucksmann: We will have new features because of using DIDX phone numbers. We can have different people from different countries call in. This will be a local phone call for each person calling in. We’ll be able to record the conferences, store the recordings online through our GUIs which are using right now for this podcast.
Suzanne Bowen: Wow, the quality that I am hearing is very good. Recently AstraQom participated in CommunicAsia in Singapore, a conference that our DIDXchange and Techistan were a media partner and press agent for.  What plans do you have for other ways to meet face to face with your current and potential clients, partners and vendors? I know you will be at ITEXPO West in L.A.
 

Jonathan Sowah: We plan to return to CommunicAsia next year. It is important for us to let people know what we are doing.  We like the way DIDX does this. You guys have good taste in selecting the right events to share with your membership. We plan to participate in as many as you have partnered with as possible.
Suzanne Bowen: I appreciate the compliments. We do work hard at DIDX to …
Jonathan Sowah: That’s very true.
Suzanne Bowen: Share conferences that we think will be really good for our DIDX members and the IP communications industry in general. I also appreciate your mentioning that you use DIDX DIDs for this conference and your conferencing solutions.   We look forward to having you work with us at conferences and know that is as important to meet face to face as it is in voice, video, IM and email. It builds more of a trust.
Suzanne Bowen: How can potential vendors, resellers, and customers contact you? But first, is there anything else you would like to share?
Jonathan Sowah: Let’s talk about how Comtel-Networks and AstraQom ended up merging.
Suzanne Bowen: I think is a pretty exciting story.
Jonathan Sowah: I got to know Max while discussing collaboration in the “phone sector.” He’s a good man, smart, hard-working, very focused guy. As time progressed, it became easier for us to find more and more common ground. The vision became virtually the same. So, one day I popped the question. He accepted it. For small startups like ours, the idea of going alone is very tempting, but when you find another company that shares a vision and finds opportunity to work together, and you see a win-win relationship…
That’s what we have. We have created a situation where AstraQom is in Canada and the USA. For us it was the best decision.
Max, do you want to comment on this?
Max Glucksmann: First, I want to thank you for the good words. AstraQom and Comtel-Networks is a good thing because like my company Comtel-Networks was more specialized in the phone sector and Jonathan brought his extensive background in other complimentary services like VPS systems, dialup connections, and DSL. We complemented each other well. Since we’ve been working together, everything is flowing more smoothly. I am grateful that we achieved the merger.
Suzanne Bowen: I think it is a superb combination. Some people have heard me say, “Don’t try to beat your competition that you admire. Buy them.” I am sort of joking but not really.
I see something else here. Something else you guys bring together is fluent spoken, written, and comprehension of French, Spanish, and English. That is a huge advantage you now have.
How about your website address and what are the best ways for listeners to contact you?
Jonathan Sowah: Let’s start with www.astraqom.com, www.comtel-pbx.com, www.comtel-networks.com. Contact us on phone in Canada at 1-819-306-0701, especially if you prefer to speak in English or French or our USA phone at 1-954-324-2626 if you prefer to speak in English and/or Spanish.
Suzanne Bowen: Really appreciate your taking the time to share about AstraQom, its history, interesting story of the good and tough times, your plans, the services, conferences we can find you at, and the exciting news about Comtel and AstraQom merging, a dream that many IP communications startups and entrepreneurs dream of.
Contact AstraQom at http://www.astraqom.com! Thank you to Jonathan and Max.

The right kind of Twitter Marketing strategies can help you gain wider exposure to your online website and in fact Twitter is certainly a very potent tool for internet marketing. If you do things properly you can even become a market leader in your niche but it also means that you must learn about the right marketing strategies and it also requires a focused approach.

If you do not find success in Twitter Marketing it will only be because you do not have the kind of knowledge that will help you succeed. On the other hand, the chosen few that know the secrets to using Twitter will find that reaching the top is no big deal.

If you want to taste success it’s necessary for you to chalk out an action plan to help ensure that it becomes easy for you to create a foundation that is strong enough for you to create a larger as well as more robust structure. In fact, the strategies that succeed are those that address your circumstances in the best possible manner.

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PRESS RELEASE – KUALA LUMPUR

MUSLIMSBIG 2010 BUSINESS & INVESTMENT GALA

MuslimsBIG 2010 – Business & Investment Gala is a joint collaboration between OIC International Business Centre Sdn Bhd and ECommerce Gateway Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd. It will be held from June 4-6 2010 at the Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur.

Background Info about OIC International Business Centre Sdn Bhd

OIC International Business Centre has been in the business of publishing magazines & directories like OIC Today, OIC Tourism Directory, OIC Trade Directory as well as in organizing events like the World Dinar Convention. The main focus of all of these has been to increase the intra–trade among the Muslim Countries.

Background Info about Ecommerce Gateway Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd

Ecommerce Gateway is the leading event organiser in Pakistan and is the only UFI approved member from Pakistan. UFI is the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry, based in Paris, France. It is no easy task to become a member of UFI as they have stringent guidelines to ensure events organised are of international standards.

Event Info

The objective of MuslimsBIG 2010 is to make Malaysia into a Global Islamic Business Hub. This event is the ideal platform for businessmen, entrepreneurs, international investors and buyers from all parts of the world to explore joint venture, investment & trade opportunities available in the Muslim World as well as in other participating countries. The event will comprise of a Conference and an Exhibition with an expected visitor turnout of 40,000 over the 3 days.

MuslimsBIG 2010 was launched in the month of October 2009 by YB Dato Mukhriz Mahathir, the Deputy Minister of International Trade & Industry who had specifically indicated that MuslimsBIG 2010 has to be “Big”. “Well today, I’m proud to say that with the support of our partners and the Government of Malaysia, we are indeed getting BIG, if not Bigger” said Dato Raja Mohamad, the Chairman of MuslimsBIG 2010.

To-date, more than 50% take–up rate has been achieved for the event with participation from a number of foreign countries including Canada, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, Pakistan, India, China, Brunei, Thailand, Singapore, Bangladesh and of course Malaysia. The organisers are confident of achieving 100% sales by June 4^th 2010.

These exhibitors and delegates consist of both local and international companies comprising airlines, banks & financial institutions, hotels & resorts, government bodies & country pavilions, national tourism associations, manufacturers, textile & garment, consumer goods, IT and electronics, telecommunication service providers, handicrafts & gifts, pharmaceuticals, and so on.

MuslimsBIG will be an annual event as OIC International Business Centre together with Ecommerce Gateway of Pakistan, are committed to organizing it yearly from 2010. “I can assure you that with the support of both the Malaysian Government and the Government of Pakistan, MuslimsBIG will become bigger over the years with more halls, more exhibitors and delegates, more joint ventures and business transactions, more visitors and eventually MuslimsBIG will be the Premier event for the Halal and Muslim industry to participate in Malaysia”, stated Dato Raja.

MuslimsBIG is envisioned to increase the inflow of trade and leisure travellers into Malaysia.

For the Conference, prominent speakers from Malaysia and internationally reknown ones have been invited, including the Prime Minister of Malaysia, YAB Dato Seri Najib Tun Razak who will officiate and deliver the keynote address, while the counterpart partner in Pakistan, Ecommerce Gateway, is working on bringing the Prime Minister of Pakistan to MuslimsBIG 2010. They have already confirmed the attendance of the Minister of Commerce and a very large participation from the Government and private sectors of Pakistan.

Conference Topics:

1. Islamic Banking & Investment Opportunities

2. Tourism-Tool for Building Economic Strength

3. Global Trends of Halal Food Industry

4. Revolution & Connectivity in the Telecom World

5. Information Technology – Key to Achieving Developed Status

6. Property Outlooks

7. Education- Transition & Transformation

Special offers from MuslimsBIG 2010 partners, such as Malaysia Airlines which is offering 25% discount for Business Class and 15% for Economy class for International delegates and 20% for Domestic travellers is an indication of the importance that key industry players place on MuslimsBIG 2010. Add to that 5 Star service at an affordable rate at 5 Star Official Hotels the Legend & Seri Pacific, participants of MuslimsBIG 2010 are surely in for a treat.

The organisers are continuously working with the relevant authorities and organisations to provide post tours of the country as well as to ease the entry into the country at KLIA with personalised meet & greet counter service. Express Rail Link will be extending its VIP service to the participants of MuslimsBIG 2010. International participants will be able to travel in style and comfort from KLIA all the way to their hotel with a personal porter.

With the endorsement from the Malaysian Islamic Chamber of Commerce, Kuala Lumpur, more members of the Chamber are expected to participate in MuslimsBIG 2010. More endorsements from various trade & tourism organisations are expected soon.

MuslimsBIG 2010 Event Brief:

Exhibition:

Total Number of International & Malaysian Exhibitors Expected : 200

Total Number of Countries Expected to Participate : 25

Total Number of Visitors (Trade & Public) : 40,000

Total Area of Exhibition : 4,000 sq m

Total Number of Booths : 200

Conference:

Total Number of Delegates Expected : 350

Conference Topics:

Session 1: Islamic Banking & Investment Opportunities

Session 2: Tourism – Tool for Building Economic Strength

Session 3: Transportation – Vital Link between Islamic Countries

Session 4: Revolution and Connectivity in the Telecom World

Session 5: Information Technology- Key to achieving developed status

Session 6: Property Outlooks

Session 7: Education – Transition & Transformation

For more information on MuslimsBIG 2010, please contact the organizer at Tel: 603 2681 0037 ; Fax: 603 2681 0032 or Email to info@muslimsbig.com.my or visit the website at www.muslimsbig.com.my

SEE YOU AT MUSLIMSBIG 2010, 4-6 JUNE 2010 AT PUTRA WORLD TRADE CENTRE!

Joint Organisers:

OIC International Business Centre Sdn Bhd Ecommerce Gateway Pakistan (Pvt) Ltd

Suite 1A, Level 23A , Menara TH Selborn C-17 KDA Scheme-1, Off Karsaz Road

153 Jalan Tun Razak, 50400 Kuala Lumpur Karachi 75350, Pakistan

Tel: 603 2681 0037 Tel: 92-21 111 222 444 

Fax: 603 2681 0032 Fax: 92-21 3453 6330

Email: info@muslimsbig.com.my Email: info@muslimsbig.com.pk

Website: www.muslimsbig.com.my Website: www.ecgateway.net

Event partners:

Supported By : Government of Malaysia

^{Sponsor &}

^{Official Takaful Provider : Takaful Malaysia}

^{Official Magazine : OIC Today}

^{Official Outdoor Media : Ramcel Media}

^{Preferred Airline : Malaysia Airlines}

^{Official Airport Transfer : Express Rail Link (ERL)}

^{Official Hotels : Seri Pacific Hotel & Legend Hotel}

^{Endorsed By : Malaysia Islamic Chamber of Commerce,}

^{Kuala Lumpur}

^{Official Chinese Media : Oriental Daily}

^{Official Arabic Magazine : Aswaq Magazine}

^{Media Sponsor : Techistan}

^{Official Contractor : Innogen Sdn Bhd}

^{Official Freight Forwarder : RE Rogers}

MuslimsBIG 2011-2015 is scheduled to be held in the month of June at the Putra World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur

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We met Jonathan of e-numx and freelocalnumber at CommunicAsia 2009 in Singapore. Suzanne Bowen interviewed him and shares with you his business history, new innovations, how to reach him and what a natural he is at social marketing.

He started his life as an entrepreneur in 1999 when he borrowed what is equivalent to $3000 USD from his grandmother and paid her back in 3 months. Jonathan had one phone shop and progressed to 15 in a very short time. He enjoys traveling to see how others run call shops and for new lucrative and fun business ventures. He mentions that a typical China mall will have at least 1000 phone shops.

Jonathan describes how his first freelocalnumber client in Tokyo bought a Malaysia phone number and has it ringing to his GoogleTalk no matter where he is… in Tokyo or traveling. Jonathan’s client’s friends, family and his client’s customers in Malaysia dial the local number. It rings to the GoogleTalk and Jonathan’s client practically has a virtual office in Malaysia while sitting in Tokyo or elsewhere.

You can meet Jonathan in person at ITEXPO West in Los Angeles between Sept 1-3, 2009. Be sure to register for this “must not miss” conference at http://www.itexpo.com now.