Tech Talks Central

Maria Argyti, International Business Development Manager for SoftOne talks about enterprise resource planning, the Soft1 mobility platform, and when to choose a hosted vs. on premise solution. Interviewed by Tina Miteko for Tech Talks Central.

Maria Papadopouli is a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at University of Crete with global distinctions by companies including IBM (Faculty Awards in 2004 and 2005) and Google (Faculty Award 2013). Maria is leading a team of researchers at the Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH) developing CoRLAB & u-map, a portfolio of sophisticated solutions for multi-modal collection and intelligent, actionable, business-driven analytics of mobile network user experience. Interviewed by George Voulgaris for Tech Talks Central.

Muki Kulhan talks about Jiggster, a Zap Venture, which is an online free video console game trading marketplace. A mobile app that allows mass gamers or just fans to trade for free with close proximity users or ever broader out, their old games. Muki talks about expansion and monetization. Interviewed by Tina Miteko for Tech Talks Central.

Pantelis Angelidis, founder of Vidavo, talks about the state of mhealth and how innovations in mobile technology bring citizens and medical professionals together to better manage healthcare and wellness. Interviewed by Tina Miteko for Tech Talks Central.

A fireside talk with Paul Papadimitriou reveals how he sees trends and announcements at Mobile World Congress 2014. As an unstoppable force he covers the race to the next billion (Facebook), low cost phones, platforms, mobile payments, ecosystems, apps, IoT, education, developers and everything new in the emerging markets. Not to be missed. Interviewed by George Voulgaris for Tech Talks Central.

Priya Prakash is a passionate entrepreneur that believes in making services and products with a true purpose. She has been deeply affected by what she has seen in communities of people in less economically fortunate countries and along with her experience in designing products like the Nokia Asha smartphone, she combines her strengths for lasting social impact. Here she explains to us where Changify is heading to. Interviewed by Vicki Kolovou for Tech Talks Central.

Sakis Triantafyllakis, Co-Founder and CEO of PanelSensor (previously SpeakerZen), gets into the shoes of presenters and speakers and talks about getting reliable and objective feedback from the audiences in the quest for the wow-factor zen. He also gives the early stage startup perspective of MWC: what are the expectations and what the opportunities. Interviewed by George Voulgaris for Tech Talks Central.

We chat with Sami Pippuri, Nokia’s Lumia Product Marketing Director about Nokia’s Imaging SDK and the spaceselfie app which was developed to showcase its capabilities while providing users a fun and out of this world experience. The interview took place at WIPJam, Mobile World Congress 2014.

We talk with Scott Apeland at Mobile World Congress 2014 about Intel's developer program for Internet of Things (IoT), the challenges that developers face, what the Galileo board offers for developers, Intel's Code for Good program, and his take on how IoT, big data and cloud will converge in the future. Interviewed by Tina Miteko for Tech Talks Central.

We talk with Opera Software and Sergey Lossev, head of products for Opera Max as he discusses the launch of Opera Max at Mobile World Congress 2014, a free app which promises data savings by compressing data across applications on your mobile device - including video, text, and images - so you can get the most out of your data plan and more control over your data usage. Interviewed by Tina Miteko for Tech Talks Central.

Thomas Gronbach from Keynote Systems talks about the key differences that make integrating mobile into existing Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) a challenge; how companies and QA testers can get a true sense of the user experience; when to test using emulators versus real devices; the difference between manual testing and automated testing; and tips for those who do not yet have a viable mobile strategy in place. Interviewed by Tina Miteko for Tech Talks Central.

We talk with Tim Messerschmidt, Developer Advocate for PayPal at Mobile World Congress 2014 about what beacons are, how PayPal is leveraging this technology to pilot cashless transactions in retail stores, his take on cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoins, and much more.

We chat with Daniel Marischka, CEO of Flatout Technologies about the connected home, and ways for people to save energy and feel more secure by giving owners the ability to control their homes from anywhere, at anytime. Interviewed by Tina Miteko of Tech Talks Central.

Dominique Hazael-Massieux, lead of all things mobile at W3C, explains the work the organisation does with keeping most web technologies available to all under royalty free schemes. He talks about HTML5 and how the time for its standardization has finally come; the inevitable fragmentation periods; cross-platforms and more. Interviewed by George Voulgaris for Tech Talks Central.

Evi Varsou of ATC talks about their new venture, News Asset, a media newscasting platform. Their product is an end to end solution for media organisations, including aggregation, editorial workflow, asset management, cross publishing and distribution. Evi talks about the vast changes in traditional media, information aggregation, trends and analysis of mass incoming data and how their product provides solutions. Interviewed by George Voulgaris for Tech Talks Central.

We talk with Fotis Paraskevopoulos, cofounder of Peekintoo, a service that allows you to upload short video moments, anonymously, just because you felt it was worth mentioning or responding to a demand. With presence in over 50 countries and plenty of hype generated during #mwc14 he joins us to talk about their service, their plans and possible funding opportunities. Interviewed by Vicki Kolovou for Tech Talks Central.

George Markatatos, CEO of Regate, a spinoff company that specialises in outdoor enterprise mobility, talks about solutions their company offers and dives into use cases that help companies make the most out of their mobile workforce. Interviewed by Tina Miteko for Tech Talks Central.

Nextexpo is making the most out of the business opportunities offered by industry expos; for organizers, exhibitors and visitors. Creating the missing link for a healthy ecosystem. A mobile app directory with over 12K exhibitions, featuring info, profiles, calendars for a targeted audience, professionals and event management pros. Interviewed by George Voulgaris for Tech Talks central.

Pollfish provides consumers insights through their mobile survey tool. Giannis Zaoudis, founder at Pollfish explains how their SDK gives developers an additional monetization path, the included gamification process, the metrics and how they incentivize users to participate in their surveys. Interviewed by George Voulgaris for Tech Talks Central.

Ioanna Ioannidou talks about the 22 year old company AllWeb, their own products and why they are the outsource solution for many foreign companies. Starting out themselves from a small town they responded to a local need for cost effective solutions developing a cloud loyalty platform that serves consumers and retailers. Interviewed by Tina Miteko for Tech Talks Central.