On this weeks episode we talked about Dhiraagu 3G launch and rumored ROL acquisition. We also covered two new start-ups, chatroulette.com and mvleads.com. Finally at the end of the episode you will find out more details about Maldivian nobel peace price nominees.
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Music: Radiohead
We are back after a long break. To tell you the truth we just got busy with lots of other things. But now we are back. Meanwhile we have also started a video podcast with Semicolon called Printscreen.tv. We talked about ipad, symbian, meego, windows phone & dhiraagu wimax
We sat down with ibay.com.mv founder Issey to get some insights on his start up which is one of the fastest growing e-commerce website in the country.
To make things a bit interesting we will be choosing two people randomly among those who send in correct answers for the following question. The two winners will get a Badhige.com Gift Certificate (sponsored by ibay) each.
Question: How many item listings has been canceled by the site owner of ibay.com.mv so far?
The Answer to this question is in this episode ![]()
Send in Answers to crew@giklzr.com with title: GIKLZR18
Hosts: Shafiu and Shaff
Guest: Ismail Rafeeq (Issey)
Producer: Aman
Music: Citizen Cope – Pablo Picasso
ps: Apologies for the poor sound quality in 0:15 till 3:48.
In this episode we had Chopey and Inn to discuss the Open Source initiative in Maldives. Two of them are heavily involved in the Maldives Open Source Society (MOSS) and Maldivian Linux Usergroup (MLUG). They discussed about the ongoing Linux Dhivehi translation project and the advantages of using Open Source applications and the barriers to Open Source in Maldives. You can also participate in MOSS discussions in Google Groups or in Facebook. Also you can participate as a translator for the project from here.
Hosts: Shafiu and Shaff
Guest: Chopey and Inn
Producer: Aman
Music: It was written – Damian Marley
We tracked down Cipher (MVH’s 2nd top hacker) for an interview and to share some of his insights with us. He shared with us how to protect yourself on the web and also answered several of questions that were sent by gik-listeners
Hosts: Shafiu and Shaff
Guest: Cipher
Producer: Aman
Music: Traces
In this episode we invited Nattu (Photographer/Web Designer/Web Devloper/Freelancer) to discuss about his soon to be launched Dhivehi content sharing portal Muraasil.com (Screenshots) and he gave some tips on how to get into photography and also tips for freelancers.
A comparison of the Two Maldivian ISPs (Dhiraagu & ROL) and a discussion on the recent news of internet retailing and the governments opening the 2.4ghz frequency for everyone.
Hosts: Shafiu and Shaff
Guest: Nashith
Music: Fasy – A piece of me