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Just getting started
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 25/01/2017
» Over the past few years, Thailand has proven a promising market for start-ups and innovators. Although start-up businesses became a phenomenon in Thailand around 2012, the country has seen a huge increase. In 2012, a total of 70 million baht was raised by start-ups here. Today, the total value of start-up investments is over 10 billion baht.
Thailand's way to the future, through technology
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 01/06/2016
» Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella used to come to Bangkok from India in the 1960s and 1970s for holidays with his parents. Last week, Nadella, now 49 and running one of the world's most powerful IT companies, returned to Thailand to speak at the event "Techonology For Good".
Life beyond limits
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 17/11/2015
» Toyeebah Suemae was born with a limb disability but that has never stopped her from carrying on with her life. She faced life's struggles despite her physical impairment and recently graduated with a bachelor's degree, with the support from the IT Projects created under the initiative of Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.
Retiring an outdated notion of 'old'
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 28/04/2015
» When I visited Singapore for the first time almost two decades ago, the ageing workforce came to me as a surprise. I was not just curious as to why the government let old people work, but also why these senior citizens needed to keep themselves busy in this way. That was my perception of Singapore when I was in my 20s.
Kids who code
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 25/03/2015
» What did you do when you were 14? Go to theme parks with friends? Scream at concerts? Well, at 14, Kasidis Arunruangsirilert spends the majority of his time creating mobile applications and is the youngest software developer in Thailand.
Sowing the seeds of technology
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 25/02/2015
» Mobile phones have the potential to narrow the gap between farming and technology, thanks to new mobile application, Len-Din (literally "play with soil"). Inspired by the prospect of food shortages, the team of students from a number of Thai universities developed the application, with an aim of improving soil management and planting techniques.
Smart workers always online
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 13/11/2013
» Mobility is a keyword of today's workforce, and the number of job seekers using mobile devices to look for employment is rising.
Unleashing the potential
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 01/05/2013
» The opportunity divide is more oppressive than the digital divide. While information technology is believed to be able to empower young people, its real benefits can only be achieved when it also unleashes future innovators and increases employability.
Creating a brighter future
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 07/11/2012
» Keng, 21, was arrested and sent to Ban Karnchanapisek Juvenile Detention Centre last year. He had never touched a camera before and didn't know how to use one. But at the centre he studied photography, graphic design and how to make short movies.
Digital in demand
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 17/04/2012
» Students of private universities may sometimes be viewed secondary to those from public colleges, but digital media graduates of Sripatum University have always shown their professional skills are ready for work in the industry.