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They've got game
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 05/08/2015
» Game Casters are online celebrities who inhabit unique pockets of YouTube — "pockets" may not sound large enough when the most popular of them has 38 million followers. To "cast game", as the activity is known, is for these people to play through a video game (say, Minecraft) accompanied by humorous, irreverent and sometimes swear-ridden commentary, and their whole subjective experiences are recorded and broadcast on YouTube channels for their fans to watch.
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.
Press play to begin lesson
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 04/02/2015
» YouTube can be much more than just a tool of entertainment. With the right application, the world's largest video sharing website can also serve as an educational tool that reaches a large number of people at minimum, or even zero, cost.
Meet your matchmaker
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 14/08/2013
» If you are a single person who is always busy with work and has no time to find the one, matchmaker Noonswoon can set you up with a quality match and establish a private connection. The app is one of five winners, out of 116 participant teams, from AIS: The StartUP Weekends 2013.
In the garden of good and evil
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 31/07/2013
» A motorcycle-taxi driver who became a Twitter king, a YouTube comedy sensation, a monk who spreads dhamma online. This diverse group of online personalities recently gathered for a panel discussion titled Digital Agenda Thailand: Of Good And Evil In Social Network to share their views on how the new platform affects modern life.
Toys R You
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 15/03/2013
» At birth it is an astronaut, a figure just landed and alien to its surroundings. With a large and faceless head, it's generic yet eye-catching. As time goes on, the blank canvas gathers character and it morphs into being, perhaps growing up to be a hilltribe doll or martial arts legend or a Star Wars character. This is a platform toy, which is all the rage among international design and toy enthusiasts.
Tech-savvy travel
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 06/03/2013
» It has become the norm for travellers to conduct a thorough Google search before embarking on a trip. For Thailand alone, "travelling" is ranking top of the search list for March as the Songkran holiday is fast approaching, according to Pornthip Kongchun, head of marketing for Google Thailand.
A flood of ideas
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 21/11/2012
» Crisis can always be turned into opportunity. Saying this, Thailand has experienced no greater crisis in recent times than last year's flood. Grave as the damage was, it did inspire and motivate a group of second year students from King Mongkut University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) to develop Flood Finder, a mobile application that helps users report flood conditions and stay informed of water levels.
Beholding beauty
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 10/10/2012
» In a bid to tap into the social shopping trend, the women's online community Jeban.com has launched a mobile application enabling consumers to share information about beauty products.
Search gets smart
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 14/08/2012
» The long list of search results which usually appears on your screen and disorientates you with information will probably become history since now you can get the most relevant answers to your queries.