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Uber's fighter in Asia-Pacific
Business, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 02/12/2017
» Having started her career as a civil servant in Australia before moving on to multinational companies across Asia, Amy Kunrojpanya has worked in the tech industry for nearly a decade. She spoke to the Bangkok Post about her latest job as ride-sharing giant Uber's director of policy and communications in Asia-Pacific.
The price is right
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 23/03/2016
» Online shopping no longer means merely searching for specially priced items and discount products online. Today there are several portal sites that offer price comparisons as well as best-deal promotions.
Singapore's smart nation
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 29/04/2015
» As increased urban density and an ageing population are becoming common issues around the world. Singapore, widely considered a world leader in planning and population management, is moving ahead with its plans to become the world's first Smart Nation.
Shooting for a united nation
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 13/02/2015
» International football leagues have gained more popularity among Thai fans, especially the English Premier League. If you ask random Thai people what their favourite football team is, most will answer Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal or Chelsea. Some fans share a strong bond with a particular club, as if they were born in England.
It's great to e-connect with old friends
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 28/10/2014
» Social networks let users reach out to old friends with whom they have lost touch.
Turning trash into treasure
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 23/04/2014
» Since yard and car-boot sales are still not very common in this country, it had never occurred to Bangkok businessman Veerapong that he could sell all the junk cluttering up his house, items which he hadn’t used for years and probably never would again. Until the day his daughter pointed to a set of golf clubs that had been leaning against the wall in one room, untouched, for ages and suggested that he should try to flog them online at a website called OLX.
Uber remedy for the taxi blues?
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 16/04/2014
» An office worker who regularly needs to call a cab to take her home from her workplace, Supatra has often been frustrated with the quality of service provided by Bangkok taxi drivers. But now that she's started using a mobile app called Uber to organise taxi rides, she says there's been a vast improvement in the experience.
Train yourself to act properly
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 03/04/2014
» One day while waiting for the Skytrain at Victory Monument station, with everyone queuing in two lines, a man rushed in and stood at the exact spot where the doors of the train were supposed to open. Once the train approached the platform, the doors opened and passengers from inside started to get off. When the man was about to step in, a good-looking guy who also stood in line told him quite politely: “Why don’t you queue up? Go get in the line!” The second part of his sentence sounded commanding. The man then bowed his head in shame and walked slowly to the end of the line.
Google gets its tones right
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 19/03/2014
» Typing in a key word or phrase has long been the first step in Googling, but staff at the search-engine giant have been busily beavering away behind the scenes to perfect a simpler, more convenient way of trawling for information — by means of voice commands. And recently it became possible to do so in Thai.
Technology-driven learning
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 05/03/2014
» Learning English has never been easy and convenient especially in schools in Thailand’s remote areas where the lack of facilities is common. But Khadiyah Amanakun, an English teacher from a school in the southernmost province of Thailand, has proven that with a creative engagement in technology, students can be encouraged to learn the language no matter where they are and either with or without the internet.