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Rumours won't loosen Prayut's firm grip on power
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 18/12/2014
» Even though analysts have tried to convince the public that it is external factors — such as depressed oil prices, global terrorism or the tumbling of the US Dow Jones index — that has sent the Thai stock market into a nosedive, no one can deny that local factors, especially a series of rumours, have made things worse.
Tencent comes on-board the Razer Nabu
Life, AKIN, Published on 03/09/2014
» Razer, a leader in connected devices and software for gamers, announced that Chinese investment holding company Tencent will be integrating their mobile games with the Nabu social smartband, which comes with smartwatch and fitness band capabilities. The integration between the Nabu and Timi Run Everyday is a world-first for a mobile game and wearable. It allows Timi Run Everyday players to utilise their Nabus to convert the number of steps walked, calories burnt and hours slept into in-game rewards like gold or items. This is a revolution in mobile gaming and wearable technology that marries real life interactions with in-game rewards. Timi Run Everyday is a side-scrolling platformer that sees players leap and dodge obstacles and enemies. Timi Run Everyday players can share scores and compete against a leader board of friends, thanks to its integration with WeChat, a mobile social communications platform in China. Timi Run Everyday was the best-selling 2013 winner of "Ten Most Popular Mobile Phone Games" in China, with more than 60 million daily users as unveiled by Tencent's first quarter 2014 results.
Steady rise of fascism here is terrifying
News, Published on 28/04/2014
» Fascism is synonymous with "evil". Fascism is generally condemned for its manipulation of people's thoughts to focus on permanent warfare against imagined internal and external enemies to create a militarised atmosphere in which ethnic minorities can "disappear", freedom of the media comes under threat, and poets are murdered.
Yes, we have no submarines
Spectrum, Justin Heifetz, Published on 09/02/2014
» As tensions rose last week between China and Japan over control of the South China Sea, the prospects of its impact on Thai waters and the preparedness of the country's navy to deal with it has been brought into question.
Iron Age warriors point to glories of Gaul
AFP, Published on 14/04/2013
» In a muddy field located between a motorway and a meander of the Seine southeast of Paris, French archaeologists have uncovered an Iron Age graveyard that they believe will shed light on the great yet enigmatic civilisation of Gaul.
Syria's Assad offers road map to end conflict
AFP, Published on 07/01/2013
» President Bashar al-Assad offered a road map to end Syria's civil war in a rare speech Sunday in which he branded the opposition "slaves" of the West and told foreign powers to stop backing the rebels.
Syria's Assad offers road map to end conflict
AFP, Published on 06/01/2013
» President Bashar al-Assad offered a road map to end Syria's civil war in a rare speech Sunday in which he branded the opposition "slaves" of the West and told foreign powers to stop backing the rebels.
Tortured corpses usher in Syria New Year
AFP, Published on 01/01/2013
» Violence ravaged Syria into 2013 with the gruesome discovery of what activists said were dozens of tortured corpses in Damascus, clouding end-of-year efforts to end 21 months of bloodshed.
Postbag: Learning from America
News, Published on 13/11/2012
» Another excellent article was published in the Bangkok Post by Voranai Vanijak on Nov 11.
An army sleuth
Life, Bernard Trink, Published on 05/11/2012
» Homer to Hemingway, Chaucer to Cromwell, Boccaccio to Baldacci, not only good stories but the way they are told make the best authors. Not to mention interesting characters, plots you can see yourself parts of, twists and turns.