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Negotiating heavy traffic
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 13/07/2016
» The Electronic Government Agency (EGA) was founded in 1997 as a central unit to utilise information and communication technology among various government agencies. Two decades later, it is on course to develop many tools through the analysis of big data with the hope of promoting efficiency among government offices as well as for the benefit of taxpayers.
Uber enters the 'mosai' market with seriously low prices
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 02/03/2016
» Taxi application Uber last week launched its motorbike taxi service, UberMoto, making Thailand the first country in the world where Uber has offered this option.
The smart city
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 03/02/2016
» Aside from being a tourist attraction, Phuket has also been recognised as a smart city, home to a digital industry and an international research and innovation centre.
Supplying digital dreams
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 23/12/2015
» The remote Northern province of Mae Hong Son is well-known as a tourist attraction, and the provincial capital of the same name has another thing to show off: it has recently been awarded the National Outstanding Programme for Economic Development award for its IT Valley project.
Facebook fakes
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 18/11/2015
» Club Oho, an online distributor of dietary supplements for weight loss operated on Facebook, recently made headlines when the company announced it loses a million baht each month in compensation to its customers who were victims of online fraud due to fake Facebook pages.
In an emergency, tap that app
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 10/06/2015
» It's about time that technology played a role in promoting public safety. Besides the 191 emergency call, Bangkokians can now alert the police to emergencies and get help — as fast as four to five minutes later, according to the developers — with the new "Police i lert u" mobile app.
Rehabilitating lives through IT
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 08/04/2015
» Toyeebah Suemae and Abdulloh Barahamae were born with no limbs. When they were young, their lives seemed hopeless. But with support provided under the patronage of HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, they can now see a bright future ahead.
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.
Drawing on the dreams of the young
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 29/10/2014
» Animations Bread War and Soi Dao won first prize in the high school and university category respectively, at the recently held 8th Thailand Animation Contest (TAC) 2014.
What a fabulous find!
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 12/03/2014
» Travelling by road in a city as notorious for its gridlock as Bangkok, commuters need all the help they can get. Listening to traffic-situation reports on radio stations can be useful, as can rolling down the window to ask for directions from locals in the know like motorcycle-taxi drivers, but both of those options are necessarily limited.