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Ad spending set to grow 3.5% in 2018
Business, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 16/11/2018
» Ad spending this year is estimated to grow 3.5% to 89.5 billion baht, with out-of-home (OOH) and online recording the highest ad growth of 23% and 21% respectively, says ad service provider Media Intelligence (MI).
Gaming takes over IT at Commart 2018
Business, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 02/11/2018
» Gaming is dominating the IT market in the fourth quarter this year, with a 20% share of the total IT market and a large portion of the display at Commart Work 2018, a computer fair where all the major brands showcase their PCs.
NIA launches startup pad district in True Digital Park
Business, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 10/10/2018
» The National Innovation Agency (NIA), in collaboration with True Digital Park, have launched Bangkok Cyber Tech District, which aims to house more than 20,000 startups.
The chairman of the boards
Business, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 11/08/2018
» The first building one encounters at Thailand Science Park in Pathum Thani is INC 1, where the Research and Development Electronic Innovation Creative Hub (RICH) is housed, along with several advanced tech companies, local and international.
Rehabilitating education
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 25/07/2018
» Sad but true, more than 50% of Thai students fail in maths and 47% in science. Students also fail at reading comprehension. Only 6% of Thai teachers can pass a basic English examination. The Thai education system is failing students.
KBank employees to train on SkillLane
Business, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 06/07/2018
» Startup digital training platform SkillLane is teaming up with Kasikornbank (KBank) to revolutionise capacity building and skill development for the latter's 21,000 employees nationwide.
Plan B gives BNK48 bigger stage
Business, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 25/05/2018
» Thai idol group BNK48 is ready to go abroad this year, following plans by media giant Plan B Media and BNK48 Office, the company that manages the girl group, to synergise their out-of-home (OOH) businesses.
On the cutting edge
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 11/04/2018
» The challenge thrown at contestants at the Annual Student Meeting on Automotive Embedded Systems (AMAS) was to design software that could control a model car to run past a set of obstacles.
Creativity called for amid ad disruption
Business, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 20/03/2018
» The advertising industry is no exception to the growing list of businesses that have been disrupted by digital technology, as consumers are less likely to view advertising.
Pushing past disruption
Business, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 17/02/2018
» Technology has evolved, the world has changed, and all must adapt. Having managed a local IT firm for two decades, Siriwat Vongjarukorn fears that Thailand is falling behind peers in IT competitiveness because of a lack of R&D investment.