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From humble beginnings to app pioneer
Business, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 17/11/2018
» Jin-woo Lee, an employee of South Korean search giant Naver Corp, the parent company of Line, was the first person to bring Line messaging to Thailand seven years ago, before the 3G network was even launched in the country. He had come a long way.
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.
A home-grown coding toy
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 13/06/2018
» Tassagorn Sirisuwan, 12, first experienced a KidBright digital board when his father's friends brought it to the workshop for kids at his home a few months ago. Since then, the boy has always worked on the board, designing simple computer programs to control home appliances.
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.
Brave new world
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 02/05/2018
» While virtual reality has been known to gamers for more than a decade, efforts have been made to apply the technology to a wider variety of sectors. This also includes a group of Thai inventors who created VR applications illustrating advantages that go beyond gaming.
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.
Spotify comes to Thailand
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 30/08/2017
» Music streaming has taken off in Thailand in recent years with Thai audiences gradually becoming familiar with the local music service Joox, which seemed to dominate the market.
A new landscape
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 26/04/2017
» 3D printing technology has taken another step forward by producing landscape architectural products with the use of innovative cements.
'Money, people and connections'
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 11/01/2017
» Start-ups in Thailand usually work this way -- first they come with their ideas, then they pitch it to the venture capitalists for money with an objective to solve a pain point for users. But this business model is different from what MFEC, a leading local system integrator, has been implementing.
Skills to pay the bills
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 22/06/2016
» People interested in learning from online courses can now access a wider variety of content from 100Skills.com, a website designed to cover almost every skill set.