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Listen and explore
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 07/12/2016
» Travellers once had only guidebooks to rely on. Now they have smartphone apps and one app that offers an audio guide player comes from SkyDesk Media Trek developed by Fuji Xerox.
Thailand's way to the future, through technology
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 01/06/2016
» Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella used to come to Bangkok from India in the 1960s and 1970s for holidays with his parents. Last week, Nadella, now 49 and running one of the world's most powerful IT companies, returned to Thailand to speak at the event "Techonology For Good".
Taking stock
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 16/03/2016
» To navigate the labyrinth of stock investment, here comes Jitta, a financial tech start-up founded by Trawut Luangsomboon, who spent two years studying the financial statements of 600 companies in the Stock Exchange of Thailand as well as 3,000 companies in the US stock markets. The idea is to help streamline users' decision-making processes, minimise their risk and of course maximise their returns.
Kids can code, can you?
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 06/01/2016
» Like many other kids his age, Thanapat Makekriangkrai likes playing computer games. But for the fourth-grader at Saint Dominic School, it's more than just about having fun as through playing the computer games he enjoys, he is actually able to gain knowledge about computer coding.
Top 10 Thai start-ups
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 16/12/2015
» This year has been the year of the Thai start-ups, with the number of companies jumping from 300 in 2014 to over 2,500 in 2015.
Accounting for success
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 14/10/2015
» After encountering a great deal of trouble in organising his accounts while running his own business, Kridsada Chutinaton decided to create FlowAccount, a free online cloud accounting platform tailored for freelancers and small firms.
Fields of alternative dreams
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 23/09/2015
» Thanks to the Agricultural Data Integration and Zoning Optimisation Model (Adizom), farmers in Kamphaeng Phet know what kind of alternative crops they should grow as a substitute for rice and how much they will gain and lose in these times of unpredictable weather conditions.
Designers in the digital domain
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 04/03/2015
» The world is going digital. Digital camera, digital art, digital television — we've seen it all. Now the design of textiles and garments is stepping into the digital domain too. Prior to the availability of digital textile printers, fashion designers and those who dealt with silk screen printing would face considerable difficulty trying to find the right ink that matched the fabric. Digital technology has changed all that and has now enabled them to handle textile printing in a more convenient and economical approach.
Innovative app paying dividends
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 28/01/2015
» Investing in the stock market is a trader's full-time job. But these days it has become a hobby for some, especially the generation whose lifestyles are usually driven by smartphones.
Brainstorming for better results
Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 26/02/2014
» While the government’s free-tablets-for-students scheme has encountered a long series of frustrating setbacks, several schools in Bangkok and the provinces are participating in a pilot project called Braincloud which is already demonstrating that the use of tablets coupled with a proper learning methodology can enable kids to acquire much better English-language skills.