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Apple buys digital magazine subscription service
Business, Published on 14/03/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO: Apple Inc said on Monday that it would acquire Texture, a digital magazine subscription service that lets users subscribe to more than 200 magazines for US$9.99 a month.
Reading habits that come to a dead end
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 29/04/2018
» The other evening, I had just finished the crime thriller <i>Time of Death</i> by Mark Billingham and put it in my bookcase where it nestled next to Stephen Leather's <i>Dead Men</i>.
From Reading to Nakhon Nowhere
B Magazine, Alan Parkhouse, Published on 06/05/2018
» For the past 39 years, Roger Crutchley's weekly Postscript column has kept Bangkok Post readers smiling, taking a light-hearted look at life through the eyes of a long-time expat as well as being a welcome respite from the regular angst of crime, local politics, demonstrations and coups that often filled the rest of the paper.
The message is definitely in the song
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 06/05/2018
» While having a chat with friends about those misheard song lyrics (mondegreens) that appeared recently in this column, the conversation got around to another intriguing realm of the musical world -- country & western songs. It almost has a language of its own.
Vaak AI spots shoplifters before they steal
Business, Published on 07/03/2019
» Tokyo: It's watching, and knows a crime is about to take place before it happens.
Cyber law raises eyebrows
Business, Published on 15/03/2019
» A cybersecurity bill introduced just weeks ahead of Thailand's first democratic election since a 2014 military coup has stoked concerns it could be used as a weapon to stifle political dissent.
Fifty fascinating years in Wonderland
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 14/04/2019
» Having first arrived in Thailand a few days before Songkran, each year the festival approaches it sparks memories of those early days in the Kingdom. This year is slightly more significant because earlier this week marked my 50th year in Thailand, or to put it another way, roughly 18,250 days. That sounds decidedly scary. The frightening thing is that I can remember those early days better than the events of last week. The immature youth is now an immature wrinkly.
Asean's mobile e-commerce leaders
Business, Published on 23/05/2019
» Mobile apps are playing a vital role in the development of e-commerce. According to a report by Google and Temasek, there are more than 350 million internet users in the six largest markets in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam).
Apple apologises over Siri privacy mishaps
Business, Published on 30/08/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO: Apple Inc apologised for privacy mishaps surrounding its Siri voice assistant on Wednesday and said that it would no longer retain audio recordings of Siri interactions, among other changes.
Retailers Push a New Kind of Online Shopping. It Looks a Lot Like QVC.
Business, Published on 13/10/2020
» To get homebound shoppers to splurge, some brands are copying QVC.