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Smartphone sales set to struggle in 2022
Business, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 13/08/2022
» Thailand's smartphone market is expected to experience flat growth or even decline this year due to the economic slump and a weaker baht, but flagship 5G smartphones, loans and trade-in programmes could help prop up the segment, according to IT product distributors.
The reality of AI is less scary than the movies
Life, James Hein, Published on 17/08/2022
» I was talking to someone at work recently and mentioned the Palm Pilot. He never heard of it. Some of us remember it being released in 1996 before the smartphone and social media, and in the early days of the internet. It drove the creation of the smartphone, though the people at Intel at the time didn't see how a portable, hand-held device like this could become common. One of the founders and inventors was Jeff Hawkins who also founded Handspring and worked on the Treo that evolved into a very early smartphone with a camera, which this brings us to today's topic, artificial intelligence.
EU demands Apple play fair
Life, James Hein, Published on 22/06/2022
» It looks like the Apple-specific charging cable may be a thing of the past with the European Union demanding that all smartphone makers use a universal USB-C port for wired charging by 2024. The same rule will be applied to many other electronic devices like tablets, cameras, headphones, handheld video game consoles and e-readers. In the future, laptops will need to follow the same rule.
Apple mania!
Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 29/11/2019
» Apple recently released a number of new devices. The most lauded and advertised release may arguably be the latest iteration of its smartphone, the iPhone 11, but it's also got a few other devices that may have slipped under your radar. Thinking of getting one as a Christmas present but unsure whether it's worth your hard-earned cash? We've got a cheat sheet for you.
Great gadgets
Life, Komsan John Jandamit, Published on 29/12/2021
» Life picks the Top 10 tech of 2021
Google bets on offline stores
Life, James Hein, Published on 09/06/2021
» Google is looking to venture into the area where Microsoft failed but Apple still does well, the brick-and-mortar retail store. The first of these will be opened in Chelsea, New York, allowing customers to find their devices like Pixel phones and Pixelbooks, Fitbits and Nest at a physical location. All subject to the latest Covid rules of course.
The benefits and risks of neural interfaces
Life, James Hein, Published on 17/02/2021
» This week is dedicated to the brain-computer interface, or BCI. For some time now, sci-fi movies and TV series have presented the idea of a mind-to-computer interface that controls technology, retrieves information and displays it on virtual screens. Meanwhile, in the background, a number of companies have been working on this and the technology is close to realising some of the outcomes only seen in fiction so far.
The price of safety
Life, Karnjana Karnjanatawe, Published on 22/06/2020
» When it comes to the new normal, the Thai Chana application -- which requires people to scan a Thai Chana Quick Response (QR) code to check in and check out of places they visit, stop by or dine at -- is certain to be familiar for those living in Thailand as a post-Covid-19 measure.
Full AI capability coming to Photoshop
Published on 23/04/2024
» Adobe said on Tuesday that it plans to place a tool for full artificial intelligence image generation in its popular Photoshop software later this year.
Surveying efforts to halt cybercrime
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 11/04/2024
» Despite attempts by state authorities to suppress cybercrime, the number of cases and damage have yet to decline as fraudsters continue to devise increasingly sophisticated ways to deceive people.