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Digitising duty free to boost airline revenue
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 05/05/2010
» With margins being squeezed tighter and tighter, and low-cost, no-frills carriers on the rise, airlines are having to find new ways of generating revenue. One avenue is duty free sales and Guest-Logix offers solutions for airlines and trains to tap into their captive audience and monetise them.
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Call in the cyber warriors
Database, Published on 14/07/2010
» After the authorities detained him for two months without bail, friends of Wipas Raksakulthai revealed that the 37-year-old Ranong businessman had been jailed over posts found by the Centre for Repressing Embarrassing Subjects; handsome CRES spokesmen were unavailable for direct comment, but friends said Mr Wipas was a well-known red shirt; since his arrest, Thai Facebook users have criticised him, and have revealed personal information meant for friends on his web page; according to Mr Wipas' friends, a network of Thai Facebook users exists to seek and inform the CRES and the Ministry of Internet Censorship in Thailand (MICT) when they find nasty writing; media expert Supinya Klangnarong said it was ominous that the government had spread its censorship policies to social networks.
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3G will create new business models
Database, Don Sambandaraksa, Published on 08/09/2010
» With the arrival of 3G in Thailand, mobile operators will need new business models and compete on more than just price. In many countries, vendors such as Amazon, HP and Nokia have bypassed the operator directly and become a MVNO, creating a relationship between themselves and the consumer, bypassing the network operator. Quite how the market will adjust will be seen soon as the pieces fall into place.
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Light at the end of the tunnel
Database, Published on 13/10/2010
» No 1 yuppiephone firm Advanced Info Service of Shingapore admitted it has already pulled back funds once set for 3G investment, and will pour them into content creation and upgrading the tired old reliable boring Edge system for Internet content; Prattana Leelapanang, AIS president in charge of vice for wireless businesses, said that the company was simply moving away from 3G once again; the big deal now in 3G-starved Thailand will be in data, but using the 2G-friendly Edge system to do it; look for AIS to push deals with well-known content firms; two subsidiaries set up specifically to handle 3G matters, Mimo Technology and Advanced Wireless Network, will be repositioned as data content aggregator.
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One born every minute
Database, Published on 15/12/2010
» The cabinet decided that instead of raising the bridge, it would lower the water; by an unknown vote, the ministers voted to tell the Industry Minister to lower the standards that make ID cards so darned smart, and accept dumber ones; the thing is that the Ministry of Internet Censorship in Thailand (MICT) has already ordered 26 million of blank not-so-smart cards, and, well, paid for them; the Industry Ministry wants smart cards, not partly smart ones, and rejected them; c'mon, said Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and some supporters - take these ones that are almost smart enough; if you believe that a lot of money for a certain political party is at stake in the smart-card contract - double the amount if they have to be reprinted by the heavily connected contractors V Smart Joint Venture - you are smarter than any ID card.
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Tablets galore on tap at major CES gadget fest
AFP, Published on 01/01/2011
» Tablet computers will lead a host of "smart" gadgets in the Nevada desert this week at a Consumer Electronics Show (CES) spotlighting slick new devices on the horizon.
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Illegal software sellers targetted
Database, Suchit Leesa-nguansuk, Published on 05/01/2011
» M3 Technologies has vowed to sue vendors of Chinese GPS devices if they illegally install the popular iGO Primo software on their products.
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Always connected lifestyle on display at CES
AFP, Published on 07/01/2011
» Smarter devices, homes and cars for the always connected lifestyle are taking center stage as the annual Consumer Electronics Show kicks off here on Thursday.
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Lenovo launches 'LePad' tablet in China
AFP, Published on 29/03/2011
» Chinese computer giant Lenovo has warned that supplies of its just-released tablet computer could be restricted after the earthquake and tsunami in Japan disrupted production of memory chips.
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Japanese electric car 'goes 300km' on single charge
AFP, Published on 18/05/2011
» Japanese developers have unveiled an electric car they said Wednesday can travel more than 300 kilometres before its battery runs flat.
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