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  Gaming, Japanese-style

  Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 28/05/2014

  » With the steady growth of the digital content market in Japan during past years, a shortage of domestic resources and skills has led firms to outsource work to other countries, with Thailand as a top priority.

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  Uber remedy for the taxi blues?

  Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 16/04/2014

  » An office worker who regularly needs to call a cab to take her home from her workplace, Supatra has often been frustrated with the quality of service provided by Bangkok taxi drivers. But now that she's started using a mobile app called Uber to organise taxi rides, she says there's been a vast improvement in the experience.

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  Create your own canvas

  Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 21/05/2014

  » With YouTube very much a part of everyday life for many people, some netizens attain fleeting fame by uploading self-made videos to the popular website. A few have gone further and mastered the skills necessary to make variety programmes to entertain online viewers.

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  Building up Mo-Meme-Tum

  Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 19/02/2014

  » Among foreign users, Chuck Norris, with his easily mocked appearance and familiar macho postures, is one the most popular internet memes globally. Here in Thailand, caretaker Transport Minister Chadchart Sittipunt has emerged as an unlikely top meme, possibly due to his cartoonish personality and seeming willingness not to take himself too seriously. Photos of the senior politician have gone viral and Chadchart meme stickers have been downloaded on a massive scale even though some users apparently have no idea who he is.

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  Protesting made easy

  Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 10/12/2013

  » When the "ThaiFight" mobile app made its debut three months ago, the streets of Bangkok were still quiet and the political temperature was relatively cool. Supasheep Srijumnong, the app's developer, said he created the app _ a fighting game featuring characters that look uncannily like Thai politicians and celebrities _ for his own enjoyment and to entertain his family. He didn't realise that the eruption of protests would make his little plaything relevant, and timely symbolic.

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  Preparing to act

  Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 24/04/2013

  » The Computer Crime Act has been in place for more than five years, but there have been incidents and concerns over its practical enforcement due to the rapid changes in information technology. Agencies are now attempting to propose amendments to the law to make it correspond more accurately to modern Thai society and global standards.

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  X-rated excitement

  Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 05/07/2011

  » No matter how troubled the political situation gets, it seems that nothing is capable of halting the evolution of gadgets or dampening people's curiosity in the latest techno-toys to hit the market. ARIP, the organisers of Commart X'Gen 2011, a four-day IT fair due to open on July 21 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre, say they've already signed up more than 20 major exhibitors keen to display cutting-edge device that fit the event's "eXpress your eXperience" theme.

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  New computer law campaign seeks support

  Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 05/07/2011

  » Computer and internet users are lobbying to have a say in changes to the law relating to computer crimes, arguing that it is they who will be most affected by the law.

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  Searches revisited

  Life, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 08/03/2011

  » Zeitgeist is a German word that translates as "the spirit of the times". At the end of each year, Google reveals this spirit by revisiting the year's top searches around the world. These lists give us insight into the year's curiosities across a variety of topics, from searches for financial terms in the Netherlands to music festivals in the European Union.

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  IT vendors see positive growth despite unrest

  Database, Sasiwimon Boonruang, Published on 23/06/2010

  » Vendors view 2010 as a promising year for the IT business as they all saw a positive growth even during the political unrest and consumers can enjoy shopping for the latest technology with special offers at Commart X-Gen Thailand 2010, which starts tomorrow and runs until June 27 at Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre.

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